Developing Professionalism in Healthcare Students: Impact of a Health Coaching Program.

This study explored the impact of a curriculum-embedded health coaching program on student professionalism. We compared physical therapy students who participated in a coaching program (n=79) to a control group who did not (n=70). We analyzed differences between the two groups and examined the association of group to achievement of better performance ratings.

Long-Term Effects and Impressions of Minimal Footwear in Older Adults.

Introduction: Foot pathologies can lead to difficulty walking and falls in older adults. Intrinsic foot muscles contribute to the structural support and alignment of the foot and provide somatosensory input from the ground. Minimally cushioned footwear may naturally strengthen intrinsic foot muscles and enhance sensory input to the foot; however, these effects are largely unknown in older adults.

National Benchmarks to Understand How Doctor of Physical Therapy Learners From Minoritized Race and Ethnicity Groups Perceive Their Physical Therapist Education Program.

Objective: The demographic homogeneity of the physical therapist workforce and its educational pathway may undermine the profession's potential to improve the health of society. Building academic environments that support the development of all learners is fundamental to building a workforce to meet societal health care needs. The Benchmarking in Physical Therapy Education study uses the Physical Therapy Graduation Questionnaire to comprehensively assess learner perceptions of the physical therapist academic environment.

Building a Foundation for Health Informatics Content in Physical Therapy Education Through Concept Analysis and Concept Mapping.

Introduction: Health informatics curricular content, while beneficial to the spectrum of education in physical therapy, is currently only required in physical therapist education programs, and even there, it is only crudely defined. The purpose of our study was to use the techniques of concept analysis and concept mapping to provide an outline of informatics content that can be the foundation for curriculum development and the construction of informatics competencies for physical therapy.

Review Of Literature: There is no established consensus on the definition of health informatics.

Responding to stakeholder needs to engage rehabilitation professionals in the delivery of evidence-based health programming for adults with osteoarthritis.

Although there are many evidence-based programs that promote healthy lifestyles and symptom modification for people with osteoarthritis, their delivery in rehabilitation clinical settings in the United States is limited. These programs can be a primary component of treatment or a discharge option to facilitate long-term mobility and pain management. The purpose of this perspective article is to describe a delivery model that brings one arthritis-appropriate, evidence-based intervention, the Arthritis Foundation's Walk With Ease program, to older adults seeking physical therapy related to their osteoarthritis.

Mind the Gap: An Analysis of Physical Therapist Earnings in the United States by Male/Female Sex.

Objective: Earnings discrepancies between male and female health and medical professionals are well documented. The purpose of this study was to examine the distribution of physical therapist earnings using a quartile regression approach to determine the nature of the gender-based differences in earnings between male and female physical therapists in the United States, with "gender" as defined by the dataset as being male or female.

Methods: This observational study used data from the 2014 to 2018 American Community Survey 5-year public use microdata file.

Developing core education principles for rehabilitation professionals in response to the opioid crisis: an example from physical therapy education.

Purpose: We describe how educators in one state developed a set of core principles for the education of Doctor of Physical Therapy students in response to the opioid crisis, and we present these principles as a model for educators globally.

Methods: In Massachusetts, a working group from the physical therapy program directors developed a model for opioid education based on a review of the literature, of curricula and of the accreditation standards.

Results: The "Core Principles for the Education of Physical Therapy Professionals in the Context of the U.

The physical therapist informatician as an enabler of capacity in a data-driven environment: an administrative case report.

: Many professions including nursing and medicine have developed subspecialties in the field of clinical informatics to assist in the management of patient outcomes. This report describes the development of a physical therapist-informatician (PT-I) that occurred concurrently with the introduction of an electronic health record (EHR). : A physical therapist supervisor participated in professional development to become a full-time PT-I within the Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (DPMR) of an academic medical center.

Leadership Development of Rehabilitation Professionals in a Low-Resource Country: A Transformational Leadership, Project-Based Model.

Background And Rationale: This paper presents an overview of the activities and outcomes of the Leadership Institute (LI), a short-term leadership development professional development course offered to physiotherapists in a low-resource country. Previous studies have provided examples of the benefits of such programs in medicine and nursing, but this has yet to be documented in the rehabilitation literature. The prototype of leadership development presented may provide guidance for similar trainings in other low-resource countries and offer the rehabilitation community an opportunity to build on the model to construct a research agenda around rehabilitation leadership development.

Application of a contextual instructional framework in a continuing professional development training program for physiotherapists in Rwanda.

Background: Continuing professional development is an important component of capacity building in low resource countries. The purpose of this case study is to describe the use of a contextual instructional framework to guide the processes and instructional design choices for a series of continuing professional development courses for physiotherapists in Rwanda.

Methods: Four phases of the project are described: (1) program proposal, needs assessment and planning, (2) organization of the program and instructional design, (3) instructional delivery and (4) evaluation.

Out-of-Pocket Spending for Ambulatory Physical Therapy Services From 2008 to 2012: National Panel Survey.

Background: Out-of-pocket (OOP) expenditures are incurred as insurers and employers shift some of the burden of health care costs onto consumers. As cost-sharing increases, OOP expenditures could be a barrier to physical therapy care.

Objective: The purposes of this study were: (1) to identify factors associated with any OOP physical therapy spending and (2) to identify factors associated with higher spending among individuals incurring OOP costs.

The persistence of gender and racial disparities in vascular lower extremity amputation: an examination of HCUP-NIS data (2002-2011).

The purpose of this study was to examine trends in racial and gender disparities in the severity of lower extremity amputation among individuals with peripheral artery disease (PAD) over the period of a decade (2002-2011). This is a longitudinal secondary analysis of data from the Healthcare Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Survey (HCUP-NIS) for the years 2002-2011. Level of amputation was determined from ICD-9-CM procedure and coded as either transfemoral (TF) or transtibial (TT).

Reported characteristics of participants in physical therapy-related clinical trials.

Background: The inclusion of sociodemographic and anthropometric variables in published clinical trials enables physical therapists to determine the applicability of trial results to patients in their clinics.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the reporting of participant sociodemographic and anthropometric characteristics in published physical therapy-related clinical trials.

Design: This was a retrospective review of clinical trials from 2 samples drawn from literature applicable to physical therapy.

No short-term savings in health care expenditures for physically active adults.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the association of physical activity and health care expenditures in a nationally representative sample of non-disabled adults.

Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data from 8843 adults. Physical activity measures were derived from participants in the 2006 and 2007 National Health Interview Survey.

Factors associated with care seeking from physicians, physical therapists, or chiropractors by persons with spinal pain: a population-based study.

Study Design: Secondary analysis of longitudinal population-based survey data.

Objectives: To investigate factors associated with care seeking for physician-referred physical therapy (MD/PT), as compared to physician-only (MD) or chiropractic-only (DC) care for spinal pain.

Background: Although a large proportion of ambulatory physical therapy visits are related to spinal pain, physical therapists are not the most commonly seen provider.

Determinants of utilization and expenditures for episodes of ambulatory physical therapy among adults.

Background: Comprehensive information on determinants and patterns of use and spending for ambulatory physical therapy services is needed to inform health planning and policy decisions. Most research in the literature on this topic is limited to specific payers, age groups, and conditions.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to examine factors associated with the resource intensity of physical therapy episodes for adults in the United States as measured by number of visits and expenses per visit.

Sex disparities in level of amputation.

Objective: To determine whether there is a sex-related disparity in the management of lower-extremity ischemia by evaluating the relationship between sex and level of nontraumatic amputation.

Design: This is a retrospective secondary analysis of community hospital data from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample for 2007. Level of amputation was determined from International Classification of Diseases-9th Revision-Clinical Modifications procedure and coded as either transfemoral or transtibial.

The gender gap in peer-reviewed publications by physical therapy faculty members: a productivity puzzle.

Background: Studies of peer-reviewed article publication by faculty in higher education show men publish more than women. Part of the difference in publishing appears to be attributable directly to gender. Gender differences in publishing productivity have not been explored in physical therapy.

Do as I do: exercise habits of physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and student physical therapists.

Background: Physical therapy practitioners are among the many health care professionals who can counsel their patients to address the public health care concern of physical inactivity. Health care providers who are physically active themselves are more likely to counsel patients on the benefits of activity.

Objective: The purposes of this study were: (1) to examine the leisure-time physical activity habits of physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and student physical therapists in the United States using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American College of Sports Medicine (CDC-ACSM) recommendations and (2) to compare these habits with those of the general population and other health care professionals.

Demographic determinants of participation in strength training activities among U.S. adults.

This study used a health services approach to examine the demographic correlates of participation in strength training activities among U.S. adults.