...Physical therapy students should demonstrate professionalism, whether they are in class or a clinical experience. A professional physical therapy student displays a variety of important characteristics. A few include appearance, demeanor, teamwork, communication, reliability, ethics, and organizational skills. A professional should always present a neat appearance. Students want to make a fine impression when meeting with patients or superiors. If you are not fittingly put together they may assume you do not care. Once the clinical experience begins, students should be in the appropriate dress code at all times. The workplace and the school are always to be represented sutably. Another characteristic that enhances professionalism as a student is their demeanor....
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...As the blades of the hospital wing whirled around with increasing speed, thousands of emotions flooded my mind. Just then, the helicopter took flight, and the reality of my grandmother's hemorrhagic stroke began to sink in. While I knew her road to recovery would be extensive- full of therapy and relearning simple tasks of daily living- I had no idea it would solidify my professional aspiration to pursue a career in physical therapy. Visiting my grandmother daily at Baptist's rehabilitation clinic opened my eyes to the rewarding career of physical therapy that would enable me to fulfill my desire to encourage and serve others. The opportunity to invest in patients while improving their quality of life made choosing physical therapy easy. Curious...
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...Physical therapy diagnosis and prognosis. Physical therapy diagnosis refers to the data evaluation gathered from the patient during physical examinations while prognosis is the process of hypothesizing the optimal level of improvement and the estimated time needed to achieve it. Both of these are known among healthcare professionals as it integrates pertinent information in order to create a diagnosis and provide a correction that is needed for patient management. The healthcare professional must create a differential diagnoses in line with the pathology, impairment and functional limitation of the patient (APTA, 2006). In the College of Rehabilitation (2017), it is vital for a PT intern to independently establish an accurate and safe diagnosis....
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...Every time I am asked, “Why do you want to be a Physical Therapist Assistant”, I take a moment to respond. For me, there isn’t a right way to really answer such a question. Since middle school I have felt a pull towards physical therapy. From being involved in a bad car accident, which required physical therapy, thereafter, to playing sports, and getting dings here and there, even being lucky enough to know two of my grandparents and have watched their battle against time. I saw the frustration they encounter as they feel pummeled by agony and the inability to operate as they did when they were younger. While watching some of their physical therapy sessions, I have witnessed firsthand how a person can restore their bodies as well as their confidence,...
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...SCV Wellness Center 1 SVC Wellness Center Complete therapy for the body and mind. Marketing Plan for SCV Wellness Center Complete therapy for the body and mind. Anacleto Isaias Marketing Management – MM522 Keller Graduate School of Management of DeVry University- Sherman Oaks Campus SCV Wellness Center 2 1.0 Executive Summary …. 2.0 Situation Analysis SCV Wellness Center offers a place where people who are suffering from physical and mental trauma can go for complete therapy treatment. All too often when trauma accrues patients and doctors focus only on the external physical damage left from their experience but the emotional and mental damage can be just as severe. SCV Wellness Center provides complete therapy for both the physical and mental scars left from trauma. 2.1 Market Summary SCV Wellness Center provides complete trauma therapy for men and women in the Santa Clarita Valley area who suffer from trauma related posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We will also treat patients who require physical or psychological therapy due to stress and or injury. 2.1.1 Market Demographics Our critical market segment will include veterans returning from war who are having difficulty adjusting to the physical and or psychological damage suffered during their tour of duty. ...
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...as a Physical Therapist in your department. I earned my license earlier this year but have since been preoccupied with setting up our family business. I am now eager to practice what I learned from my degree and further develop my skills as a PT. I will be glad for the opportunity to work for a trusted and reputable institution with ideals that I share; to grow with a company which started from humble beginnings and is now providing quality but affordable healthcare. I believe I will work well with your team because I am flexible and quick to adapt, having worked with different types of people in widely varying situations, the details of which are in my resume. I take instruction well and am open to acquiring new skills. I maximize my time on duty by working as smartly and efficiently as I can. I also strive to balance professionalism and compassion when dealing with patients. I hope you will consider my application since I am enthusiastic and commited to providing patients with the best service while representing the De Los Santos Medical Center. Sincerely, Jed Pauline Chan Alvarado Jed Pauline Alvarado Block 2 Lot 47 Venus Street • Carrieland Ampid 1 San Mateo • Rizal CELL (63) 948 443 8125 • E-MAIL jedi.alvarado@gmail.com PROFILE Teachable, eager and receptive Willing to undergo training Reliable and follows instructions well Orderly and systematic Possesses critical thinking and analytical skills Possesses good verbal and written communication skills Licensed Physical Therapist...
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...pirouettes. After the curtain came down on the final show, she couldn’t point her feet or raise up en pointe; her ankles wouldn’t allow it. Her foot felt like it was on backward. This is when Dr. Kathleen Bower ’11 was first introduced to the world of physical therapy— and was set on the path to become a Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) graduate who would combine her love of movement with a passion for injury prevention. Dance injuries have been on the rise for more than a decade, with a 37% increase reported from 1991 to 2007 in a study by the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital. Feet are crunched, strained, sprained. Ankles are twisted, elbows are bumped and bruised, and arms are broken during falls. Dancers risk losing mobility with every jeté. When dancing en pointe, the average pressure on the shoe’s toe box is about 220 pounds per square inch. Some of the associated injuries can be career-ending. Bower was fortunate, though, and after months of physical therapy and a referral to a dance medicine specialist she was able to return to dance—something she’d loved ever since seeing “The Nutcracker” as a 3-year-old in Danville, California. “When you spend months in physical therapy yourself, you realize its importance,” Bower says. Dr. Kathleen Bower. Photo credit: Leigh Esty. In college at California State...
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...Lesson Learnt. The purpose of lessons learnt is to bring together any insights gained during a project that can be usefully applied on future projects. I. What have we get from this project? There is good things and bad things that we have learnt in this project. Usually we only focus on the mistakes that were made. It is truth that we must learn from mistakes, but we also need to recognise what worked and make sure those processes and techniques that help the project succeed should not be forgetting and can be apply in future project. So the good thing about Kuala Lumpur Middle Ring Road 2 (MRR2) route 28 was built by Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) is to connect neighbourhoods near the boundary of Kuala Lumpur. Next, MRR2 brought travel within easy reach since it is a long highway that no traffic light. The bad thing about this project is controversial issues such as beam cracks on the Kepong Flyover. The Kepong Flyover was reported to be faulty because 31 of 33 pillars supporting the flyover were reported to have obvious cracks. Next, the safety issues. Public concern about the safety issues at Kepong Flyover was due to the risks faced by at least 4,300 motorists using the flyover at a time. Lastly, due to incompletion of MRR2 for second closure has rose the traffic jammed. Without the lessons learned from previous projects, future projects will fall into the same routines and pitfalls that occurred in previous projects. II. Learning from Project Failures...
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...Physical therapists are all leaders in the optimization of movement in a variety of patient populations. Each physical therapist brings a unique set of values and skills that collectively enhance the APTA vision. As an aspiring physical therapist, I have been given invaluable experiences and adversities that have given me collaborative skills, a desire to innovate, and empathy and compassion in order to “improve the human experience.” Collaboration is a necessary principle to embody the APTA vision. A physical therapist will need to interact with patients and other medical personnel in a variety of ways in order to improve the patient’s outcomes. Patients will come from many different backgrounds, ages, and levels of motivation...
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...Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Also, 9-12 on Tuesday and Thursday. Pine Tree Chiropractic was established in 1980. The clinic had to move from its original site on Klamath Ave, as patient growth forced Pine Tree Chiropractic to move to its current site on Crosby Ave. Some of the services the facility offers is rehab, digital X-ray, massage therapy, nutrient information, physical therapy, orthotics, ultrasound, EMS/IFC therapy, and...
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...10 minutes, and was comprised of only four questions. This author felt, although it was short, the interview was able to accurately portray A. Hobert’s role as a registered nurse (RN) in the healthcare field. What leadership and professional means to her and how that translates into, and affects, her nursing practice and career. Role A. Hobert primary role as a registered nurse within her facility is to provide safe, effective patient care. Her duties include providing patients with; medication administration, education, active listening method, assistance with or conducting patient’s activities of daily living (ADL’s). A portion of her duty as an RN collaborating with different team members including physicians, speech, physical and occupational therapy. As a nurse I also coach and educate nurse techs and work alongside them as they assist in feeding, bathing, taking vitals and more. A large part of my role is advocating for my patients. “I am the to go to person for the patient, if a problem or issue presents I must solve it or get assistance from someone who can. Nurses must advocate for their patients, often they are the only one that will” (A. Hobert, Personal communication, December 11, 2015). Supporting patients, and providing quality nursing...
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...While it's difficult to rank healthcare centers, clinical excellence, positive staff attitude and effective management are indicators of a quality hospital. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania is amongst the top 100 hospitals in the world. At this medical facility, the staff puts its patients first. Penn Medicine is dedicated to high-quality patient care and service, advancing medical science through research, and educating the next generation of leaders in medicine. It includes three hospitals in Philadelphia and outpatient centers throughout the region (The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 2012). A leader in medicine for more than 240 years, Penn opened its School of Medicine, the nation's first, in 1765. The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania was established in 1874 as the nation's first teaching hospital. Since its founding days, Penn has expanded medical frontiers by creating some of the nation's earliest programs in areas ranging from dermatology, neurosurgery, ophthalmology and radiology, to the Philadelphia region's only program to transplantation of five major organs (The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, 2012). Over the past 30 years, Penn physicians and scientists have participated in many important discoveries, including: the first general vaccine against pneumonia. The introduction of total intravenous feeding. The development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and other imaging technologies. The discovery of the Philadelphia...
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...Unit 3 Assignment Greg Phoenix Cleveland State Dr. King August 13, 2000 Unit 3 Assignment The slides I will be discussing are Psychology/Human services. Part 1: Were the individuals professional? Slide one: This slide is a picture of two people who appear to be talking. The one individual is leaning in touching her co-worker on the shoulder. Although her coworker seems distressed, I do not feel it is proper for her to have physical contact. Not everyone will feel that her act of kindness as welcoming. Workers have very different levels of acceptance for physical contact of any kind (Zupek, 2010). Something that seems very innocent to you and I could be offensive to another. Slide two: Shows a client laying on the couch with a tissue in her hand and the counselor is writing something down on paper. This picture is a classic for what people consider to be a normal therapy session. The counselor appears to be professional, but also seems distant. There is no eye contact with the patient, which may come across to the patient as “not listening”. Slide three: Is of a therapist standing in a room writing on something despite the fact they are in a group session. Is this individual professional? It appears she is, although she is distancing herself from the group. I guess it could be decided if we knew the exact situation instead of only seeing a picture of it. She appears to be working where she feels less distracted. I think she would be more professional if she were...
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...UW‐La Crosse: Doctor of Physical Therapy Degree Professional Curriculum (Revised 4/2/14) Course Number PTS 509 PTS 510 PTS 512 PTS 520 PTS 521 PTS 516 PTS 517 PTS 523 PTS 524 PTS 525 PTS 526 PTS 527 PTS 528 PTS 535 PTS 536 Format Lecture Seminar Lecture Lecture Seminar Lecture Seminar Lecture Seminar Lecture Seminar Lecture Seminar Lecture Seminar Contact Hours/Semester 42 84 56 14 56 Credits 3 3 4 1 2 Summer I (10 weeks) Title Human Gross Anatomy Applied Human Gross Anatomy Medical Physiology Intro to PT Practice & Evaluation Techniques Applied Intro to PT Prac & Eval Tech Summer I: Total 252/semester; 25hr/wk 14 28 28 28 28 28 42 56 28 28 13 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 Fall I (14 weeks) Physiological Regulation of Exertion & Disease Applied Physiol Reg of Exertion & Disease Physical Agents Applied Physical Agents Biomechanics & Kinesiology of Movement Applied Biomechanics & Kinesiology Foundations of the PT Exam Applied Foundations of the PT Exam Functional Neuroanatomy Applied Functional Neuroanatomy Fall I: Total 308/semester; 22hr/wk 16 Winter (2 weeks) PTS 651 PTS 518 PTS 519 PTS 545 PTS 546 PTS 611 PTS 619 PTS 620 PTS 625 PTS 626 PTS 627 PTS 628 PTS 631 PTS 542 PTS 543 PTS 544 PTS 623 PTS 624 PTS 728 PTS 729 Fieldwork: Introduction Winter: Total Fieldwork Lecture Seminar Lecture Seminar ...
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...PA for A Day was an excellent opportunity to shadow a PA now that I have begun my education in the PA Program. While I shadowed in an area that we have not yet covered, at the Spine Health Institute, I had a somewhat different perspective while there compared to my shadowing prior to entering the program. Mr. King demonstrated medical knowledge, professionalism, interpersonal and communication skills, and excellent patient care but I would like to focus on his demonstration of practice-based learning and improvement and systems-based practice. These competencies are expected and necessary for anyone in the PA profession. The competency regarding practice-based learning and improvement is comprised of several factors which include “utilize...
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