2024-07-23 Journal Club: Perception and Utilization of Standardized Outcome Measures in Acute Physical Therapy. An Analysis of Practice

Recorded On: 07/23/2024

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This article is about the relationship between characteristics of acute care physical therapists (PTs) and use of standardized outcome measures. It will also describe barriers, faciliatory, and resources to the use of outcome measures by PTs in the acute care setting. Want to learn more? Please join us in this worthwhile journal club!

Learning goals:

Discuss the purpose of this research.
Describe the significance of this research in current practice.
Identify personal and system wide barriers and facilitators to utilization of OMs.
Identify the needs for future research.

Darby Smith, PT, DPT

Darby Smith, PT, DPT, is a physical therapist with 4 years of experience in the acute care setting. She graduated from The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX in 2020. She completed the Memorial Hermann Acute Care Residency program at the Texas Medical Center in 2021. She is currently employed in the Heart and Vascular Institute at Memorial Hermann Hospital- TMC in Houston TX. She is an adjunct professor at The University of Texas Medical Branch where her primary focus is teaching content regarding physical therapy management in critical care and the cardiopulmonary system.