I would like to thank all presenters for the Federal PT Section that offered their time, expertise, and experience to the education program for CSM 2011. Jonathan Glasberg did a great job at coordinating the education sessions. The Federal Section has a full program for CSM 2012. Please read the following article as a preview for what the Federal Section will offer for educational programming during CSM 2012. ...read more

The Federal section is proud to sponsor exciting and relevant programming for CSM 2012. Please peruse the brief descriptions of the offerings below. Looking forward to seeing you in Chicago! ...read more

This year, the HOD passed RC3-11, a new position that affirms the physical therapist as responsible and accountable for care, and helps support physical therapists practicing under new health care delivery and payment systems. Aimed at meeting the needs of patients and clients, the position recognizes that the physical therapist is responsible for the direction of physical therapy service and provides physical therapy service, or directs and supervises physical therapy interventions provided by appropriate support personnel. ...read more

If you like a predictable schedule, you won’t take to life on an air craft carrier. Ringing in your ear before sunrise is, “Reveille! Reveille! Reveille! All hands heave out!” and you never know when a patient evaluation will be interrupted by, “General Quarters, General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations.” ...read more

LTG Eric B. Schoomaker, the Army Surgeon General, stated, “…the medical community needs to transform American medicine from a sick-care paradigm to a health-care paradigm where disease and injury prevention become the foundation for American health care. We in the Army must be part of that transformation." Many new initiatives in the Army PT Branch are occurring in support of the US Army Medical Command (MEDCOM) Surgeon General’s Soldier Medical Readiness Campaign Plan (SMR-CP). The SMR-CP will guide us for the next five years and encompasses three main efforts: identifying Soldiers not medically ready for deployment, Soldier readiness management programs and evidence-based Health Promotion (HP), Injury Prevention (IP), and Human Performance Optimization (HPO) Programs. The goal is to provide and promote health, resilience and fitness to improve readiness in our Soldiers through proper and timely care in an efficient and effective manner. ...read more

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Academic Affiliations (OAA) is expanding the Pilot Physical Therapy Residency Program that is currently under way at the Milwaukee VA. The announcement for this new pilot was made by OAA in June 2011 and is soliciting development of physical therapy residency programs at additional VA facilities. Request for Proposals (RFP) will be submitted to OAA for consideration by the middle of September 2011. This RFP asks for a detailed proposal for stations that are considering beginning a Physical Therapy Residency Program. Residency programs can be started in any of 8 program areas: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Physical Therapy, Clinical Electrophysiology, Neurological Physical Therapy, Orthopaedic Physical Therapy, Pediatric Physical Therapy, Sports Physical Therapy, Women’s Health and Wound Care Management. ...read more

On August 4, 2011 the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Health Services Division, issued a memorandum establishing a new practice agreement process for physical and occupational therapists practicing within the BOP. This new process is the culmination of efforts by the BOP Expanded Privileges Task Force. The task force addressed a number of local and national concerns to standardize a process for allowing expanded clinical practice that will bring more efficient, and cost-effective treatment to BOP inmates. ...read more