Final Flashcards
(29 cards)
Current vision for PT
Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience
Attributes of a doctoring profession
- Code of ethics
- Internal controls
- Unique body of specialized skills/knowledge
- Licensure requirement by state
- Autonomous decision making
- Service orientation
- External recognition by society
4 A’s (4 stages of PT practice)
- Assistant to/servant to the physician prescription
- Allied/alliance-prescription to referral to begin direct access
- Autonomous: referral to direct access
- Accountability: servicing society w/ interprofessional practice-collaboration
Allied/alliance-prescription to referral to begin direct access
- Move from prescription to referral and onto direct access
- Education is in colleges
- Professional licensure
- Accreditation (CAPTE)
Autonomous: referral to direct access
- BS to MS
- Referral to direct access care and recognized for advanced practice
- Vision: Movement from Alled to autonomous having independent privileges for self-decision-making in care
Accountability: servicing society w/ interprofessional practice-collaboration
- Relative autonomy
- Focus on serving individuals, institutions, society, and the profession
5 roles of the PT
- Management of patients
- Consultation
- Education
- Research
- Administration
APTA Code of Ethics
- Respect inherent dignity and rights
- Be trustworthy and compassionate
- Be accountable for professional judgements
- Demonstrate integrity
- Fulfill legal and professional obligations
- Lifelong learning
- Promote behaviors and practices that benefit individuals and society
- Participate in efforts to meet health needs locally, nationally, and globally
Who is Catherine Worthingham?
- First PT w/ a doctoral degree (in anatomy)
- President of American Physiotherapy Association during WWII
Who is Col. Emma Vogel?
Created first course for military physiotherapists
Primary Care
- Addressing large majority of personal health care needs
- Partner w/ patients, and practice w/in context of family and community
Secondary Care
Treated initially by other practitioners and then referred to PT
Tertiary Care
Highly specialized, complex, and tech-based setting
Evidence-based practice
- Best available evidence
- Clinical expertise
- Patient or client value/circumstances
Measures used by PTs to gauge the quality of services
Assess:
- Structure of services
- Processes of care
- Measurement of outcomes of care (data collection and analysis)
Difference b/t a clinical residency program and clinical fellowship program
- Residency: advance resident’s expertise w/in a specialty
- Fellowship: provides greater depth than residency in a speciality
Advocacy
- Advocate for individuals and populations to manage and promote change
- Adopt best practices, consumer-centered
Competence
Possession and application of knowledge and skills w/in PT’s role
Continuing competence
Ongoing possession and application of skills
Lifelong learning
Systematic maintenance and improvement of knowledge and skills
Professional development
Ongoing self-assessment, acquisition, and application of knowledge and skills that meet or exceed contemporary performance standards
Professional scope of practice
- Profession’s unique body of knowledge
- Supported by educational prep
- Based on a body of evidence
- Linked to existing or emerging practice frameworks
Jurisdictional (legal) scope of practice
- Established by state’s practice act
- Governs the specific PT license and rules
Personal scope of practice
What you are educated and competent enough to do
