March 2008

Features

• Traumatic Injury, Dramatic Results

  Physical therapists are helping civilians and veterans with traumatic brain injury reclaim their lives.

• The Worthingham Fellows Share: Challenges Faced and Overcome

  PT Magazine recently asked the Catherine Worthingham Fellows to recall a significant challenge in their professional careers. They were asked how they confronted or overcame the challenge, and what advice they would offer to others facing similar challenges.

Columns and Departments

• Board Perspective: A Vision of Change

  We must practice what we preach.

• Ethics in Action: Ethical Issues and Students: Case One

  Stuck between a RUG and a hard place.

• Government Affairs: Back to Basics: Building a Foundation for Change

  From practice to payment to POPTS, every PT should be familiar with these five tenets of state advocacy.

• Inside PT: Challenges: Then and Now

  This months' article focuses on traumatic brain injury in both military and civilian environments. And it also looks at the wide range of effects from TBI. As one PT explains, “No two brain injuries are the same. Not that any two neurologic injuries are the same, but TBI is even more unpredictable.

• PTA Viewpoint: A Matter of Balance

  The many benefits of continuous learning.

• This Is Why: The Language of Service

  Some things need no translation.

• Foundation News

  - Foundation Campaign Reaches for $4 Million by June
  - Foundation Funds 10 Researchers
  - 20th Marquette Challenge Deadline Set for April 21

• Letters to the Editor

  - Surviving and Preventing Embezzlement
  - Government Affairs: Easier Than You Think
  - Honoring Veterans

• News

  - Legislation and Regulation
  - Health Care Headlines
  - Association News
  - SnapShot
  - Members on the Move