Standards of Practice and House of Delegates Policies

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Standards of Practiceand House of Delegates
Policies
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Standards of Practice

• Criteria for Standards of Practice for Physical
  Therapy
• Guide to Physical Therapist Practice
• Appendix 2 (may be outdated)
• Curtis Appendix D (may be outdated)

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Standards of Practice

• The professions statement of conditions and
  performances that are essential for providing
  high quality services.
• Used to evaluate a PT service.
• Standard expectation.
• Criteria measures if standard is being met.

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Standards of Practice

• Ethical considerations
• Legal considerations
• Administration of PT services
• Patient/client management
• Education
• Research
• Community responsibility

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Administration of PT Services

• Mission, purposes, goals
• Organizational plan
• Policies and procedures
• Administration
• Fiscal management
• Quality of care and performance
• Staffing and staff development
• Physical setting
• Collaboration

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Patient/Client Management

• Patient/client collaboration
• Initial examination/evaluation/
• diagnosis/prognosis
• Plan of care
• Intervention
• Reexamination
• Discharge/discontinuation of intervention
• Communication/coordination/ documentation

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Education

• Professional development
• Education of students
• Consultation to consumers and the general public

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Research

• Apply research findings to practice
• Participate in research
• Promote research

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Community Responsibility

• Participate in community activities
• Educate the public
• Formulate public policy
• Provide pro bono services

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House of Delegates

• Policy making body of the APTA
• 400 Delegates from all over the US
• Meet once a year
• Motions RCs
• Example 2005 House of Delegates Minutes
• Motions for 2006 HOD

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Definitions

• Association Viewpoints
• Standard A binding statement used to judge
  quality of action or activity.  The use of
  ethical standard refers to right and wrong
  conduct, as articulated in the Code of Ethics.
• Position A firmly held Association stance or
  point of view.  Positions of the Association
  direct subsequent decisions on similar matters of
  both the Association and its members.
• Guideline A statement of advice.
• Association Administrative Directives
• Policy Association directives defining
  operational and administrative activities.
• Procedure Steps required to achieve a result.

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Interpreting Reference Numbers

• HOD P00-00-00-00 stands for House of Delegates/
  position/month/year/page/vote in the House of
  Delegates minutes.
• The letter at the beginning of the number tells
  you if
• P Position
• S Standard
• G Guideline
• Y Policy
• R Procedure
• For example, HOD P06-98-11-06 means that this
  item can be found in the June 1998 House of
  Delegates minutes on page 11 and that it was Vote
  6.

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House of Delegates Policies

• Section I - Positions Professional and Societal
  Viewpoints
• Section II - Standards Professional Standards
• Section III - Guidelines Professional and
  Societal
• Section IV - Policies and Procedures Operational
  and Administrative
• Section V APTA Core Documents

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Section I - Positions Professional and Societal
Viewpoints

• Accreditation
• Education
• Employment
• Endorsements
• Ethics
• Goals and Mission
• Health, Social, and Environmental Issues
• Insurance/Reimbursement

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Section I Positions Professional and Societal
Viewpoints (contd)

• Legislation
• Licensure
• Minority Affairs
• Practice
• Professional Development
• Public Relations
• Referral
• Research
• Specialization
• Terminology

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Section II Standards Professional Standards

• Ethics
• Practice

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Section III - Guidelines Professional and
Societal

• Education
• Employment  
• Health, Social and Environmental

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Section IV - Policies and Procedures Operational
and Administrative

• Accreditation
• Board of Directors
• Components
• Ethics
• Finance
• House of Delegates
• Meetings
• Minority Affairs
• Nominating Committee
• Public Relations
• Terminology

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Section V Core Documents

• APTA Vision Sentence for PT 2020 and APTA Vision
  Statement for PT 2020
• Code of Ethics
• Guide for Conduct of the Physical Therapist
  Assistant
• Guide for Professional Conduct
• Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical
  Therapist Assistant