Any new PT residency/speciality in the making?

[dylanh]

anybody heard of any new specializations that may be coming up in the future for DPTs?

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[DesertPT]

Apparently the clinical electro and wound section would like to get wound care made into a board certification eventually...not sure how far down the pipeline that is though

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[Azimuthal]

Apparently the clinical electro and wound section would like to get wound care made into a board certification eventually...not sure how far down the pipeline that is though

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Probably far off since the WCC and CWS are already well known and accepted credentials.

 

[Azimuthal]

I heard that they were looking into Acute Care, and there is also talk of oncology PT specialists, with the section's push with the CES and other certifications testing the waters.

 

[DesertPT]

Probably far off since the WCC and CWS are already well known and accepted credentials.

True true. I'm just reporting what a guy in their booth at CSM told me, but he didn't make it sound like it would be happening anytime soon.


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[DesertPT]

I heard that they were looking into Acute Care, and there is also talk of oncology PT specialists, with the section's push with the CES and other certifications testing the waters.

I highly agree that oncology and acute care/critical care need to become bonafied specialties. There are a lot of growing areas of PT practice (critical care, ED consulting, oncology/HIV, etc) that are really exciting and have huge populations of patients that typically haven't consistently received PT services that they can really benefit from. So I hope these specialty areas continue to move forward.

 

[okramango]

I wish chronic/persistent pain conditions & pain sciences were its own section.

 

[jesspt]

I wish chronic/persistent pain conditions & pain sciences were its own section.

Me too.

It's not from ABPTS, but there are some groups that offer a certification program.

 

[DesertPT]

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[MCWills]

Oncology received preliminary approval for specialization in February so that should be moving forward.

 

[FoamCup]

bump

 

[jadedphysiotherapist]

bump

Oncology is a section now especially as cancer is getting more treatable and becoming a chronic condition. Pre and post functional outcome scores are also predictive of successful surgery and prognosis as well as independence and decreased healthcare cost/waste

 

[FoamCup]

Oncology is a section now especially as cancer is getting more treatable and becoming a chronic condition. Pre and post functional outcome scores are also predictive of successful surgery and prognosis as well as independence and decreased healthcare cost/waste

you seem like a very informative guy. thanks for posting in all the threads. Are you a PT or SPT?

 

[jadedphysiotherapist]

SPT

you seem like a very informative guy. thanks for posting in all the threads. Are you a PT or SPT?

 

[DesertPT]

First ABPTS onocology specialist certification exam is expected in spring 2019. Specialty was approved at House of Delegates 2016.
Vestibular certified specialist (VCS) is also in the making, task force to take on this project is established.

 

[FoamCup]

First ABPTS onocology specialist certification exam is expected in spring 2019. Specialty was approved at House of Delegates 2016.
Vestibular certified specialist (VCS) is also in the making, task force to take on this project is established.

vestibular? really? is there such a demand that there needs to be a residency for it?

 

[jadedphysiotherapist]

vestibular? really? is there such a demand that there needs to be a residency for it?

It's legit. Seriously

At the same time should there be a yearlong residency if pay incentive doesn't occur? The answer is no u til insurance starts reimbursing us for keeping people healthy without procedures.

I've heard mixed things on the eesidencies. Some are paying the same as a medical resident and unless you have to do HH, travel, or snf from loans then the structure I've seen for some sports is really legit. At the same time, I've also heard that there are predatory ones out there which are just utilizing cheap labor. I don't know how to differentiate them besides low pay scale and current graduate discourse though.

Good residencies should have 32-40 clinical hours, 1:1 mentorship multiple times per week, evidence based data and pooling to apply to patients, multisite rotation to see the disease or healing process at different settings as patients are moved around, and continuing Ed.

The acute care ones literally look like a complete scam just like the hospital pharmacy residencies or geriatrics medical fellowships. Still waiting to see how extra compensation can occur from these unless they give you a new cpt code

I plan on securing employment and sitting for a cert. in a clinic with veterans to look up to and looking at evidence myself.....with full pay

 

[DesertPT]

vestibular? really? is there such a demand that there needs to be a residency for it?

I don't know of any residencies focused exclusively on vestibular rehab. Residency and board certification are independent of each other. And yes, there is the demand for a VCS. This is an ever-growing area of practice that is quite different than other areas of neurologic rehab.