Re: Is Our Industry losing the battle?
Anthony T. Barr
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Re: Is Our Industry losing the battle?
Creator:
Anthony T. Barr
Date:
4/23/2003
Text:
In my opinion, a very sensible solution outlined by Jeff below:
Except failing successful restructuring of the professions and equal
qualifications to all O&P providers,suppliers and practitioners,his
predicted time table of 10 years will be reduced to two years max!!
The national PT,OT,AT associations are not willing to work out any solution
that involves their members to require further education or training in O&P
to deliver comprehensive O&P services.
If there is no movement on rehab practices how are you going to receive any
cooperation or willingness to compromise from a feuding industry
vs.profession whom have two distinctively different goals and two major
credentialing associations?
I am not had to please. I'm usually satisfied with the best. Oscar Wilde
Tony Barr
> My personal recommendation is that we look at combining the division of
rehab practices and make specialties of them. This would do three things:
>
> 1. It would prevent practice seepage from other programs into a defined
field of practice.
>
> 2. It would increases the legislative war chest.
>
> 3. It would unify the industry into one voice for dominance.
>
> This is the process that would be required:
>
> 1. One industry has to be the umbrella industry.
>
> 2. Set up a coalition round table of
Phisiaristris,PT,OT,OTC,ABC,BOCP,Pedorthics, Pharmacist,NOMA
>
> 3. Redefine the educational process to allow industry training.
>
> If we don't do this I give our industry 10 years and one of the other
types of rehab practices will end our monopoly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jeff Arnette CO, BOCP, LPO
>
> NOTE: Please respond to <Email Address Redacted>
>
> CEO POPS
>
> www.oklahomaoandp.com
>
>
Except failing successful restructuring of the professions and equal
qualifications to all O&P providers,suppliers and practitioners,his
predicted time table of 10 years will be reduced to two years max!!
The national PT,OT,AT associations are not willing to work out any solution
that involves their members to require further education or training in O&P
to deliver comprehensive O&P services.
If there is no movement on rehab practices how are you going to receive any
cooperation or willingness to compromise from a feuding industry
vs.profession whom have two distinctively different goals and two major
credentialing associations?
I am not had to please. I'm usually satisfied with the best. Oscar Wilde
Tony Barr
> My personal recommendation is that we look at combining the division of
rehab practices and make specialties of them. This would do three things:
>
> 1. It would prevent practice seepage from other programs into a defined
field of practice.
>
> 2. It would increases the legislative war chest.
>
> 3. It would unify the industry into one voice for dominance.
>
> This is the process that would be required:
>
> 1. One industry has to be the umbrella industry.
>
> 2. Set up a coalition round table of
Phisiaristris,PT,OT,OTC,ABC,BOCP,Pedorthics, Pharmacist,NOMA
>
> 3. Redefine the educational process to allow industry training.
>
> If we don't do this I give our industry 10 years and one of the other
types of rehab practices will end our monopoly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jeff Arnette CO, BOCP, LPO
>
> NOTE: Please respond to <Email Address Redacted>
>
> CEO POPS
>
> www.oklahomaoandp.com
>
>
Citation
Anthony T. Barr, “Re: Is Our Industry losing the battle?,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 6, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/220996.
