ICF
A patient with a total knee replacement experiences swelling and limited knee flexion. This is considered this component of the ICF model.
What is an impairment?
This branch of philosophy deals with the rightness or wrongness of human behavior and the goodness or badness of its effects, guiding our choices and actions.
What is ethics?
This is the minimum number of hours of continuing competency a physical therapist in Indiana must complete every 2 years.
What is 22 hours?
Arriving prepared for patient care, meeting deadlines, and being accountable for one’s actions demonstrate this professional behavior.
What is responsibility?
Which of the following is not a specialty certification in physical therapy practice?
a. Oncology
b. Pediatric
c. Acute care
D. Wound management
What is c, acute care.
A PT sets the goal, “Patient will walk independently to the mailbox and back daily.” This goal aligns with this ICF domain.
What is activity?
When an 87-year-old man with unexplained bruising presents directly to a PT due to direct access, this is the best course of action.
a. Examine the patient, and if abuse is suspected, report the findings to the appropriate authorities.
b. Administer massage for bruising, TENS, and ice modalities for pain, as indicated by the examination findings
c. Direct the patient to the nearest ambulatory care center for physician evaluation
d. Refuse to examine the patient and send him to the nearest emergency room
What is a, examine the patient and report suspected abuse to the appropriate authorities?
A psychologist evaluates and refers a patient to a physical therapist for back pain, including spinal manipulation. Is this legal according to the Indiana PT Practice Act?
What is no this is illegal?
A PT consistently uses current evidence and clinical reasoning to provide the highest quality care. This reflects this PT core value.
What is excellence?
The Indiana State University DPT curriculum contains how many total credit hours?
What is 100?
A stroke patient cannot return to their job as a teacher due to difficulty speaking and standing for long periods. This inability to fulfill a social role is classified as this in the ICF model.
What is a participation restriction?
A PT director must choose between a highly qualified 52-year-old woman with back pain and a less experienced 25-year-old male therapist. According to best practice and anti-discrimination law, this is the best hiring decision.
a. As long as the age and back pain history were NOT discussed during the interview process with the female candidate, the male candidate would best meet the caseload demands
b. Hire the male candidate but ensure that age and back pain history were discussed with the female candidate as the rationale for hiring someone else
c. Not have the female candidate partake in the interview process as issues with age and back pain would be justifiable grounds to rue her out based on the case load
d. Hire the more qualified female and provide aide assistance or lift equipment when heavy lifting is required
What is d, hire the more qualified female candidate and provide lifting assistance or equipment as needed?
Of the following statements about PTAs, this one is false under the Indiana PT Practice Act:
PTAs have a pathway to become more proficient in certain clinical areas
Some insurances may not pay well for services provided by a PTA
PTA’s can’t perform initial evaluations, but are okay to do re-evaluations
PTA’s can write their own notes
What is “PTA’s can’t perform initial evaluations, but are okay to do re-evaluations”?
The promotion of mutual trust between the profession and the larger public that necessitates responding to societal needs for health and wellness defines what core value.
What is social responsibility?
This individual was the founding "mother" of the physical therapy profession.
Who is Mary McMillan?
A patient recovering from a spinal cord injury uses a wheelchair but has a home with wide doorways and ramp access. These features fall under this part of the ICF model.
What are environmental factors?
After 6 weeks of telerehabilitation, this is the best way for a PT to progress a patient’s exercise program.
a. Send the patient an app showing the exercise progressions and then watch the patient’s performance using electronic means
b. Have the patient make a trip back to the clinic to be taught the new exercise variations
c. Describe the exercise progressions over the phone to the patient while simultaneously viewing their performance electronically
d. Demonstrate the exercises to the patient electronically and then view the patient’s performance.
What is d, demonstrate the exercises electronically and observe the patient’s performance?
Indiana PTs can treat patients without a referral for this many calendar days before a physician referral is required.
What is 42 days?
This core value is demonstrated when a PT places the patient’s needs above their own and acts in the patient’s best interest.
What is altruism?
What year did the inaugural class of Indiana State DPT graduate?
What is 2018?
This is the meaning of the acronym ICF in physical therapy.
What is the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health?
When a child with developmental delays is missing appointments, regressing, and the family stops bringing the child after a discussion, this is the PT’s best course of action.
a. Report the family for neglect of the child
b. Contact the supervisor with information that you are discharging this child
c. Do nothing because it is the family’s choice whether to continue or not
d. Report the family for child abuse
What is b, contact the supervisor with information about discharging the child?
According to the Indiana Physical Therapy Practice Act, this term is defined as the interpretation and synthesis of findings that lead to a diagnosis, prognosis, and management plan specific to the individual or community.
What is a physical therapy evaluation?
This is the complete vision statement of the American Physical Therapy Association.
What is “Transforming society by optimizing movement to improve the human experience”?
This is the leading cause of death in rural populations.
What is heart disease?