Understanding Autonomous Practice

Authors

Tamara Gravano, Marshall UniversityFollow
Greg Hartley
Heather Mattingly
Joseph Libera
Sabrina Camilo
Jason Hardage

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

3-2010

Abstract

What is autonomous practice? As one of the elements of Vision 2020, au­tonomous practice is one whose mean­ing may not always be readily under­stood. The confusion can stem from the meaning of autonomy, which is sometimes misinterpreted to mean that the physical therapist (PT) practices in a vacuum, without coordinating and com­municating with other health care pro­viders. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, many PTs might be surprised to learn that they already prac­tice autonomously.

Comments

Permission to reprint is granted with the understanding that duplicated material carry a full citation: “Reprinted from Hardage, J., Hartley, G., Mattingly, H., Libera, J., Gravano, T., Camilo, S., Gerinotes, 2010, 17, 5-8, with permission of the Section on Geriatrics, APTA, www.geriatricspt.org.”

Recommended Citation

Hardage, J., Hartley, G., Mattingly, H., Libera, J., Gravano, T., Camilo, S., Gerinotes, 2010, 17, 5-8.