Roles Across Comtinuum Flashcards
Biopsychosocial model
Enhancing health and quality of life. Health can be determined by all factors put together, not just physical health
Social determinants of health
Social factors around us impacting how people are able to access health care
Movement system
Foundation for optimizing movement
Evidence based practice
Using best available evidence from research available, clinical expertise through skills as clinician, and what the patient cares about and values most
Quality in physical therapist practice
Needs to be defined! Can be based on outcomes, can be based on patient satisfaction…
Professional values and guiding documents
Core values, guide to conduct, code of ethics, standards of practice
What are the physical therapist practice roles?
Health service delivery, consultant, educator, researcher, entrepreneur
Health service delivery role
This is the role that is practiced everyday in the clinic
Consultant role
The expert role. Clear “what you’re here for”, mostly limited relationship
Educating role
An individual level - educating patients
Bigger level - classroom education
Goal of prevention
Prevent bad things from happening for wherever we are in the prevention levels
Primary prevention
Reducing/eliminating risk factor from an at risk group
No present disease here
Secondary prevention
Early detection of disease during a detectable, asymptomatic period through clinical and population based screening
Tertiary prevention
Where we’ve been involved first and longest
Limits disease prevention - how fast it develops and preventing falls
