Aptitude Slides for Students

8/13/2019 Aptitude Slides for Students

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Introduction to

Continuing Competence & aPTitude


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What is the Federation of State Boards of

Physical Therapy (FSBPT)?

Non-profit membership organization

oMembers are the 53 U.S. jurisdiction PT licensure boards

Owns, develops, administers and validates the

National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE) Promotes public protection through effective,

consistent and evidence based regulation

Serves as a regulatory issues resource:

oEntry level and continuing competence

oDiscipline, remediation, impaired professional

oProfessional standards, standards of practice


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What is Continuing Competence?

FSBPT defines it as: The lifelong process of

maintaining and documenting competence through

ongoing self-assessment, development and

implementation of a personal learning plan, and

subsequent reassessment.


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Why All the Attention to Competence?

FSBPT Mission: To protect the public by

providing service and leadership that promote

safe and competent physical therapy practice

PT regulatory boards/agencies enforce laws

for the purpose of assuring the public of the

ongoing competence of PTs and PTAs


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Why Is This Important to Me?

The law in the state(s) in which you will be

licensed will likely require you complete either

continuing education (CE) or continuing

competence (CC) activities each licensureperiod

These laws also require you to maintain records of

what you complete and demonstrate proof of

compliance


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How Are the States Addressing Competence?

As of June 2013 all but 4 states have CE or CCrequirements for PTs and PTAs, but this number isshrinking

There is great variation among the states on the

requirements

Different units

Different completion deadlines

Different eligible activities Many states are expanding the list of eligible

activities (e.g. residencies, Clinical Instructorservice, committee service . . .)


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CC/CE Compliance & Discipline

Failure to complete continuing education/competence requirements was the third

most frequently reported violation for PT

and second for PTAs.

Study conducted by Debbie Ingram, PT, EdD, University of

Tennessee at Chattanooga; Tom Mohr, PT, PhD, University of

North Dakota; Renee Mabey, PT, PhD, University of NorthDakota; and J. Randy Walker, PT, PhD, DPT, COMT, CMP,

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga of disciplinary reports

submitted to the FSBPT Disciplinary Database from 2000-2009.


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FSBPT has developed a system to

help you track process withmeeting all your CC and CE

requirements

www.fsbpt.org/aPTitude


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aPTitude - What is it?

An online system for 3 user types to share

CE/CC information

o Licensees

o Vendors (providers of CE and CC activities)

o The states (licensing board or agency)

Other online CE/CC recording programs exist

o aPTitudespurpose is to assist licensees to select,track and report their activities to meet their

requirements


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aPTitudeLicensee Features

Find and verify current state requirementsand related information

Maintain information on completed CC/CE

activities for the duration of your career Securely store documentation for those

activities

Receive reminders when license renewal andCC/CE reporting deadlines are near


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aPTitudeLicensee Features

Assess multiple activity offerings to facilitate

informed selection

Provides single place to monitor licensure

records when licenses are held in multiple

states

Rate and comment on activities


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aPTitudeActivity Providers (Vendors)

View CC/CE requirements for all jurisdictions

Share information about activities including

type, title, fees, learning objectives, location,

presenter(s) and schedule

Receive and review feedback on activities

from licensees

Access information about the marketplaceand design and schedule activities accordingly


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And best of all . . .

aPTitudeis FREE to use!

FSBPT will invite you to register with

your first license upon passing theNational Physical Therapy

Examination (NPTE)

www.fsbpt.org/aPTitude

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