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PTJ Author Interview: Key T...

09.26.2023

Which areas of research are key to advancing the profession?

APTA Podcasts episodes:

09.26.2023 PTJ Author Interview: Key Takeaways From the Research Agenda for Physical Therapy Which areas of research are key to advancing the profession?
09.12.2023 PTJ Author Interview: Conflict of Interest and Researcher Allegiance How better reporting can lead to improved credibility.
09.01.2023 Physician Fee Schedule Comment Letters: The Whys and Hows Your voice matters. Comments are due by Sept. 11.
08.22.2023 PTJ Author Interview: Use of Rehabilitation Services by Adults With Cerebral Palsy A preliminary study on access to rehabilitation services
08.15.2023 Productivity measures should include quality and quantity. Insight from APTA EJC Insight on ethics related to productivity, and more.
08.08.2023 PTJ Author Interview: Building Better Science and Research for the Profession The increasing need for foundational research and evidence
08.04.2023 A Look at the Proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule APTA staff experts discuss highlights from the proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: Cuts, but also potential good news around misvalued codes, PTA supervision, telehealth, and more.
07.28.2023 'It's not about having this 25-point plan.' Four PTs share advice for new grads Tips on finding mentors, negotiating contracts, and more.
07.25.2023 PTJ Author Interview: First Provider Seen Influences Future Health Care Choices What provider should you see for episodes of low back pain?
07.11.2023 Measuring Community Mobility With GPS: PTJ Author Interview With Pamela Dunlap Using GPS devices to track community mobility in older adults.
06.27.2023 Reducing Pain With Preoperative Exercise: PTJ Author Interview Exercise before surgery improves pain and function outcomes
06.22.2023 APTA Practice Update: Future of Physical Therapy Summit, Telehealth, and More Mental health resources, new PTJ content for PTs and PTAs.Visit apta.org/podcasts (https://www.apta.org/podcasts) for links mentioned in this episode.
05.23.2023 Rehabilitation and Hospital Readmission After Hip Fracture: PTJ Author Interview Importance of increased rehabilitation after hip fracture
05.19.2023 Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis: Discussion of the New APTA CPG A discussion to help PTs care for patients with shoulder OA.
05.09.2023 Medicare Advantage and Post-stroke Discharge Patterns: PTJ Author Interview Determining discharge patterns in Medicare Advantage plans
05.08.2023 End of the Public Health Emergency: What You Need to Know What to expect after the PHE ends on May 11.
04.25.2023 Long-term Academic Earnings of PhD Recipients After DPT: PTJ Author Interview Academic career earnings with PhD and postdoctoral education.
04.11.2023 Early Rehabilitation in Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia: PTJ Author Interview Early rehabilitation in COVID-19 regardless of severity
04.06.2023 APTA State Advocacy Update: State Legislative Roundup Some positive changes could be on the horizon.
03.30.2023 APTA Practice Update: CSM Reflections, CPGs, New APTA Learning Center Courses, and More New resources to support your work as a PT or PTA.
03.28.2023 Telehealth and Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy: PTJ Author Interview Comparing telehealth or hybrid format with in-person physical therapy
03.14.2023 Coach2Move Improves Older Adults’ Mobility: PTJ Author Interview With Ward Heij Effective Personalized Physical Therapy Approach in Older Adults
02.28.2023 Physical Therapists and Cystic Fibrosis Care: PTJ Author Interview With Gemma Stanford Management of Cystic Fibrosis and Changing Population Demographics
02.22.2023 Two APTA Award Winners Share Their Experiences as Black Physical Therapists The APTA Minority Scholarship Award was first given in 1988.
02.14.2023 Telehealth Physical Therapy 1 Year Into COVID-19: An Author Interview With Matthew Miller Telehealth Physical Therapy 1 Year Into COVID-19
01.30.2023 APTA Practice Update: Long COVID Resources, Anxiety Screening, and More APTA staff experts offer updates to support your practice.
01.24.2023 Knowledge Translation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Time Is Now Spinal muscular atrophy resources need knowledge translation.
01.10.2023 Benchmarking in Academic Physical Therapy These second-wave findings provide updated benchmarks.
01.03.2023 Physical Therapist Education Programs and Modern Pain Content Getting Modern Pain Content Into Physical Therapy Education.
11.17.2022 Statehouse Roundup: Legislative Wins in 2022; What to Expect in 2023 APTA staff experts on state legislation and Medicaid.
10.26.2022 Throwing in With Physical Therapy – Defining Moment While softball may have led a PT to her physical therapy career, physical therapy led her to a welcome softball side effect.
10.18.2022 Long COVID Course Preview Presenters for an APTA online course on Long COVID talk about why you should tune in or download.
10.07.2022 Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Academic Growth in Physical Therapist Education Strategies to dispel the storm clouds of unbalanced supply and demand.
09.28.2022 A Word Changed Us – Defining Moment A patient’s permanent reminder of her physical therapist’s instruction left an indelible mark on both of them.
09.21.2022 APTA Practice Update: APTA Lecture Series, New CPGs, Digital Health, and Self-Care Stay on top of developments in PT practice: APTA staff experts on new learning opportunities, the latest clinical practice guidelines available, and exactly what’s meant by the term “digital health.” Also, the importance of taking care of yourself.
09.14.2022 APTA President’s Podcast: Address to the 2022 APTA House of Delegates Hear what APTA President Roger Herr, PT, MPA, has to say about where the profession is, and what it will take to pursue our full potential.
08.30.2022 The Best-Laid 10-Year Plan – Defining Moment A former newscaster trades the thrill of chasing down a story for the higher satisfaction of improving patients’ lives.
08.08.2022 Competency-Based Education for Physical Therapists Physical therapy can’t wait another 50 years to implement competency-based education.
07.27.2022 Mobility Levels With Rehabilitation Delivered During and After ECMO Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.
07.22.2022 No Vacation from Advocacy: Fee Schedule, Home Health, and Two Wins for the Profession APTA staff experts provide insight on what’s happening, and what’s to come.
07.15.2022 A Shared Experience: Members Discuss Their Professional Experience in Advocacy Chase Kuhn, PT, DPT, and Nate Thomas, PT, DPT, didn’t know each other a few months ago, but once introduced they realized they have a few things in common. Both PTs from the midwest, both having been selected as the ...
06.28.2022 What More Could I Wish For? – Defining Moment A home visit to a patient with an intriguing background leads a PT back to the profession.
06.16.2022 I Can Make Someone’s Day – Defining Moment A PT student understands that helping a patient is more than furnishing billable service units.
06.01.2022 The Fundamentals of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes play an important role in describing services and procedures performed by health care providers and ultimately in the payment for those services. This podcast reveals the role that APTA member volunteers play as advisors in ...
05.26.2022 Chronic Fatigue and Postexertional Malaise in People Living With Long COVID Physical therapists working with people with long COVID should measure and validate the patient’s experience.
05.04.2022 APTA’s advocacy efforts have a wider reach than you might think Explore lesser-known APTA advocacy with President Roger Herr.
04.29.2022 Multiparticipant Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities PTJ walks you through the complexities around multiparticipant therapy provision in SNFs.
04.27.2022 Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: Guideline A volunteer guideline development group of the American Physical Therapy Association has developed a clinical practice guideline on Parkinson disease.
03.29.2022 The Vocational Interest Test Got It Right – Defining Moment Actions both small and heroic as a “yellow jacket” in an NYU summer program prompted a career in physical therapy. By: Gary Krasilovsky, PT, PhD
03.25.2022 Physical Therapists and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan This updated Integrated Framework for making clinical decisions responds to changes in evidence, policy, and practice.

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APTA Podcasts episodes:

PTJ Author Interview: Key Takeaways From the Research Agenda for Physical Therapy

PTJ Author Interview: Conflict of Interest and Researcher Allegiance

Physician Fee Schedule Comment Letters: The Whys and Hows

PTJ Author Interview: Use of Rehabilitation Services by Adults With Cerebral Palsy

Productivity measures should include quality and quantity. Insight from APTA EJC

PTJ Author Interview: Building Better Science and Research for the Profession

A Look at the Proposed 2024 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule

'It's not about having this 25-point plan.' Four PTs share advice for new grads

PTJ Author Interview: First Provider Seen Influences Future Health Care Choices

Measuring Community Mobility With GPS: PTJ Author Interview With Pamela Dunlap

Reducing Pain With Preoperative Exercise: PTJ Author Interview

APTA Practice Update: Future of Physical Therapy Summit, Telehealth, and More

Rehabilitation and Hospital Readmission After Hip Fracture: PTJ Author Interview

Glenohumeral Joint Osteoarthritis: Discussion of the New APTA CPG

Medicare Advantage and Post-stroke Discharge Patterns: PTJ Author Interview

End of the Public Health Emergency: What You Need to Know

Long-term Academic Earnings of PhD Recipients After DPT: PTJ Author Interview

Early Rehabilitation in Critical COVID-19 Pneumonia: PTJ Author Interview

APTA State Advocacy Update: State Legislative Roundup

APTA Practice Update: CSM Reflections, CPGs, New APTA Learning Center Courses, and More

Telehealth and Chronic Achilles Tendinopathy: PTJ Author Interview

Coach2Move Improves Older Adults’ Mobility: PTJ Author Interview With Ward Heij

Physical Therapists and Cystic Fibrosis Care: PTJ Author Interview With Gemma Stanford

Two APTA Award Winners Share Their Experiences as Black Physical Therapists

Telehealth Physical Therapy 1 Year Into COVID-19: An Author Interview With Matthew Miller

APTA Practice Update: Long COVID Resources, Anxiety Screening, and More

Knowledge Translation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy: The Time Is Now

Benchmarking in Academic Physical Therapy

Physical Therapist Education Programs and Modern Pain Content

Statehouse Roundup: Legislative Wins in 2022; What to Expect in 2023

Throwing in With Physical Therapy – Defining Moment

Long COVID Course Preview

￼Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Academic Growth in Physical Therapist Education

A Word Changed Us – Defining Moment

APTA Practice Update: APTA Lecture Series, New CPGs, Digital Health, and Self-Care

APTA President’s Podcast: Address to the 2022 APTA House of Delegates

The Best-Laid 10-Year Plan – Defining Moment￼

￼Competency-Based Education for Physical Therapists

Mobility Levels With Rehabilitation Delivered During and After ECMO￼

No Vacation from Advocacy: Fee Schedule, Home Health, and Two Wins for the Profession

A Shared Experience: Members Discuss Their Professional Experience in Advocacy

What More Could I Wish For? – Defining Moment

I Can Make Someone’s Day – Defining Moment

￼The Fundamentals of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC)

￼Chronic Fatigue and Postexertional Malaise in People Living With Long COVID

APTA’s advocacy efforts have a wider reach than you might think￼

Multiparticipant Therapy in Skilled Nursing Facilities

￼Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: Guideline￼

The Vocational Interest Test Got It Right – Defining Moment

￼Physical Therapists and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan￼

Storm Clouds on the Horizon: Academic Growth in Physical Therapist Education

The Best-Laid 10-Year Plan – Defining Moment

Competency-Based Education for Physical Therapists

Mobility Levels With Rehabilitation Delivered During and After ECMO

The Fundamentals of Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC)

Chronic Fatigue and Postexertional Malaise in People Living With Long COVID

APTA’s advocacy efforts have a wider reach than you might think

Physical Therapist Management of Parkinson Disease: Guideline

Physical Therapists and Clinical Decision Making Across the Lifespan