American Physical Therapy Association Mary McMillan Lecture Award

American Physical Therapy Association Mary McMillan Lecture Award Nomination deadline: December 1, 2014 Eligibility Requirements Nominees must be physical therapists who are active or life members of the association. Nominees must have made distinguished contributions to the profession of physical therapy in the areas of administration, education, patient care, or research. (See definitions below. Definitions are excerpted from The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition, January 2001.) Administration - is the skilled process of planning, directing, organizing, and managing human, technical, environmental, and financial resources effectively and efficiently. Administration includes the management, by individual physical therapists, of resources for patient and client management and for organizational operations. Education - is the process of imparting information or skills and instructing by precept, example, and experience so that individuals acquire knowledge, master skills, or develop competence. In addition to instructing patients/clients as an element of intervention, physical therapists may engage in education activities such as the following: planning and conducting academic education programs for physical therapists, other providers, and students; planning and conducting education programs for local, state, and federal agencies; and planning and conducting programs for the public to increase awareness of issues in which physical th...

Source: ScanGrants feed - October 1, 2014 Category: Research Authors: American Physical Therapy Association Source Type: funding