Re: Thoughts
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Re: Thoughts
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Ted, you may choose to describe this action as bold but it is my opinion
that it was more an act of frustrated desperation by a group who, albeit well
intentioned, were ill equipped for the task at hand.
If we agree that it is in our best interests to strengthen our political
muscle by an increase in numbers, let us not cast out a drag line through our back
door but rather open our respectable main entrance and explore an alliance
with a group such as, dare I say it, the APTA.
I'm convinced there are enough young graduates of accredited PT schools who
would like to pursue an advanced degree in O&P as a subspecialty, as an
alternative to traditional PT practice, that we could easily fill all our anticipated
manpower needs.
Thus, all future O&P practitioners would be card carrying, licensed members
of the PT profession-a recognized political juggernaut. These are all
extremely intelligent young people. You all know the requirements for admission to PT
school.
Enough of these young people, both male and female, would embrace an
alternative to traditional PT services. We wouldn't need to feel compelled to let in
those who were either unwilling or unable to meet the standards we worked so
damn hard to establish. We wouldn't have to compromise what we know to be the
truth-regardless of whether or not an insurance company knows it.
Maybe it is, as Ted says, time to be BOLD.
AND--if the APTA balked at at such an alliance--should we not take that as an
omen? Are their leaders dumber than ours?
My mother taught me when I was small that there is no pride in just doing
things if you do them - in her words - half-assed. Let's take a time out--a stay
of execution--you might say. It's too big of a decision for the ABC board to
make on their own.
Let us find out for certain exactly what has to be done and then let us learn
what we need to do to insure that we do it right.
Tim Newton
A once proud ABC certifee
that it was more an act of frustrated desperation by a group who, albeit well
intentioned, were ill equipped for the task at hand.
If we agree that it is in our best interests to strengthen our political
muscle by an increase in numbers, let us not cast out a drag line through our back
door but rather open our respectable main entrance and explore an alliance
with a group such as, dare I say it, the APTA.
I'm convinced there are enough young graduates of accredited PT schools who
would like to pursue an advanced degree in O&P as a subspecialty, as an
alternative to traditional PT practice, that we could easily fill all our anticipated
manpower needs.
Thus, all future O&P practitioners would be card carrying, licensed members
of the PT profession-a recognized political juggernaut. These are all
extremely intelligent young people. You all know the requirements for admission to PT
school.
Enough of these young people, both male and female, would embrace an
alternative to traditional PT services. We wouldn't need to feel compelled to let in
those who were either unwilling or unable to meet the standards we worked so
damn hard to establish. We wouldn't have to compromise what we know to be the
truth-regardless of whether or not an insurance company knows it.
Maybe it is, as Ted says, time to be BOLD.
AND--if the APTA balked at at such an alliance--should we not take that as an
omen? Are their leaders dumber than ours?
My mother taught me when I was small that there is no pride in just doing
things if you do them - in her words - half-assed. Let's take a time out--a stay
of execution--you might say. It's too big of a decision for the ABC board to
make on their own.
Let us find out for certain exactly what has to be done and then let us learn
what we need to do to insure that we do it right.
Tim Newton
A once proud ABC certifee
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“Re: Thoughts,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 5, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/222822.
