National Physical Therapy Month is hosted by APTA to recognize how physical therapists and physical therapists assistant help transform individual’s lives by improving motion.
Topics: allied health, physical therapy, NPTM, physical therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, physical therapy, PTDayofService, AgeWell, APTA, Chris Barrett, Dianne V. Jewell, Eric Shamus
Stop by the Jones & Bartlett Learning Booth #9 to learn more about our new and best-selling resources for your Physical Therapy courses.
Topics: allied health, physical therapy, Jaqueline A. Osborne, Manual Therapy of The Extremeties, physical therapist, Physical Therapist Practice, physical therapy, APTA, APTA-ELC, Chris Barrett, Documentation for Physical Therapist Practice, Eric Shamus, PT
Just Published: Documentation for Physical Therapist Practice
Documentation for Physical Therapist Practice: A Clinical Decision Making Approach provides the framework for successful documentation. It is synchronous with Medicare standards as well as the American Physical Therapy Association’s recommendations for defensible documentation. This key resource utilizes a practical clinical decision-making approach and applies this framework to all aspects of documentation. This text emphasizes how the common and standard language of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) model can be integrated with a physical therapist’s clinical reasoning process and a physical therapist assistant’s skill set to produce successful documentation.
Topics: allied health, Jaqueline A. Osborne, physical therapist, physical therapy, APTA, Documentation for Physical Therapist Practice
Congratulations to author, Dianne V. Jewell, on her candidacy for APTA President
Congratulations to Jones & Bartlett Learning author, Dianne V. Jewell, on her candidacy for APTA President.
Topics: allied health, physical therapist, Physical Therapist Assistant, APTA, Dianne V. Jewell, Guide to Evidence-Based PT Practice, PT, PTA
New Review: Introduction to Pathology for the Physical Therapist Assistant
Introduction to Pathology for the Physical Therapist Assistant by Jahangir Moini recently received 4-Stars from Doody’s Review Service. Reviewer Daniel Higgins, DPT, OCS, ATC, from Orthopedic & Sports Physical Therapy Associates writes that,
Topics: allied health, Doody's Review Service, Jahangir Moini, physical therapy, Review, Pathology, physical therapist, physical therapy, physical therapy assistant, PT, PTA