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Using the Honor System for License Renewal
by Toni Patt
Recently the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners changed the requirements for license renewal. They continue to require 30 hours of continuing education but now therapists must include proof of that education with their application for renewal. Read More...
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The Gift of Time
by Toni Patt
Suddenly I have too much time on my hands. I lost my voice so I can't work. It's pretty hard to tell patients what to do when you can't make a sound. On top of that, my facility has a zero-tolerance policy on being sick. If you're contagious, you can't Read More...
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Four an Hour is Three Too Many
by Toni Patt
Last Friday a former student of mine called. She is doing an outpatient affiliation now and is stressing out. She is having trouble keeping up. She has four patients every hour and is staying late to complete her notes. I told her not to worry. She knows Read More...
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What Outcomes Should We Measure?
by Toni Patt
My student and I were talking about outcome measures. Naturally the ICF model came up because it attempts to define disability. The ICF divides tests and measures into three categories: body function and structure, activities and participation. To properly Read More...
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Waiting for Results
by Toni Patt
Sometime soon, I will be receiving the results of my NCS examination. I'm not sure I'm ready to open the envelope. So far I've dismissed questions about it by saying I won't know until June. Now it's June. I'm going to find out. I'm resigned to either Read More...
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Insights on Interviewing
by Toni Patt
The last few weeks have been a little different for us. We've been interviewing applicants for the two open positions on the rehab unit. I say this is a unique because we have more applicants than open positions. Usually we have open positions and no Read More...
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No Bridging the Gap
by Toni Patt
One of our rehab techs is planning to apply to PTA school. He wants to eventually go to PT school and thought this would help him get accepted when the time came. He also thought it would cut down on the time it takes to get his DPT. He was more than Read More...
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The NCS Examination
by Toni Patt
Last weekend I took the NCS test. I hope I never have to take that test again. I've been preparing for nearly two years to take that test. As soon as I finished reading the first question I felt completely unprepared. Having taken the GCS examination Read More...
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The Results of Getting Involved
by Toni Patt
It's been several months since I was elected as a board member to the Southeast District (SED) of the TPTA. Another meeting is coming up this week. I have nothing to report. That isn't particularly surprising since I only have two responsibilities; the Read More...
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CSM 2011
by Toni Patt
This year I made it to CSM. Everything fell into place. New Orleans is 6 hours from Houston. My facility paid my registration. I found a cheap hotel room close to the convention center. Now that I'm back I'm still working on defining my perceptions and Read More...
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Direct Access and the DPT
by Toni Patt
Today I ate lunch with someone I hadn't seen in a while. He wanted to tell me about the new facility where he is working. Someone there recently earned a DPT. He said the rest of the staff was now fawning over the new DPT. He asked me what my facility Read More...
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The Perspective of a CI
by Toni Patt
For the next 2 months, I am a CI for a DPT student. He is doing his neurological rotation. Today marked the end of his first 2 weeks on the unit so we completed the mini-assessment required by his school. I think having read our PT student blogs has given Read More...
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TPTA Student Conclave
by Toni Patt
Last weekend, I went to the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) Student Conclave as a presenter. It was a learning experience. The conference itself was great. The location was good. The setting was appropriate. There was enough room in all the Read More...
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Guest Lecturing
by Toni Patt
I recently was a guest lecturer on stroke for a PTA neurology class. I guess it's been a long time since I've been exposed to what goes into becoming a PTA. I was shocked at how much was being crammed into the program. It reminded me of what I had to Read More...
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I Got to See a Brain
by Toni Patt
Last night was anatomy lab for the neuroanatomy course I'm taking. I got to work with real brains and it was fascinating. Seeing one brain was worth a thousand pictures. Diagrams and drawings don't have perspective. You get no sense of size or spatial Read More...
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