Weekly Round-Up: 3.15.2015

Should We Have a Physical Therapy Super-PAC? via An Exercise in Politics on 3.4.2015 “Have you seen any campaign commercials on TV or online, often showing a certain candidate’s terrible political decisions and their hatred of America? Of course you have. Chances are, those ads you saw were created and distributed by a Political Action Committee, or PAC. … So what does all of this have to do with physical therapy?” Read more … A Doctor Discovers an Important Question that Patients Should Be Asked via Washington Post on 3.9.2015 “This patient isn’t usually mine, but today I’m covering for my partner in our family-practice office, so he has been slipped into my schedule. Reading his chart, I have an ominous feeling that this visit won’t be simple.” Read more … Did you miss the #solvePT discussion this week? via SolvePT via SnippetPhysTher on 3.10.2015 Topic: Succesful strategies to reach consumers to increase self-referral (direct access). Read the transcript here … Go Baby Go! via The Bolivar Herald-Free Press on 3.11.2015 “Students and faculty of SBU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program invite the community to partner with them in Go Baby Go, a project that seeks to help children with special needs gain mobility and independence by providing them with specially modified toy cars in which to ride.” Read more …