TO PTA
WHAT YEAR DID MEDICARE ADD OUTPATIENT PT TO ITS COVERAGE? -
1967
WHEN WAS THE APTA FOUNDED -
1921
ACTIVITIES ARE -
EXECUTION OF TASKS OR ACTIONS CARRIED OUT BY AN INDIVIDUAL
PARTICIPATION IS -
INVOLVEMENT OF AN INDIVIDUAL IN A LIFE SITUATION
ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ARE -
THE PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, AND ATTITUDINAL FACTORS EXTERNAL TO
THE INDIVIDUAL AND HAVE AN IMPACT ON THE INDIVIDUAL'S FUNCTIONING.
THE BODY IS -
THE PHYSIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL MECHANISMS OF THE
HUMAN ORGANISM
PERSONAL FACTORS ARE -
INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS AND LIFE CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE
NOT PART OF THE HEALTH CONDITION OR HEALTH STATE SUCH AS AGE,
ETHNICITY, AND SOCIAL BACKGROUND
ALTRUISM IS -
PRIMARY REGARD FOR THE INTEREST OF PATIENTS/CLIENTS, THUS
ASSUMING THE FIDUCIARY RESPONSIBILITY OF PLACE THE NEEDS OF THE
PATIENT/CLIENT AHEAD OF THE PTA'S SELF INTEREST.
DUTY IS -
THE COMMITMENT TO MEETING ONE'S OBLIGATIONS TO PROVIDE
EFFECTIVE PHYSICAL THERAPY SERVICES TO INDIVIDUAL
PATIENTS/CLIENTS, TO SERVE THE PROFESSION, AND TO POSITIVELY
INFLUENCE THE HEALTH OF SOCIETY.
INTEGRITY IS -
FIRM ADHERENCE TO A CODE OF ESPECIALLY MORAL OR ARTISTIC
VALUES.
6 COMPONENTS OF PATIENT/CLIENT MANAGEMENT
EDWARD
EATS
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, DONUTS
PROBABLY
IN
ORDER -
E- XAMINATION
E- VALUATION
D- IAGNOSIS
P- ROGNOSIS/PLAN OF CARE
I - NTERVENTION
O - UTCOME ASSESSMENT
EVALUATION -
SYNTHESIZE DATA
- WHEN A PT SYNTHESIZES DATA GATHERED FROM THE EXAMINATION TO
ESTABLISH THE DIAGNOSIS, PROGNOSIS AND PLAN OF CARE
EXAMINATION -
COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING
- COMPREHENSIVE SCREENING AND SPECIFIC TESTING PROCESS LEADING TO
A DIAGNOSTIC CLASSIFICATION AND/OR REFERRAL TO ANOTHER
PRACTITIONER
- REQUIRED PRIOR TO INITIAL INTERVENTION
DIAGNOSIS -
CLASSIFY FINDINGS
- SYSTEMATIC PROCESS TO CLASSIFY FINDINGS RELATED TO THE
PATIENT/CLIENT IN ORDER TO GUIDE THE PT IN DETERMINING THE MOST
APPROPRIATE INTERVENTIONS
PLAN OF CARE -
DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTIONS
- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF INTERVENTIONS TO BE USED AND THE
PROPOSED DURATION AND FREQUENCY OF TREATMENT
1997
THE EVENT THAT OCCURRED IN 1997 THAT DRASTICALLY AFFECTED THE
PROFESSION OF PHYSICAL THERAPY -
1997 BALANCED BUDGET ACT
RELIABILITY -
SAME RESULTS REPEATED TRIALS
WHEN RESEARCH YIELDS THE SAME RESULTS ON REPEATED TRIALS.
EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE -
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