ASSISTANT EXAMINATION 100
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
RATIONALES PLUS ANSWER KEY Q&A
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PTA - answer-Physical theraPIST assitant
established as a career in 1967
can perform exercises, modalities, ambulation patterns, transfers, tests and measures,
documentation and pt education.
Sole extender of the PT
Normative Model of PTA education - answer-1995 coalition for consensus
established the curriculum all PTA students must learn in their required program
historically, some states licensed without degree, degree is now required
National Assembly of PTAs - answer-established in 1998 after many PTAs were not
given a vote in the house of delagates.
PTAs also lost many jobs and favor due to cuts form the balanced budget act
First PTA programs - answer-Miami Daide in FL
St. Scholastica in CO
programs accredited through CAPTE
PTA programs in MD - answer-8, soon to be 9
PTA curriculum - answer-Procedures' coursework
core basics and clinical sciences
clinical education
Licensure - answer-PTA must be licensed in most states
only found in the US
Select Intervention - answer-Dr. Risling of APTA states that PTAs cannot preform
mobilization (in MD some lee-way) or sharpened wound care. Varies by state.
Watts' Taxonomy - answer-supported PTA's and their specialty clinical purpose in the
PT profession