USA PTP Midterm Study Guide with Complete Solutions

USA PTP Midterm Study Guide with Complete Solutions ACCE - answerAcademic Coordinator of Clinical Education - faculty member who places students in clinical experiences and monitors student performance. Clinical Education Department - answerThe Clinical Education Department is responsible for ensuring students have completed the requirements necessary for clinical experiences such as fingerprint reports, background checks, drug screens, immunization records, CPR and First Aid training, HIPAA and OSHA training, etc. 1921 - answerAPTA's founders met at Keens Chophouse in New York City. The participants decided to create an association with the name American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association. Dues were established at $2. Who was the first president of APTA? - answerMary McMillan Is Elected the First President of the American Women's Physical Therapeutic Association in 1921 Our roots - answer• Historical events • Infantile Paralysis Epidemics • World War I Infantile Paralysis Epidemics - answer• Wilhelmine Wright trained people in a new procedure called "manual muscle testing" • Muscle training and reeducation was established as a therapeutic procedure • 1928: published Muscle Function, benchmark in physical therapy • It was the basis for the work other physical therapists: • Miriam Sweeney • Janet Merrill • Henry and Florence Kendall • Signe Brunnstrom • Marjorie Dennen • Alice Lou Plastridge World War I - answer• The US declared war on Germany in 1917 • US Surgeon General established the Division of Special Hospitals and Physical Reconstruction on August 22, 1917 • Reconstruction Aides • Establish physical reconstruction programs to treat wounded soldiers • Mostly nurses and physical education graduates who went back to school for additional training Reconstruction Aides: - answer"They changed the lives of countless injured soldiers with no historical precedents to guide them. And they did so as independent, strong-willed women at a time when women did not have the right to vote, most did not leave home until they married, and most did not work."1 Mary McMillan - answerfirst US Reconstruction Aide • 1917: Head of the program at Walter Reed General Hospital • 1918: Established training program at Reed College in Portland, OR • Additional War Emergency Training Centers were opened Guiding Principles to Achieve the Vision of APTA - answerIdentity quality collaboration value innovation consumer-centricity access/equity advocacy APTA mission statement - answerBuilding a community that advances the profession of physical therapy to improve the health of society. VISION STATEMENT FOR THE PHYSICAL THERAPY PROFESSION - answerTransforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience. identity APTA - answerThe physical therapy profession will promote the movement system as the foundation for optimizing movement to improve the health of society. The movement system is the integration of body systems that generate and maintain movement at all levels of bodily function. Human movement is a complex behavior within a specific context, and is influenced by social, environmental, and personal factors. Recognition and validation of the movement system is essential to understand the structure, function, and potential of the human body. The physical therapist will be resp