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intro PT
chp 1 the profession of PT: definition and development
Question | Answer |
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what does APTA stand for? | American Physical Therapy Association |
who created the Physical Therapist Scope of Practice? (origonally titled Model Definition of PT for state practice Acts) | APTA |
Individuals who have disorders that require interventions to improve their function are? | patients |
term used to refer to an individual who seeks the services of a PT to maintain health or a business that hires a PT for consultation | client |
commonly known as "physicians' assistants" | Physiotherapists |
APA stands for? | American Physiotherapy Association |
National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (often refered to as "the Foundation" was established in? | 1938 |
what was the first state to have direct access to a PT in 1957? | Nebraska |
what was the 2nd state in 1968 to enact legislation for direct access to PT? | Califonia |
what is evidence-based practice? | practice based on proof |
what states that by 2020 that PT will be performed by PTs who are doctors of PT? | Vision 2020 |