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Where were the first PTA programs - ✔✔Miami Dade Community College in Florida and St. Catherine's University in Minnesota The need for Physical Therapy first occurred in the early. - ✔✔ 1900 s What two things required rehabilitation in the 1900 s? - ✔✔Polio epidemic and WWI When was the emergence of physiotherapy and by who? - ✔✔ 1918 by Mary McMillan Mary McMillan is the founder for? - ✔✔American Physiotherapy Association HCC graduated their first PTA class when? - ✔✔ 1975 Mary McMillan Lecture Award - ✔✔est. 1963. Most prestigious award given by APTA When did Medicare and Medicaid come about? - ✔✔ 1965 Who was the first president of the APTA? - ✔✔Mary McMillan How many PTA programs are there in Texas? - ✔✔ 27 and 2 developing American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association (AWPTA) - ✔✔ 1921 When did the AWPTA changed to American Physiotherapy Association - ✔✔ 1922
When did polio outbreaks and WWII increase the training for PTs and require a use for assistants? - ✔✔ 1940 s Why did training for PT's increase to a bachelor's degree and require a use for assistants? - ✔✔During the polio outbreak and WWII Physiotherapy became Physical Therapy and the name became American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) in what year? - ✔✔ 1946 APTA established the PTA - ✔✔ 1967 There are currently how many PTA CAPTE accredited programs with how many students are enrolled? - ✔✔ 306 ; 11 , 650 Who is the chair of our district? - ✔✔Nicole Volek APTA represents over - ✔✔ 75 , 000 members What is SIGs - ✔✔Special Interest Groups What are examples of SIGs? - ✔✔Pediatric private practice SPTA Is the APTA member or state driven? - ✔✔member There are currently how many PT CAPTE programs and how many students are enrolled? - ✔✔ 218 ; 25 , 971 APTA is headquartered where today? - ✔✔Alexandria, VA
Updated Vision Statement? - ✔✔Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience Vision 2020 statement was in what year - ✔✔June 2013 What are the guiding principles of Vision 2020 - ✔✔Guiding Principles Identity Quality Collaboration Value Innovation Consumer-centricity Access/Equity Advocacy The role of the is the Patient/Client Management Model (APTA, 2003 ) - ✔✔PT Examination - → Evaluation - > Diagnosis - > Prognosis - > Intervention - ✔✔Ex-Ev-Di-Pr-In Definition of the Physical Therapist Assistant - ✔✔-A PTA is a heath care provider whose function is to assist the PT in the delivery of PT services in compliance with state and federal laws and regulations regarding the practice of physical therapy. The PTA carries out tasks delegated by who? but the degree or supervision and autonomy is delegated by? - ✔✔PT; state T or F: PTA can change the treatment plan - ✔✔False! can not change, must progress Is the PTA a technically trained or professional degree - ✔✔technical
T or F: APTA represents the PTA well and not the field well - ✔✔FALSE, other way around Leadership is the power to what - ✔✔influence What is the difference between technically trained vs. professionally - ✔✔tech: workforce/skill training prof: academic degree What PTs and PTAs Education Standards Have in Common - ✔✔Both PT and PTA are being educated as generalists Main goals of PT and PTAs - ✔✔Have a wide variety of clinical experiences that represent a wide spectrum of diagnoses. All students are expected to practice and treat with optimal and in the delivery of PT services? - ✔✔safety and effectiveness What is Leadership? - ✔✔-The act of arousing, engaging, and satisfying the motives of followers in an environment of conflict, competition, or change- that results in the followers taking a course of action toward a mutually shared vision The Future of the PTA Lies with YOU! What must you do? - ✔✔-ADVOCATE for the PTA and your role profession
- DEMONSTRATE continuing competency and lifelong learning
- be a MEMBER of the APTA to get your voice heard
- STAY INFORMED on national and state health policy issues
- be ACTIVE in your district: SED means? - ✔✔Southeastern District Where are SED meetings? - ✔✔Houston; Meetings are at United Way - 50 Waugh Street , Houston from 5 : 30 - 8 : 00. Dates are posted outside PTA office.
Coaching Leader - ✔✔encourages the development of others; identifies strengths and weaknesses; useful for long-term development of people and organizations Becoming a Better Follower - ✔✔ 1. If you discover a problem, inform the team leader but also offer suggestions
- Freely invest your interest and energy in your work
- Be supportive of new ideas and new directions
- When you disagree, explain why
- Listen carefully and reflect
- Continue to learn
- Share what you learn with others Leadership qualities in the Profession (PTA) - ✔✔• Confident
- Manage time
- Critically think (modify a plan of care)
- Handle stress well/time management
- Strong oral and written communications skills
- Strong commitment to learning
- Positive personality
- Responsible
- Competent and knowledgeable Leadership qualities in the Profession are similar to what kind of behavior - ✔✔Professional Service Learning - ✔✔• Combining community service with academic instruction, focusing on critical, reflective thinking and personal and civic responsibility.
- Historically, course grades and GPA have been used as indicators of student learning but as of late, that has been called into question.
- Service Learning participation is a predictor of increase student learning outcomes
HIPAA stands for - ✔✔Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act HIPAA includes what? - ✔✔• Billing
- Privacy
- Security PHI meaning - ✔✔Protected Health Information What is protected health information - ✔✔individual information T or F: you can talk about confidential info in public areas - ✔✔False, violates HIPAA What if you wanted to access your mom's health information? - ✔✔NO, violates HIPAA Can you access patients info because you are curious? - ✔✔No Treat patient information how you want your information treated - ✔✔own Even research requires what kind of approval? - ✔✔PHI Most infectious blood disease - ✔✔Hepatitis B, Life long problems, there is no cure. What are Universal Precautions - ✔✔treat all blood as it contains blood borne pathogens You have to follow what kind of rules - ✔✔License, Law, Rules, Guidelines What is a License - ✔✔A permission granted by competent authority to engage in a business or occupation or in an activity otherwise unlawful
Home Care patients are what kind of assistance level? - ✔✔-Patients who live independently but have limited transportation usually due to mobility issues or medical conditions. What is the age range seen in outpatient? - ✔✔age varies across the age span SNF patients need what kind of rehab and can't tolerate how much therapy? - ✔✔ongoing and 3 hours What kind of patients do SNFs patient? - ✔✔chronic medical needs and are not independent or prior to returning to an independent living setting T or F: Skilled Nursing Facilities have same reimbursement regulations and documentations as other settings? - ✔✔FALSE; Reimbursement regulations and documentation are extremely DIFFERENT in these settings. You must know the rules!!! SNF facilities provide what kind of services for patients? - ✔✔residential and medical services for adults who require 24 hour medical care, supervision for safety, and assistance for mobility Acute Care Inpatient can be delivered how? - ✔✔bedside or in the physical therapy department. What kind of patients do acute care settings see? - ✔✔may be admitted for a medical diagnosis then need PT due to secondary diagnoses or may be admitted to receive PT following surgery ex) fracture, total joint replacement Specializations of physical therapy - ✔✔Areas:
- Aquatics
- Cardio/Pulmonary
- Education
- Geriatrics
- Integumentary
- Musculoskeletal
- Neuromuscular
- Pediatrics
- Oncology Are there as many oppurtunities in peds for PTA? - ✔✔no Pediatric PT focuses on - ✔✔maximizing a child's motor control and overall functional mobility level, sensory input, and normal stimulation occurring within the environment
- Difficulty is keeping the child on task Treatment in peds may seem like what to the untrained eye - ✔✔play peds diagnosis ranges from - ✔✔injuries to birth defects to inherited diseases to illnesses. How the challenges different in peds than other settings - ✔✔increased challenges with children due to the lack of maturity or cognitive ability to understand the nature of the illness or the ability to fully participate in therapy PTs are experts in - ✔✔the analysis of human movement, performance and function How is PT beneficial - ✔✔-Enables someone to achieve maximum functional ability by:
- Reduces pain, inflammation, and/or muscle tightness Improves strength, joint mobility, coordination, and flexibility
- Increases cardiopulmonary function and endurance
- Promotes an intact integument system via wound care, prevention of scarring, application of physical agents to encourage circulation and healing
- Educates the patient on safety, prevention health/wellness
- Teaches patients new movements to avoid repetitive type injuries or to compensate for loss of motion
T or F: A PT in the school setting must always have a referral to provide services to a student - ✔✔False A PT or PTA who places his license on retired status is required to complete how many units of continuing competence activities every 2 years to maintain that status? - ✔✔ 6 If a registered facility in which you are employed changes ownership, which of the following must be done and in how many days? - ✔✔The new owner must register it as a new facility within 30 days A PT must always re-evaluate the patient what conditions - ✔✔When a change to the physical therapy plan of care is needed T or F: A PT facility must be registered and the registration certificate displayed before any treatment can occur in that facility - ✔✔True T or F: Following the collection of data necessary for a screen, the PTA may initiate treatment for the patient after documenting findings in the chart - ✔✔False T or F: If the approval of a continuing competence activity is not complete before a licensee's expiration date, the licensee may get an extension of the expiration date while awaiting approval of the activity. - ✔✔False T or F: The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners' rules require a physician's signature on a plan of care - ✔✔False T or F: A PTA may determine which patients will receive PT services if she is the Director of Rehabilitation in a Skilled Nursing Facility - ✔✔False If an employer directs a PT or PTA to perform an activity or action which is contrary to the PT rules, such as documenting treatment that didn't take place, the PT or PTA should do which of the following? - ✔✔Do not perform the activity, contact the Board office for guidance
T or F: A PT who agrees to be the Therapist-in-Charge for a facility is responsible for the facility's compliance with the PT Act and Rules - ✔✔True The Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners is made up of which people - ✔✔ 6 PTS, 3 Public members The PTA shall only delegate tasks to unlicensed personnel when they are - ✔✔On-site to supervise the delegated tasks T or F: When a patient receives treatment, a PT or PTA must interact with the patient during each treatment session - ✔✔True A PT may delegate which of the following to a PTA? - ✔✔Implementation of the treatment plan Core Values (PT)? - ✔✔Accountability Altruism Compassion/Caring Excellence Integrity Professional Duty Social Responsibility Value-Based Behaviors (PTA)? - ✔✔Altruism Caring and Compassion Continuing Competence Duty Integrity PT/PTA Collaboration Responsibility Social Responsibility
Do you have a choice with APTA rules? - ✔✔yes, don't have to follow these rules What is FSBPT in charge of - ✔✔NPTE (National Physcial Therapy Examination) What is the purpose of NPTE? - ✔✔PT and PTA must pass this in order to get state license APTA is composed of what - ✔✔TPTA and SED at the national level, The FSBPT and APTA work together to do what? - ✔✔to make the profession better What does the state licensure requires - ✔✔ 2 year renewal The renewal for licensure includes what requirements - ✔✔modules that include ethics and jurisprudence as well as 20 hours of CCUS The TPTA does what with CCU courses - ✔✔approves CCU courses for licensure requirements each years Is occupational therapy part of the ECPTOTE - ✔✔yes At the state level what are the two groups that work together to move the profession forward - ✔✔State Licensure and TPTA Does the TPTA regulate the law? - ✔✔no What is the sunset review? - ✔✔Our license was open and we had to adjust a few things to ensure that we could keep practicing in a safe and effective for our patients
When it comes to paying Stae Licensure and TPTA what is the difference? - ✔✔State Licensure uses it to protect our practice TPTA uses it to help support us
