Physical Therapist Practice Settings

Question 1

What are the 4 physical therapy preferred practice patterns? (as set forth in the guide to pt by apta)

Answer 1

musculoskeletal, neuro, cardiopulmonary, integumentary

Question 2

What are some pt practice settings?

Answer 2

acute care, outpatient, snf, ecu, tcu, home care, hospice, peds clinics, traveling, academia

Question 3

What can acute care include?

Answer 3

cardiac rehab, inpatient rehab, wound care, er, med/surg, acute ortho

Question 4

What can outpatient include?

Answer 4

sports med, women’s health, aquatics, industrial, perf arts, complementary med

Question 5

When was the Guide to physical therapy practice written?

Answer 5

1997

Question 6

What is a patient? What is a client?

Answer 6

patients are recipients of pt exam, eval, diag, prog, and intervention who have a disease, disorder, condition, etc.

client engages the services of a pt and who can benefit from pt’s consultation, professional advice, etc. may be businesses, school systems, etc, too.