November 2011

Features

• Cultural Competence and the Changing Patient/Client Population

  Cultural competence is a journey, not a destination. And it's as much about PTs and PTAs understanding themselves as it is about understanding their patients.

• PTs Help Runners Go for Gold

  Olympic and world-class runners who raced prior to 1990 will tell you that not much emphasis was placed on the value of physical therapy.

• Health Care Technology Today

  Here's a look at some advances and proposals in the field of health care technology.

• Private Practice Perspectives

  A roundup of tips, advice, and information for private practices.

Columns and Departments

• Career Coach: To the Contrary

  Is it time to rock the boat?

• Compliance Matters: Into the Breach

  What to do when patient information is compromised.

• Ethics in Practice: She's the Boss

  This is no simple request.

• PTAs Today: Championing Technology

  Helping older adults and enjoying the machinery.

• This Is Why: Being a PT Rocks

  Take it from a guy who knows.

• PT Resource

  - Health Care Headlines
  - Research Roundup
  - The Funny Bone
  - Data Points

• Viewpoints

  LGBT Populations and Cultural Competence