Utilizing Drama to Teach Intervention Strategies for Patients With Alzheimer’s Disease: The Intersection of Humanities and Clinical Science

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Stephen Carp, PT, PhD; Rebecca Stein R.T.(R)(MR)(ARRT); Kathleen Ehrhardt MMS, PA-C, DFAAPA; Susana L. Keller, CScD, CCC-SLP ” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1741105614400{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Introduction Over the past 20 years, interprofessional education (IPE),1 clinical simulation (CS),2 standardized patients (SPs),3 and humanities education4 have markedly altered the pedagogical […]
Building Community Through Storytelling: A Case Report

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Building Community Through Storytelling: A Case Report” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Ndidiamaka D. Matthews, PT, DPT; Shreya Jain, PhD; Joshua Limlingan PT, DPT” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1740456869023{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Introduction” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]Physical therapy plays a leading role in patient-centered care, where physical therapists have the unique ability to transform patients’ lives by […]
Running Before I Could Walk

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Mitchel Fenrich, PT, DPT, Corri Stuyvenberg, PT, DPT, Amanda Sharp, PT, DPT, PhD” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1732035911624{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]International student experiences are increasingly common within health professions including physical therapy.1 Whether students are connecting to their altruistic nature or seeking to fulfill an academic requirement for service […]
Playful Practices: Reflections on Teaching About Narrative Roleplaying Games in Care Contexts

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Santiago Barugel and Marileen La Haije” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1728301801719{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Introduction He-Man wakes up on a beach, and his head and body ache. The last thing he remembers is that his ship had sunk the night before in a storm while he was escaping from […]
Through the Lens of Positive Aging

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By David W. M. Taylor, PT, DPT, Leslie F. Taylor, PT, PhD, MS, N. Beth Collier, PT, DPT, EdD, and Susan W. Miller, B.S. Pharm, PharmD” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1710514012431{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Introduction The number of older adults seeking quality healthcare continues to increase in the United States […]
Towards a Global Knowledge Creation Strategy: Learning From Community-Based Rehabilitation

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Bente van Oort, MSc and Djenana Jalovcic, EdD, MPA, MSc ” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1683317591429{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Introduction Over the last 40 years, community-based rehabilitation (CBR) has been used as a community development strategy that aims at improving the lives of persons with disabilities within their community, […]
Getting to the Heart of the Patient-Provider Interaction: A Novel Theoretical Framework

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Dustin Willis, PT, DPT, PhD(c) and Everett B. Lohman III, DSc, PT” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1679457323855{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Category: Method/Model Presentation Compliance With Ethical Standards: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest, and no affiliations with, or involvement in, any organization or entity with any […]
Implementing Expressive Writing in Outpatient Physical Therapy Clinics: Connecting Theoretical Foundations With Practical Strategies

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Eric Thomas Wanner, PT, DPT; Jennifer Lynne Bird, PhD; and Claudia Jayne Brahler, PhD” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1664913262680{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Over the past several years, healthcare professionals have increased implementation of expressive writing as an outlet for feelings, anxieties, and frustrations to help patients manage the stress of […]
Humanities Instruction in Physical Therapy Education to Cultivate Empathy, Recognize Implicit Bias, and Enhance Communication: A Case Series

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Sarah Luna, PT, DPT; Nathaniel Brown, PT, DPT; Cynthia Dodds, PT, PhD” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1648827948397{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Students in health professions programs may have few experiences interacting with individuals with disabilities, which limits their understanding of the psychomotor, emotional, and/or cognitive behaviors experienced and associated with having […]
Reconciling Mystical Experience with Concept of the Self: The Poetry of an Individual with a Right Temporal Lobectomy

[vc_row content_placement=”top”][vc_column][vc_custom_heading source=”post_title” font_container=”tag:h1|text_align:left|color:%231e73be” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_custom_heading text=”By Michèle R. Slaton, PhD; and Brick Johnstone, PhD, ABPP” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left|color:%23000000″ use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1648828179230{padding-bottom: 30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]Download the article (pdf)[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Abstract” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]It is recognized within rehabilitation that the right hemisphere association area integrates sensations and mental experiences into a sense of self, and that injury to this region leads to “disorders […]