PTA 200 Exam 152 Questions with Complete Solutions-2024
Update.
Who are reconstruction aides? - Correct Answer Title given to the first PTs
Name two world events that initially led to a need for physical therapy services.. - Correct
Answer World War I
Polio
Who is considered the first PT? - Correct Answer Mary McMillan
When was the position of "physical therapist assistant" first developed? - Correct Answer
Approved by APTA, the first two programs started in 1967
●First graduates in 1969
Why was the title changed from physical therapy assistant? - Correct Answer To reflect
that the role is to directly assist the therapist in the delivery of physical therapy services
what are the primary factors that PTs should take into consideration when deciding what
tasks can be performed by the PTA? - Correct Answer Complexity of the task
●Decision-making versus doing
●Risks involved
Criticality of the patient
Purpose of the task
Experience/knowledge base of PTA
Who came up with those considerations? - Correct Answer Watts
How has the demand for PTA services fluctuated over time? - Correct Answer Steadily
increased until late 1990s/early 2000s
●Again on the upswing
Scope of Practice VS. Scope of Work? - Correct Answer Scope of Practice refers to PT
Scope of Work refers to PTA
,- PT practice includes the utilization of PTAs
In APTA documents, who is referred to as "professional" - Correct Answer The PT
core values in physical therapy - Correct Answer Accountability
Altruism
Compassion/caring
Excellence
Integrity
Professional duty
Social responsibility
values based behaviors for the PTA - Correct Answer Altruism
Caring and compassion
Continuing competence
Duty
Integrity
PT/PTA collaboration
Responsibility
Social responsibility
What is Direct Access? - Correct Answer Patients/clients are able to receive any type of
PT service without having to first obtain a referral from another health-care provider
What is Autonomous Practice? - Correct Answer Exercise independent, self-determined
judgment; have the ability to refer patients/clients to other providers and professionals
What is APTA's vision statement for Physical Therapy? - Correct Answer Transforming
Society by Optimizing Movement to Improve the Human Experience
Why was the PTA position created? - Correct Answer The PTA position was created in
response to a need for a formally, consistently educated, skilled health-care worker to
whom PTs could delegate components of physical therapy intervention.
Why was the profession of Physical Therapy developed? - Correct Answer In response to
a need for health-care providers who specialized in rehabilitating people injured or
, impaired by illness and disease, and it is now recognized for its expertise in the area of
movement dysfunction.
What settings can PT/PTAs work in? - Correct Answer acute care facilities, SNFs and
TCUs, outpatient clinics, home care, hospice, and those settings specializing in pediatrics
care
ALSO- floating therapist or academia
Diagnosis seen in ACUTE CARE setting? - Correct Answer Cardiac rehabilitation
Inpatient rehabilitation
Wound care
Emergency room physical therapy
Diagnosis seen in Outpatient/private practice setting? - Correct Answer Sports medicine
Gender health/women's health
Aquatic therapy
Industrial medicine
Performing arts therapy
Where could you treat Pediatrics at (settings)? - Correct Answer Acute care hospitals
Schools
Outpatient clinics
Interprofessional Education (IPE) - Correct Answer When students from two or more
professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and
improve health outcomes
Who are "movement experts?" - Correct Answer PTs (according to current PT Guide to
Practice)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health does what for patient? -
Correct Answer Less focus on diagnosis/condition
More focus on how functional loss impacts one's activities and participation
Update.
Who are reconstruction aides? - Correct Answer Title given to the first PTs
Name two world events that initially led to a need for physical therapy services.. - Correct
Answer World War I
Polio
Who is considered the first PT? - Correct Answer Mary McMillan
When was the position of "physical therapist assistant" first developed? - Correct Answer
Approved by APTA, the first two programs started in 1967
●First graduates in 1969
Why was the title changed from physical therapy assistant? - Correct Answer To reflect
that the role is to directly assist the therapist in the delivery of physical therapy services
what are the primary factors that PTs should take into consideration when deciding what
tasks can be performed by the PTA? - Correct Answer Complexity of the task
●Decision-making versus doing
●Risks involved
Criticality of the patient
Purpose of the task
Experience/knowledge base of PTA
Who came up with those considerations? - Correct Answer Watts
How has the demand for PTA services fluctuated over time? - Correct Answer Steadily
increased until late 1990s/early 2000s
●Again on the upswing
Scope of Practice VS. Scope of Work? - Correct Answer Scope of Practice refers to PT
Scope of Work refers to PTA
,- PT practice includes the utilization of PTAs
In APTA documents, who is referred to as "professional" - Correct Answer The PT
core values in physical therapy - Correct Answer Accountability
Altruism
Compassion/caring
Excellence
Integrity
Professional duty
Social responsibility
values based behaviors for the PTA - Correct Answer Altruism
Caring and compassion
Continuing competence
Duty
Integrity
PT/PTA collaboration
Responsibility
Social responsibility
What is Direct Access? - Correct Answer Patients/clients are able to receive any type of
PT service without having to first obtain a referral from another health-care provider
What is Autonomous Practice? - Correct Answer Exercise independent, self-determined
judgment; have the ability to refer patients/clients to other providers and professionals
What is APTA's vision statement for Physical Therapy? - Correct Answer Transforming
Society by Optimizing Movement to Improve the Human Experience
Why was the PTA position created? - Correct Answer The PTA position was created in
response to a need for a formally, consistently educated, skilled health-care worker to
whom PTs could delegate components of physical therapy intervention.
Why was the profession of Physical Therapy developed? - Correct Answer In response to
a need for health-care providers who specialized in rehabilitating people injured or
, impaired by illness and disease, and it is now recognized for its expertise in the area of
movement dysfunction.
What settings can PT/PTAs work in? - Correct Answer acute care facilities, SNFs and
TCUs, outpatient clinics, home care, hospice, and those settings specializing in pediatrics
care
ALSO- floating therapist or academia
Diagnosis seen in ACUTE CARE setting? - Correct Answer Cardiac rehabilitation
Inpatient rehabilitation
Wound care
Emergency room physical therapy
Diagnosis seen in Outpatient/private practice setting? - Correct Answer Sports medicine
Gender health/women's health
Aquatic therapy
Industrial medicine
Performing arts therapy
Where could you treat Pediatrics at (settings)? - Correct Answer Acute care hospitals
Schools
Outpatient clinics
Interprofessional Education (IPE) - Correct Answer When students from two or more
professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and
improve health outcomes
Who are "movement experts?" - Correct Answer PTs (according to current PT Guide to
Practice)
International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health does what for patient? -
Correct Answer Less focus on diagnosis/condition
More focus on how functional loss impacts one's activities and participation
