PT Pintcast - Physical Therapy

WEB PT released it's 3rd annual "State of Rehab Therapy" insight. A 30+ page deep dive into statistics and insights from more than 6,000 responses across the profession.

We caught up with Heidi and looked at the responses and trends that stood out from their report.

Download the report for free here

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We talked with Kathy Shirley who's been a PT for 38 YEARS! She's seen trends in PT come and go... and come back again. We talked about incorporating mental health coaching in her practice, how we might be a part of ageism internally and why we need to focus on treating BPPV no matter where we practice.

The show is poured by Aureus Medical Staffing, if you want to jump into Travel PT find them at www.AureusMedical.com

Kara Gainer and Heather Smith of the APTA talk us through proposed changes in Medicare payment structures and an update on MIPS.

We talked with Bob Rowe who is the Executive Director of Brooks IHL at Brooks Rehabilitation located in Jacksonville, FL. In addition to developing and managing the current and future residency/fellowship programs within Brooks Rehabilitation, he assists in coordinating and promoting professional development opportunities for the Brooks clinical staff.

Jamie Dyson has been an APTA member since 1988 and an FPTA member since 1992 when he moved to Florida from Boston. He received his BS in Physical Therapy from Northeastern University and his T-DPT from A.T. Still University. He has worked at Orlando Regional Medical Center (ORMC) since moving to Florida in the level 1 trauma center. He was a rehabilitationsupervisor for 20 over the orthopedic, trauma and cardiac centers with a specialty in intensive care and burns and has recently taken the position of rehabilitation educator.

Joe Donnelly is a Clinical Professor and Director of Post-professional Education at Mercer University Department of Physical Therapy. He is an advocate for his patients and has served the profession for 35 years.  He was recently recognized as a GA Healthcare Hero by the Atlanta Business Chronicle for his role in elevating the level of practice of physical therapy in the state and adding over 40 board-certified specialists in orthopedic, neurologic and Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy. He is a strong influencer and catalyst for change at the grassroots level for the profession.

This is a #TBT episode from last year when we were live at the NEXT conference in Orlando Florida.

We talked to Mary Elizabeth Parker who is a clinical associate professor at the Texas State PT program.

We got into her presentation that year which talked about where the Physical Therapy profession comes into play on the topic of genomics.

Mary's Bio:

Alan M. Jette, PT, PhD, MPH, FAPTA, is Professor of Interprofessional Studies in the PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences program and in the Department of Physical Therapy at the MGH Institute. He is also the editor-in-chief of Physical Therapy (PTJ), the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) as well as the host of the PTJ podcast.

Dr. Jette is a physical therapist and an internationally recognized expert in the measurement of function and disability. He has developed numerous instruments that assess function and disability and has published numerous articles on these topics in the rehabilitation, geriatrics, and public health literature.

Over the past 30 years, Dr. Jette has received a total of 54 grants and fellowships from such agencies as National Institutes of Health (multiple divisions), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National Arthritis Foundation.

He also currently directs the Boston Rehabilitation Outcomes Measurement Center, funded by the NIH National Center for Medical Rehabilitation Research. The center is a collaborative of local institutions that will provide rehabilitation researchers with the most up-to-date outcome measurement tools

We talk with Alan Lee on Telehealth, where we are as a profession and where we're going (quickly).

Alan is a professor of physical therapy at Mount Saint Mary's University with a research interest in Telehealth. Alan maintains clinical practice at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego with dual board certifications in geriatrics and wound management.

Alan will be presenting, amongst others, on Telehealth at the Tri-State Physical Therapy conference on October 11-13 2019 in Las Vegas Nevada.

Ticket information can be found here

We talked to 2 SPTs about the Tri-State PT conference coming up on October 11-13th in Las Vegas! Juliette Dassinger and Shivani Suklikar break down what's going on in Vegas during the conference.

Important links!

Win your way into the conference here: https://contest.app.do/vegas

Information about the PTDOS Shoe Drive: https://empower.betherippl.com/rippl-sneaker-bag30411326

Register for the conference:California: https://staging-cpta.site-ym.com/page/TRI-StatePTConferenceArizona: https://aptaaz.org/events/2019/10/12/default-calendar/2019-fall-tri-state-conferenceNevada: https://www.nvapta.org/event/tristateconference

We talked to Raine & Bill while at the Brooks IHL Scholarly Symposium in Jacksonville Florida.

Raine is the Director of Research at Brooks Rehabilitation and Adjunct Faculty at the University of North Florida. He is also on faculty in the Brooks IHL Residency and Fellowship Program. He works to integrate clinical research and clinical practice, and doing what he can to help develop the next generation of clinical leaders.

Bill is the Program Director for the DPT program at the University of Florida.   And serves the APTA as chair of the HoD Reference Committee for the 2020 HoD.