Mia Erickson PT EdD CHT ATC - Physical Therapy Documentation: From Examination to Outcome

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Erickson, Mia L., author. | Utzman, Ralph, 1966- author. | McKnight, Rebecca, 1969- author.

Title: Physical therapy documentation : from examination to outcome / Mia L. Erickson, Ralph R. Utzman, Rebecca S. McKnight.

Description: Third edition. | Thorofare, NJ : SLACK Incorporated, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020006208 | ISBN 9781630916268 (paperback) | ISBN 9781630916275 (epub) | ISBN 9781630916282 (adobe pdf)

Subjects: MESH: Physical Therapy Specialty--organization & administration | Medical Records | Forms and Records Control

Classification: LCC RM725 | NLM WB 460 | DDC 615.8/2--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020006208

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I would like to say thank you to Ralph and Becky for continuing to see the need for this text and for supporting this project. Thank you also for your countless hours of work and contributions. I am also grateful to all the students who have used this text and allowed me to see areas where we needed to improve. This has kept me accountable for providing a high-quality product and striving to make it the best textbook for documentation available. To my family, thank you for allowing me the hours to make this happen.

Mia L. Erickson, PT, EdD

Thank you to Mia Erickson and Becky McKnight for asking me to join them in writing the first edition all those years ago. My participation in this project has strengthened my teaching and clinical documentation skills. I also thank my colleagues and students who have provided helpful feedback and suggestions for the new edition. Finally, thank you to my family and co-workers for their support.

Ralph R. Utzman, PT, MPH, PhD

It has indeed been an honor to continue working with Mia and Ralph on this project. I thank them both for the opportunity. There never is a good time to squeeze in the work necessary to write or revise a textbook, and I appreciate your willingness to shoulder the extra burden and keep this resource available to physical therapy programs and students.

I also want to thank my husband and my daughter for putting up with me when I cloister myself to work on projects like this. Thank you for your patience, your support, and your unconditional love.

Rebecca S. McKnight, PT, MS

Mia L. Erickson, PT, EdD is Professor and Assistant Program Director at Midwestern University in Glendale, AZ. Mia holds a bachelors degree from West Virginia University in Secondary Education and a Master of Science degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Indianapolis. She earned her Doctor of Education degree with emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction from West Virginia University. Her clinical practice is in the area of hand and upper extremity rehabilitation.

Ralph R. Utzman, PT, MPH, PhD is Professor and Director of Clinical Education in the Division of Physical Therapy at the West Virginia University School of Medicine. He earned his bachelors degree in Physical Therapy and Master of Public Health degree from West Virginia University, and his PhD in Health-Related Sciences from the Medical College of Virginia campus of Virginia Commonwealth University. His clinical practice focuses on patients with balance impairments related to vestibular and neurologic movement disorders. He teaches courses in professional development, health policy, and practice administration. He is a trainer for the American Physical Therapy Association Credentialed Clinical Instructor Program, Levels 1 and 2.

Rebecca S. McKnight, PT, MS received her Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Therapy from St. Louis University in 1992 and her post-professional Master of Science degree from Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions in 1999. Rebecca taught in the Physical Therapist Assistant Program at Ozarks Technical Community College (OTC) in Springfield, MO, from 1997 to 2011, nine of those years serving as Program Director. Currently, Rebecca provides consultation to institutions of higher education related to curriculum and instructional design and student and program-level assessment through her company Reach Consulting. She also is an adjunct Anatomy instructor for OTC.

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