What is the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy FSBPT Nonprofit membership organization Members are the 53 US jurisdiction PT licensure boards Owns develops administers and validates the National Physical Therapy Exam NPTE ID: 702710
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Introduction to Continuing Competence & aPTitude Slide2
What is the Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT)?Non-profit membership organizationMembers are the 53 U.S. jurisdiction PT licensure boardsOwns, develops, administers and validates the National Physical Therapy Exam (NPTE)Promotes public protection through effective, consistent and evidence based regulation
Serves as a regulatory issues resource:
Entry level and continuing competence
Discipline, remediation, impaired professional
Professional standards, standards of practiceSlide3
What is “Continuing Competence”?FSBPT defines it as: The lifelong process of maintaining and documenting competence through ongoing self-assessment, development and implementation of a personal learning plan, and subsequent reassessment.Slide4
Why All the Attention to Competence? FSBPT Mission: To protect the public by providing service and leadership that promote safe and competent physical therapy practice
PT regulatory boards/agencies enforce laws for the purpose of assuring the public of the ongoing competence of PTs and PTAsSlide5
Why Is This Important to Me?The law in the state(s) in which you will be licensed will likely require you complete either continuing education (“CE”) or continuing competence (“CC”) activities each licensure periodThese laws also require you to maintain records of what you complete and demonstrate proof of complianceSlide6
How Are the States Addressing Competence?
As of June
2013 all
but 4 states have CE
or CC requirements for PTs and PTAs, but this number is shrinking
There is great variation among the states on the requirements
Different units
Different completion deadlines
Different eligible activities
Many states are expanding the
list of eligible activities
(e.g. residencies, Clinical Instructor service, committee service . . .)Slide7
CC/CE Compliance & DisciplineFailure to complete continuing education/ competence requirements was the third most frequently reported violation for PT and second for PTAs.
Study conducted by Debbie Ingram, PT,
EdD
, University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga; Tom Mohr, PT,
PhD, University
of North
Dakota; Renee
Mabey
, PT,
PhD, University
of North
Dakota; and J
. Randy Walker, PT, PhD, DPT, COMT,
CMP, University
of Tennessee at
Chattanooga of disciplinary reports submitted to the FSBPT Disciplinary Database from 2000-2009. Slide8
FSBPT has developed a system to help you track process with meeting all your CC and CE requirementswww.fsbpt.org/aPTitudeSlide9
aPTitude - What is it?An online system for 3 user types to share CE/CC information
LicenseesVendors (providers of CE and CC activities)
The states (licensing board or agency)
Other online CE/CC recording programs exist
aPTitude
’s
purpose is to assist licensees to select, track and report their activities to mee
t their requirements
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aPTitude – Licensee FeaturesFind and verify current state requirements and related information
Maintain information on completed CC/CE activities
for the duration of your career
Securely store documentation for those activities
Receive reminders when license renewal and CC/CE reporting
deadlines are nearSlide11
aPTitude – Licensee FeaturesAssess multiple activity offerings
to facilitate informed selection
Provides single place to monitor licensure records when licenses are held in multiple
states
Rate and comment on activitiesSlide12
aPTitude – Activity Providers (Vendors)View CC/CE requirements for all jurisdictions
Share
information
about
activities including type, title, fees, learning objectives, location, presenter(s) and scheduleReceive
and review feedback on activities from
licensees
Access information about the marketplace and design and schedule activities
accordinglySlide13
aPTitude – State FeaturesCommunicate CC and CE
requirements to licensees in a simple and straightforward manner
Automatically notify
registered
licensees when requirements change
Verify licensees' completion of
activities*
Run
and analyze compliance
status
reports*
*for
licensees who
elect to release
that informationSlide14
And best of all . . .aPTitude is FREE to use!FSBPT will invite you to register with your first license upon passing the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE)www.fsbpt.org/aPTitude