April 2010

Features

• Putting the PT in Pain Management

  A look at physical therapy's role in managing patients' chronic and acute pain.

• Learning Together: Interprofessional Education Programs

  Physical therapy education programs are making interprofessional experience an important part of the curriculum. Here are a few that are leading the way.

• Contemporary Topics in Health Care: Bundling

  An alternative to today's reimbursement models.

• CSM 2010: Highlights

  Highlights from APTA's 2010 Combined Sections Meeting held in Boson, MA.

Columns and Departments

• Ethics in Practice: Second Opinion

  The case for patient advocacy.

• PTAs Today: A Vote for Change

  Addressing perceived inequality.

• Risk Management: A Hands-on Approach to 'Hand Off' Communication

  Who is the "physical therapist of record"?

• This Is Why: Fun and Games

  The joys of finding one's niche.

• PT Resource

  - APTA
  - Business Sense
  - Data Points
  - On The Web
  - Research Roundup
  - The Funny Bone

• Viewpoints

  Real World Marketing - Some Straight Talk