October 2009

Features

• Help Your Patients Make the Right Choices

  A relationship-centered approach, putting patients' needs first and understandng human behavior, can result in better outcomes.

• Forging a Groundbreaking Clinical Academic Research Partnership

  The Physical Therapy Clinical Research Network (PTClinResNet) has created a new model for research in which practicing clinicians-not just researchers-play a key role.

• 23 Emerging Leaders Recognized

  Twenty three members of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) have been recognized for its "Emerging Leader" award. The award identifies and honors one physical therapist (PT) or physical therapist assistant (PTA) from each component who has demonstrated extraordinary service early in his or her physical therapy career.

• 16 Tips to Help Your Business Grow

  The secret: Turn patients and physicians into fans.

• Moving from Mystery Diagnosis to Diagnosis in Physical Therapist Practice

  A new column has come to PT in Motion : Mystery Diagnosis. This series will introduce a clinical scenario, including significant patient history and examination data (see "Examination" in the box on facing page) and then will highlight the evaluation process used (see "Evaluation") to determine the correct diagnosis.

Columns and Departments

• Compliance Matters: A Better Health Care Reform and Medicaid

  Some positive developments for physical therapy.

• PTAs Today: The History Makers

  Celebrating 40 years of PTAs. Part one of four.

• Ethics in Practice: Bringing Us Up to Code

  Change is coming to APTA's ethics documents for PTs and PTAs.

• This Is Why: Exorcizing Evil Spirits

  Replacing fear with hope.

• PT Resource

  - Business Sense
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  - Focus on the Feds
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  - Meeting the Challenge
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  - Research Roundup
  - The Funny Bone