Lance M Mabry1, Richard Severin2,3, Angela S Gisselman4, Michael D Ross5, Todd E Davenport6, Brian A Young3, Aaron P Keil2, Don L Goss1. 1. Department of Physical Therapy, Congdon School of Health Sciences, High Point University, One University Parkway, High Point, NC USA. 2. Department of Physical Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 3. Department of Physical Therapy, Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, Baylor University , Waco, TX, USA. 4. Doctor of Physical Therapy Program, Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Tufts University, Phoenix, AZ, USA. 5. Department of Physical Therapy, Daemen University, Amherst, NY, USA. 6. Department of Physical Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To explore if physical therapists are practicing skills necessary to refer patients for musculoskeletal imaging. METHODS: An expert panel established a list of nine requisite skills to refer for musculoskeletal imaging. A blinded expert panel validated the list using a 5-point Likert scale. The skills list was examined via an electronic survey distributed to United States physical therapists. RESULTS: 4,796 respondents were included. Each of the nine skills were routinely performed by a majority of the respondents (range: 54.52-94.72%). Respondents routinely performed 6.95 (± 0.06) skills, with 67.41% routinely performing seven or more skills. Doctors of physical therapy routinely performed more imaging skills (7.15 ± 0.06) compared to their masters- (6.44 ± 0.19) and bachelors-trained (5.95 ± 0.21) counterparts (p < 0.001). Residency/fellowship-trained physical therapists were more likely to routinely perform more imaging skills (7.60 ± 0.11 vs. 6.79 ± 0.07, p < 0.001). Imaging skill performance was greater among board-certified physical therapists (7.39 ± 0.09 vs. 6.71 ± 0.08, p < 0.001) and APTA members (7.06 ± 0.07 vs. 6.65 ± 0.12, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Physical therapists are routinely practicing the requisite imaging skills to directly refer to a radiologist for musculoskeletal imaging.
OBJECTIVES: To explore if physical therapists are practicing skills necessary to refer patients for musculoskeletal imaging. METHODS: An expert panel established a list of nine requisite skills to refer for musculoskeletal imaging. A blinded expert panel validated the list using a 5-point Likert scale. The skills list was examined via an electronic survey distributed to United States physical therapists. RESULTS: 4,796 respondents were included. Each of the nine skills were routinely performed by a majority of the respondents (range: 54.52-94.72%). Respondents routinely performed 6.95 (± 0.06) skills, with 67.41% routinely performing seven or more skills. Doctors of physical therapy routinely performed more imaging skills (7.15 ± 0.06) compared to their masters- (6.44 ± 0.19) and bachelors-trained (5.95 ± 0.21) counterparts (p < 0.001). Residency/fellowship-trained physical therapists were more likely to routinely perform more imaging skills (7.60 ± 0.11 vs. 6.79 ± 0.07, p < 0.001). Imaging skill performance was greater among board-certified physical therapists (7.39 ± 0.09 vs. 6.71 ± 0.08, p < 0.001) and APTA members (7.06 ± 0.07 vs. 6.65 ± 0.12, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Physical therapists are routinely practicing the requisite imaging skills to directly refer to a radiologist for musculoskeletal imaging.
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Medical imaging; certification; educational status; nonmedical residency; patient education; referral and consultation; triage
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