PTAS 103 - Administrative Aspects of the Physical Therapist Assistant

7B. Ethics and values, professional development and responsibilities, service, leadership, lifelong learning, along with teaching and learning with an every-changing healthcare environment.

• Examine various communication strategies and their effectiveness in the delivery of physical therapy

7B1. Standards of Ethical Conduct (APTA) and APTA Core Values for the PT and PTA

• • Apply the Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant to a given healthcare scenario
  • Apply the APTA Core Values for the PT and PTA to a given healthcare scenario

7B2. Develop services and leadership skills and abilities that address legislative and political advocacy, community collaboration, and health care disparity.

• Identify components of the Americans with Disability Act that promotes an equitable environment and how related provisions can be used to advocate for inclusion
• Identify the roles and responsibilities of the PTA in relation to legislative, political, and community organizations
• Express the importance of participation in community organizations, advocacy, and non-leadership activities as a physical therapist assistant.

7B3. Practices within the legal framework of one’s jurisdiction(s) and relevant federal and state requirements.

• • Identify the effects of federal, state, and accreditation laws, rules, and regulations on the practice of physical therapy
  • Summarize how federal legislation affects employment in healthcare
  • Compare and contrast the roles, responsibilities, provision of care, and supervision requirements of the referring physician, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, and physical therapy aide
  • Apply the practice act of a given jurisdiction to the relationship, responsibilities, and provision of care by the physical therapist and/or physical therapist assistant
  • Identify the effects of federal, state, and accreditation laws, rules, and regulations on the role of the physical therapist assistant
  • Apply the practice act of a given jurisdiction to the relationship, responsibilities, and provision of care by the physical therapist and/or physical therapist assistant
  • Recognize the role of the physical therapist assistant as a mandated reporter of abuse       

7C. Lifelong learning, education, and health care disparities in the ever-changing health care environment.

• Describe how health care disparities affect access, quality, and affordability of medical care

7C1. Contemporary physical therapy knowledge and practice including evidence-informed practice, interpretation of statistical evidence, and clinical reasoning and decision-making.

• • Define Evidence Based Practice
  • Give examples of appropriate resources for the selection of quality healthcare literature in the field of physical therapy
  • Identify typical research methodology used in the physical therapy literature
  • Identify and examine typical data collection methods and statistical evidence found in physical therapy literature
  • Discuss how evidence-based research supports informed clinical reasoning and decision making in physical therapy delivery
  • Summarize appropriate scholarly literature in a written or oral assignment

7C2. Improve skills to educate and communicate in a manner that meets the needs of the patient, caregivers, and other health care professionals

• • Examine various communication strategies and their effectiveness in the delivery of physical therapy
  • Demonstrate effective means of conflict resolution
  • Summarize appropriate physical therapy related literature in written and/or oral presentation

7C3. Advance understanding of health care disparities in relation to physical therapy, recognizing and adjusting personal behavior to optimize inclusive and equitable patient care and patient care environments.

• Examine strategies to promote inclusiveness and equity for healthcare service delivery

7D1. Implementation of the plan of care established by the physical therapist:

• Obtain and review current information from physical therapy documentation, health records, patient and clients, caregivers, and family members related to general health status, consults, prior and current level of function before carrying out the physical therapy plan of care.
  • Report relevant patient information from physical therapy and medical documentation from stakeholders in preparation for physical therapy intervention
• Recognize need for clarification, supervision, or action by the supervising PT
  • Recognize the role of the physical therapist assistant as a mandated reporter of abuse
  • Identify regulations on PTA supervision/practice within various treatment settings
  • Identify the role of the physical therapist assistant in the development and completion of therapeutic goals
• Determine when an intervention is inappropriate
  • Identify situations which would necessitate consultation with a supervising physical therapist by a physical therapist assistant
• Contribute to the d/c and follow-up planning with the supervising PT.
  • Recognize the role of physical therapist and physical therapist assistant in discharge planning
• Use the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF).
  • Describe a client’s impairments to body structure and function, activity limitations, and participation restrictions according to the ICF

7D2. SELECT and perform components of data collection using appropriate tests and measures for all phases of PT interventions in:

• Identify appropriate tests and measures related to documentation in physical therapy for:
  • Cardiovascular system
  • Pulmonary system
  • Neurological system
  • Musculoskeletal system
  • Integumentary and lymphatic system
  • Grown and human development
  • Pain and pain experiences
  • Psychosocial aspects
  • Mental health aspects

7D4. Delivery of Physical Therapy Services: Complete documentation according to legal framework of one’s jurisdiction, practice setting, and regulating agencies.

• Explain the role of the PTA in the various types of physical therapy documentation
• Prepare accurate SOAP note documentation, supporting POC interventions and goals, using appropriate medical terminology and relevant information to communicate with stakeholders
• Compose medical documentation that supports skilled service delivery

7D5. Delivery of Physical Therapy Services: Respond effectively to environmental emergencies that may occur in the clinical setting.

• Identify emergency situations possible with physical therapy and the appropriate response required by the physical therapist assistant

7D6. Delivery of Physical Therapy Services: Educate others using teaching methods that are commensurate with the needs of the learner, including participation in the clinical education of students, incorporate cultural humility and social determinants of health when providing patient and/or caregiver education.

• Explain the importance of cultural competency, humility, and sensitivity in the provision of physical therapy
• Describe social determinants of health and how they impact the provision of physical therapy.
• Demonstrate effective communication and teaching methods incorporating cultural humility and social determinants of health

7D8. Health Care Activities: Participate in patient-centered interprofessional collaborative care.

• Identify rehabilitation professionals and the associated role of the physical therapist assistant: nursing, occupational, respiratory, social work, and speech services           
• Explore opportunities for patient-centered collaborative care with other members of the health care team

7D9. Health Care Activities: Participate in performance improvement/quality assurance activities.

• Restate the characteristics of sound, defensible documentation
• Explain common management strategies in healthcare for effective practices for quality assurance
• Discuss commonly collected business data and how it can be used in performance improvement and quality assurance activities

7D10. Community Health: Provide services and/or educational resources informed by cultural humility that address primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, health promotion, and wellness to individuals, groups, and communities.

• Explain the importance of cultural competency, humility, and sensitivity in the provision of physical therapy prevention and health promotion
• Explore different types of diversity and recognize the importance of cultural humility in health promotion
• Demonstrate strategies to examine home/community design that supports optimal function and accessibility within a patient population

7D11. Community Health: Provide physical therapy services that address: JEDI, belonging, and anti-racism, and health care disparities, and social determinants of health.

• Describe JEDI, belonging, and anti-racism, health care disparities, and social determinants of health and how they impact the provision of physical therapy.
• Identify situations of suspected abuse across the lifespan that require reporting
• Recognize individual demographics and characteristics that contribute to the risk of abuse/neglect
• Identify strategies of verbal and non-verbal communication for conflict resolution
• Demonstrate effective means of conflict resolution

7D12. Practice Management: Participate in organizational planning and operation of the physical therapy service

• Identify types of liability in healthcare and strategies to minimize risk exposure
• Identify typical business, management, and treatment settings in the US healthcare system
• Explain typical management strategies in healthcare in the effective practices of organizational structure, staffing, budgeting, marketing, time management, and outcome measures.

7D13. Practice Management: Participate in the financial management of the practice setting, including accurate billing and payment for services rendered

• Explain examples of financing of healthcare services
• Identify components and requirements of common forms of insurance reimbursement for healthcare services
• Name typically used International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD) codes
• Define typically used physical therapy CPT billing codes
• Identify situations of suspected fraud that require reporting
• Identify situations of suspected healthcare abuse that require reporting
• Explain common management strategies in healthcare for effective practices for financial management, including billing and payment

• Legal and ethical aspects of patient care
• Documentation
• Record keeping
• American Disabilities Act
• Insurance
• Professional communication
• Patient rights
• Health care funding
• Scope of practice

 
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