Chapter 4 - The Preferred PT/PTA Relationship Flashcards
List three similarities and three differences in the educational processes of PTs and PTAs?
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Explain why it is important for a PT/PTA team to have trust in each other’s abilities?
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Whose responsibility is it to ensure that all directions and paremeters for patient progression have been clarified?
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What differences exist between the roles of the PT and PTA?
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How are the differences between PT/PTA demonstrated in the clinical environment?
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How are the PT/PTA differences explained to patients?
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In this chapter, is Catherine performing in a role appropriate for a PTA?
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What are the key components of an effective PT/PTA?
(F.A.U.S)
⭐️Familiarity…with each others educational background.
⭐️Understanding..of the differences and similarities of each others role.
⭐️Awareness…of and trust in each others skills and knowledge.
⭐️Strategies of effectice communication…with each other & with others on the healthcare team.
List three similarities and three differences in the educational process of PTs & PTAs
👤PTA: Less emphasis on theoretical and evaluative componets of PT.
👤PTA: Recieves an 2 Year Associates Degree. PTs a Doctorate.
👤PTA: Trained more in the 5th component of “patient/client management (intervention)” than PTs.
👥Both have to perform generic abilities (ethical decision making, critical thinking,communication skills ect).
👥Both develop and enhance their clinical skills through hundreds of hours of interaction with patients under supervision of practicing clinicians.
👥Both programs expect optimal saftey, effectiveness, and modifications of interventions in the delivery of physical therapy services.
Explain why it’s important for PT/PTA team to have trust in each others abilities.
It allows for the PT/PTA to communicate more readily causing them to work more efficiently benifiting the patients needs.
Whose responsibility is it to ensure that all directions and parameters for patient progression have been clarified?
PTA: If paremeters for patient progression are not clear, it is their responsibility to seek further information.
