Recently added articles from Journal of Physical Therapy Education:
Opening Up Possibilities Through Genomics
Apr 01, 2008; ... During the World Conference of Physiotherapy held last summer in Vancouver, British Columbia, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion about the role of genetics in the future practice of physical therapy. In light of the recent mapping and sequencing of the human genome and ...
A Modified Jigsaw Method: An Active Learning Strategy to Develop the Cognitive and Affective Domains Through Curricular Review
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. To prepare doctor of physical therapy students in their final semester for the curricular review and preparation necessary for autonomous practice, a modified jigsaw activity was designed to review and integrate curricular content in a case-based context through the ...
Student Outcomes in a Pathophysiology Course Based on Mode of Delivery: Distance Versus Traditional Classroom Learning
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. Distance learning is a growing trend in physical therapy education; little is known about its impact on learning outcomes. The purposes of this study were to: 1) compare student performance based on mode of delivery (distance education versus traditional classroom ...
Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues of Genomics: Implications for Physical Therapist Education
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. The purposes of this paper are to 1) describe common genetic ethical, legal, and social issues that physical therapists may encounter in their professional lives, and 2) to describe the educational implications of genetic ethical, legal, and social issues as they relate ...
Education for Service: Development of a Service Learning Course
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. The University of Indianapolis Krannert School of Physical Therapy faculty used its transitional professional (entry-level) doctoral degree program as an opportunity to reposition the role of service learning in their curriculum. The purpose of this article is to describe ...
Interpretation of Research in Physical Therapy: Limitations of Null Hypothesis Significance Testing
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. Null hypothesis significance testing (NHST) is employed in most quantitative research studies in health care. To determine the efficacy of a treatment, researchers will test the null hypothesis, which is typically defined as no effect of an experimental manipulation on a ...
Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-based Approach
Apr 01, 2008; ... Orthopedic Physical Examination Tests: An Evidence-based Approach. Cook C, Hegedus E. Upper Saddle River, N], Prentice Hall, 2008, softcover, 416 pp, $50.61. Physical therapists have access to many textbooks and manuals that accurately describe the various tests and measures used during ...
The Impact of Student-Clinical Instructor Fit and Student-Organization Fit on Physical Therapist Clinical Education Experience Outcomes
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. Person-environment fit has been found to predict a wide variety of outcomes in the workplace, including individual performance and satisfaction. In this study of physical therapist (PT) student clinical education experiences, fit refers to how well a student fits with the ...
Physical Therapist Student Approaches to Learning During Clinical Education Experiences: A Qualitative Study
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. Clinical education comprises nearly one-third of physical therapist (PT) students' professional education, yet research on PT students' learning approaches during clinical education (CE) experiences is limited. Research has suggested that deep-learning approaches result ...
How Doctors Think
Apr 01, 2008; ... How Doctors Think. Groopman J. Boston, Mass, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007, hardcover, 307 pp, $26.00. How Doctors Think explores, in a highly readable and engaging style, the processes by which physicians make diagnoses and treatment decisions. Jerome Groopman, MD, who is professor of ...
Supporting Student Learning During Physical Therapist Student Internships Using Online Technology
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. All students enrolled in physical therapist (PT) graduate programs are required to complete full-time clinical internships. The internships are synchronized so that all students in a cohort are off campus at the same time and are isolated from sharing learning experiences ...
My Sister's Keeper
Apr 01, 2008; ... My Sister's Keeper, Picoult J. New York, NY, Atria Books, 2004, softcover, 423 pp, $14.00. Prolific in health care ethics and family dynamics, My Sister's Keeper is a novel that challenges us to examine all that is right with health care and all that is not. Through a familial struggle ...
Effective Teaching Behaviors of APTA-Credentialed Versus Noncredentialed Clinical Instructors
Apr 01, 2008; ... Background and Purpose. Recently, there has been a heightened expectation that physical therapy education programs assess the competence of physical therapists (PTs) serving as clinical instructors (CIs). The purpose of this study was to determine whether students perceived APTA-credentialed CIs ...
Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor
Apr 01, 2008; ... Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights, and the New War on the Poor. Farmer, P. Berkeley and Los Angeles, Calif, University of California Press, 2005, hardcover, 402 pp, $27.50. Pathologies of Power, is a text that examines medicine in the age of globalized poverty. Farmer writes ...
Editor's Note
Oct 01, 2007; ... I am pleased to announce that the Journal of Physical Therapy Education has been awarded the 2007 APTA Component Award for Best Peer-Reviewed Publication. Many thanks to all who do the day-to-day work of the Journal. Each issue represents the shared efforts of a group of individuals who dedicate ...
2007 Pauline Cerasoli Lecture: Sins of the Professional Programs
Oct 01, 2007; ... Life changes in the instant. That is the central theme of Joan Didion's best-selling nonfiction book The Year of Magical Thinking,1 in which she chronicles the year following her husband's sudden death and her daughter's life-threatening illness. But we do not need a best-seller to tell us that ...
Defining Core Faculty for Physical Therapist Education
Oct 01, 2007; ... Background and Purpose. With the rapid transition in professional (entry-level) educational preparation from the master's degree to the doctoral degree in physical therapist education, the need for doctorally trained faculty is likely to increase substantially. Several different doctoral degrees ...
Invited Commentary: Defining Core Faculty for Physical Therapist Education
Oct 01, 2007; ... I thank Kevin E Brueilly, Elizabeth M Williamson, and G Stephen Morris for writing about this very important topic in physical therapy education and the editors for inviting me to comment on this article (see page 3). The faculty who will lead our teaching and research enterprise forward are as ...
The Varied-Integrative-Progressive (VIP) Model for Anatomy Instruction in Physical Therapist Education
Oct 01, 2007; ... Background and Purpose. When Chapman University converted from its Master of Physical Therapy (MPT) degree to a Doctor of Physical Therapy curriculum, the faculty evaluated the components of the MPT anatomy courses, examined the relevant standards and recommendations for physical therapist ...
Perceived Usefulness of Reciprocal Peer Teaching Among Doctor of Physical Therapy Students in the Gross Anatomy Laboratory
Oct 01, 2007; ... Background and Purpose. Reciprocal peer teaching (RPT) describes an education method whereby students alternate between teacher and student roles. The use of RPT has not been described in previous physical therapist education literature. The first purpose of this study was to assess the ...