chapter 1

Question 1

What is the primary purpose of a PT?

Answer 1

promote optimal health and function

Question 2

What are the three qualities of a PT?

Answer 2

autonomy
ethical standards
accountability

Question 3

What is the heirarchy of characteristics of a PT?

Answer 3

lifetime commitment
representative organization (APTA)
specialized education
service to clients
autonomy of judgment

Question 4

What event brought the first PT techniques to the US?

Answer 4

outbreak of polio and WWI

Question 5

When was the Division of Special Hospitals and Physical construction developed?

Answer 5

1917

Question 6

What is the purpose of the Division of Special hospitals and Physical Reconstruction?

Answer 6

responsible for training and managing reconstruction aides to provide to the injured

Question 7

Who was the president of the American Women’s PT Association?

Answer 7

Mary McMillan

Question 8

Why was the American Women’s PT Association established?

Answer 8

maintain high standards and provide mechanism of sharing information

Question 9

What did the American Women’s PT Association change its name to?

Answer 9

American Physiotherapy Association (1922)

Question 10

What are the two membership categories of the American Physiotherapy Association?

Answer 10

1. charter members (aides)

2. active members (graduate of schools)

Question 11

When was the first PT education program developed and how long was the course?

Answer 11

1928

9 months

Question 12

What was the first state with direct access?

Answer 12

Nebraska

Question 13

What events took place in the 1960s-1980s?

Answer 13

• APTA adopted policy to clarify preparation and use of PTA
• relocate headquarters to DC
• started accrediting process

Question 14

What controlled the cost in the 1990s?

Answer 14

type, number, and reimbursement amounts for services

Question 15

What happened to job availability and salary in the 1990s?

Answer 15

plateaued and declines

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Question 16

What is “Hooked on Evidence”?

Answer 16

user friendly database of current literature

Question 17

What are the six elements of Vision 2020?

Answer 17

autonomous practice
direct access
practitioner of choice
DPT
evidence based practice
professionalism

Question 18

What are the seven core values of Professionalism?

Answer 18

accountability
altruism
compassion
excellence
integrity
professional duty
social responsibility

Question 19

accountability

Answer 19

active acceptance of the responsibility for roles, obligations, and actions

Question 20

altruism

Answer 20

devotion to interest of patients and placing them ahead of PT self interest

Question 21

compassion

Answer 21

identify with other’s experience and concern, empathy, consideration for their needs

Question 22

excellence

Answer 22

use current knowledge while understanding personal limits, integrate judgment, embrace advancement, and work towards development

Question 23

integrity

Answer 23

adherence to high ethical principles

Question 24

professional duty

Answer 24

meeting obligations to provide effective services, to serve profession, and influence health of society

Question 25

social responsibility

Answer 25

mutual trust between profession and public responding to needs for health and wellness