Specialty Practice Analysis

Hi everyone, The Description of Specialty Practice (DSP) for the geriatric clinical specialists is from the results of a practice analysis survey that was administered in 2007 (American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties [ABPTS], n. d.). It is comprised of all aspects of practice at entry to the profession, as well as the aspects considered to be specialty practice, either in importance, frequency, or level of judgement (ABPTS, n. d.). In order to maintain the specialty practices currency, the ABPTS requires the specialty area to revalidate the outcomes of practice analyses a minimum of 10 years (Johanson, Miller, Coe, & Campo, 2016). In addition, the Assessment Tool for Physical Therapy: Geriatrics was prepared to assist physical therapists …show more content…
All those areas are necessary to be considered as a specialist since they are practice analysis. According to Johanson et al. (2016), practice analysis is the systematic analysis of the knowledge areas and skills and the practice that are required to fulfill those responsibilities. Do you know of other ways or tools of assessing ourselves for the preparation of our specialty examination?

References
American Board of Physical Therapy Specialties. (n. d.). Geriatric physical therapy: Description of specialty practice. Retrieved from http://aptaapps.apta.org/SpecialistCertification/Files/KIT-GERIA.pdf
American Physical Therapy Association. (2009). Self-assessment tools for physical therapists: Geriatric. Retrieved from http://aptaapps.apta.org/SpecialistCertification/Files/KIT-GERIA.pdf
Johanson, M. A., Miller, M. B., Coe, J. B., & Campo, M. (2016). Orthopaedic physical therapy: Update to the description of specialty practice. Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy, 46(1), 9-18. http://www.jospt.org.eproxy.utica.edu/
McGinnis, P. Q., Guenther, L. A., & Wainwright, S. F. (2016). Development and integration of professional core values among practicing clinicians. Physical Therapy, 96(9), 1417-1429.