Aug. 22: Week 1 Pre-Notes followed by Class Notes

Ch. 1 INTRO to APTA GUIDE TO PT PRACTICE

CORE VALUES for PT and PTA’s

• Accountability

• Altruism (primary regard or devotion to interest of patients/clients)

• Collaboration

• Compassion and Caring

• Duty

• Excellence

• Inclusion

• Integrity (upholding high ethical standards)

• Social Responsibility (promotion of mutual trust b/w profession and larger public)

Vision Statement for the Physical Therapy Profession:

• Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.

Mission Statement for the Association:

• Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

APTA Chapters:

• representing states (allow for regional involvement, networking opportunities)

Sections and Academies:

• special interest topics (like the niche you find interesting in PT)

  • acute care, aquatics, etc

APTA Member Engagement Groups (MEGs):

• include councils, networks, societies, and collaborations that help members connect with each other, share information, and advance the profession

• 4 types

  • Councils (component representatives like at national lvl)

  • Networks (topic based info. sharing and networking)

  • Societies (achievement or experience based

  • Collaborations (member representatives from orgs.)

Powerpoint Notes:

Suggestions on how to take notes:

• know the important things; not dates

• most definitions not important; application matters

• dont take specifics; TAKE THE APPLICATION (THE WHY)

PT HISTORY:

• Mary McMillan (the MOTHER of PT)

  • Graduated 1915

  • Remebered as mother of PT by Mary McMillan LECTURE AWARD

• Warm Springs

• First CODE OF ETHICS (1935)

Who are PT:

• health professionals who diagnose and manage movement dysfunction

• experts in movements (to help someone MOVE BETTER)

What PT do:

• based on person’s input so that we can make the personalized plan of care

  • maximizing individual’s ability to engage and enphasize movement

Direct Access:

• unrestricted: anyone off street without referral

• Permitted (w/ provision): restrictions

• Restricted: but doesn’t exist anymore

Primary Care:

• you are first point of contact for patient (good for leading to referrals for other providers)

Professional Functions:

• educate: patient, families, other pt’s

• researchers

• consultant

*********ELEMENTS OF PATIENT AND CLIENT MANAGEMENT MODEL********

• Examination

• Evaluation

• Diagnosis

• Prognosis

• Intervention

• Outcomes

Evidence-Based Practice

• i have evidence to look at for pratice

Evidence-Informed Practice

• tangentially, this is how I should be acting and use evidence to influence my decisions

APTA:

Who does it represent?

Why belong?

Governance model: Board of Directors and House of Delegates

Components:

• 51 Chapters

• 18 Sections/Academies

• PTA Caucus

• Student Council

Vision Statement for the Physical Therapy Profession:

• Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience.

Mission Statement for the Association:

• Building a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society.

FSBPT:

• Federation of State Boards of PT

  • write and regulate BOARDS EXAM

APTA CORE VALUES: (know how to define and how to name a situation (good or bad) core value

• Accountability

• Altruism

• Collaboration

  • intraprofessionally w/ PTA and interprofessionably w/ HCP

• Compassion and Caring

• Duty

• Excellence

• Inclusion

• Integrity

• Social Responsibility

Collaboration

• easiest for me bc i know how important it is for someone to reach their end goal, and i am not afraid to ask for help, whether it is from other HCP for suggestions or the patients family members for help regarding the patient’s needs

Social Responsibility

• sometimes this is overlooked and i often find myself fogetting about some things that fall under this category just during daily occurances bc most ppl are not geared to think this way, so def something i can work on