APTA Section on Health Policy and Administration

The February PTJ-PAL highlights all of the AMAZING 2021 CSM Platform (18) and Posters (35) presented by our amazing HPA the Catalyst section members! Thank you for all of your hard work and dedication to make this virtual CSM a success! This edition also provides a great follow up research to an article from the August 2020 issue of PTJ-PAL which provided us with the Physical Therapy Spanish Proficiency Measure (PT-SPM). This research article provides support of the PT-SPM being a reliable measure to assess DPT student Spanish Proficiency. This supports potential to be utilized in the future to determine clinical readiness to communicate in the clinic with Spanish Speaking Patients. Check out the great slideshow below for more info & read the article in PTJ-PAL Archive https://www.aptahpa.org/general/custom.asp

We are excited to highlight HPA Centennial Scholar Cara Whalen Smith as our featured HPA member this March! Cara is a public health physical therapist who directs projects to improve health equity for individuals with disabilities. She first joined the HPA as a student after recommendation from a PT professor who recognized Cara’s interest in global health. Cara says she has remained a HPA member because of the tremendous value it has had on her career through its Special Int...erest Groups and Catalyst Groups. Cara describes the Centennial Scholars Program through HPA The Catalyst as an opportunity to receive training and mentorship and to engage in networking that will be valuable in shaping her leadership potential within physical therapy to guide the profession in addressing disability inclusion and ableism as a public health issue. The ability to engage in formal and informal dialogue with current and future APTA leaders is her main interest in applying to the program. She says, This program is an opportunity for me to share and build upon my ambitious ideas to advance the profession’s engagement around achieving health equity for people with disabilities with a diverse group of physical therapy professionals and to better prepare me to be a change agent within the profession. Cara hopes to do that by leading the development of continuing education content and resources for faculty and clinicians to address the Core Competencies on Disability for Health Care Education when training DPT and PTA students (https://nisonger.osu.edu//oh/corecompetenciesondisability/). Content to be developed will include suggested reading lists, links to existing training resources and videos, PowerPoint presentations that can be used in DPT program instruction, and a continuing education webinar on ableism in healthcare. These materials will specifically address Competency 1, she explains, which highlights conceptual and contextual frameworks of disability, civil rights and independent living history of people with disabilities and their access to services, how the social determinants of health directly impact people with disabilities, and disability as an aspect of diversity/cultural identity and not merely a negative health outcome. Cara says, I am excited to explore new ways to think and approach problems that face our profession. I hope to provide more visibility to the roles that PTs and PTAs can engage in non-clinical practice, specifically in the public health space. And I hope to provide meaningful and useful resources for faculty and clinicians to provide more competent care to individuals with disabilities that also demonstrates the value of HPA members to APTA as a whole. Congratulations to Cara! We are very lucky and proud to have Cara represent the HPA in the Centennial Scholar Program! You can follow Cara on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/cara-whalen-smith/ See more

Don't miss today's webinar, "An Interactive Forum to Explore The Brocher Declaration" from 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. ET. This webinar will discuss evidence for the benefits and drawbacks of short-term engagements in global health, like service learning and medical missions trips. Register now! https://buff.ly/3eub3Q3

Did you know HPA offers two grants annually? Grants are available to Section members to assist with a 1-year research study that investigates a question or questions of importance to health policy or clinical administration. Learn more and apply today! https://buff.ly/2B0sXpq

We hope you enjoyed our content at #APTACSM 2021! Be sure to save the date for CSM 2022 on Feb. 2-5, 2022 in San Antonio, TX.

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The Nov. 2020 issue of the PTJ-PAL did an excellent job highlighting the importance of leadership in the physical therapy profession. The research in one of the articles focused on our very own LAMP Leadership program. We are fortunate to have the lead author and developer of the LAMP leadership develop program, Dr. Jennifer Green-Wilson, discuss highlights of the article. We learn about the large themes and value leadership development skills that participants gained from th...e program. We encourage you to check out the article in the PTJ-PAL archives https://buff.ly/2QAwJtU and to find more information about our incredible LAMP Leadership program head here! https://buff.ly/3s2QUEP Looking for more information about the LAMP Leadership program? Head here to learn more. https://buff.ly/3s2QUEP Check out the all the issues of PTJ-PAL here! https://buff.ly/2QAwJtU

We're getting excited for #APTACSM 2021 and hope you are too! Be sure to check out our live and on-demand sessions and plan to join us virtually this February/March. Don't forget to add one of our post-con sessions when you go to register! https://buff.ly/2KcLeXw

Happy New Year's Eve from HPA The Catalyst! Have a great and safe holiday!

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The November issue of PTJ-PAL provided us with the article "Therapy Workforce Planning in a Level One Trauma Center: Preparation. This article laid out structure, staffing, scheduling, and protocols to maximize patient and therapist safety during the pandemic. Through the utilization of these protocols and leadership efforts no therapists have been ill or demonstrated flu like symptoms. In this video, Tasha Reed, PT, DPT and Jen Cline, PT, MS provide us with some updates that they have bene performing at their hospital to continue to maintain a safe work environment. Check out the full article here! aptahpa.org/ptjpalarchive