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		<title>PTA SIG Roundtable at Fall Conference and November Video Conference to Feature Discussions on New RCs Adopted at House of Delegates</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During APTA’s House of Delegates in June, two RCs passed that affect PTAs. RC 14 allows a PTA to directly supervise a PTA student and RC 3 opens the door for PTs to dictate physical therapy care to health care practitioners other than PTAs. There is still much to be decided regarding the details of RC 3, so keep your ears open. The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=494&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Gersh Presents Poster at World Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 21:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PTWA Eastern Washington At-Large Director Meryl Gersh, PT, PhD, presented her special-interest poster, “Patient Empowerment Through Collaborative Education: Implementing Public Education Programs Concurrently with Professional Conferences,” at the World Confederation of Physical Therapy’s annual congress, World Physical Therapy 2011, in June in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The poster described the origination, organization and implementation of the consumer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=491&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>University of Puget Sound Researchers Garner International Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the University of Puget Sound received an award for outstanding research presentation from the International Acupuncture Association of Physical Therapists (IAAPT) given at World Physical Therapy 2011 held inAmsterdam,Netherlands, June 20-23. From among the 1,800 studies presented at this international meeting, 28 received awards for excellence in categories of global geographic region, research [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=487&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>APTA Oncology Section Offers Course on Breast Cancer</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The APTA Oncology Section will host “Breast Cancer Rehabilitation,” presented by Barbara E. Nicholson, PT, MSPT, CLT-LANA, October 1-2, 2011 at Kadlec Medical Center, Richland, Wash. The course is open to PTs, PTAs, OTs and OTAs who are interested in working with patients who have breast cancer or are already working with this population because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=497&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy Opportunities for 5th District Constituents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are still looking to gain Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodger’s cosponsorship on our national PT priority legislation. Here are two opportunities to put APTA&#8217;s legislation priorities in front of her in the next couple of weeks. McMorris Rodgers will host a &#8220;Coffee with Cathy&#8221; public event at the Port of Walla Walla Conference Room, 310 A. St. Walla Walla Thursday, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=485&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Advocacy Opportunity for 8th District Constituents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 17:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Dave Reichert invites constituents to Puyallup for a breakfast with special guest Senator John Boozman (R-AR) Saturday, August 27 at 8: 30 a.m. at the Elks Lodge, 314 27th Street Northeast, Puyallup. Cost is: $35 per person or $325 for a table.  Consider attending this event. Bring along the position papers for our priority bills available to download and print [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=480&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rep. Adam Smith Holding Town Hall Meeting Aug. 25</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 16:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Adam Smith invites 9th District constituents to a budget town hall meeting Aug. 25 at 7 p.m. Consider attending this meeting. Bring along the position papers for our priority bills available to download and print at www.apta.org/advocacy. Approach the representative or staff before or after the meeting. Hand them the Position papers and let them [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=476&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Invite Legislators for a Clinic Visits</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may have seen PTWA Lobbyist Melissa Johnson&#8217;s article in the June PTWA Connections about arranging a clinic visit with your legislators. Here are some additional thoughts from PTWA Legistlative Committee Chair Robin, Schoenfeld, PT, OMT: While the legislative session is over, the PTWA Legislative Committee would like to keep activity going in the home districts. Hosting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=472&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Overwhelming Outpouring of Support for Shoes4Kids at House of Delegates</title>
		<link>http://ptwa.wordpress.com/2011/08/03/overwhelming-outpouring-of-support-for-shoes4kids-at-house-of-delegates/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:29:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoes4Kids, which provides new socks and athletic shoes to low-income children, collected more than 1,100 pairs of new shoes and 4,000 pairs of new socks that PTs and PTAs distributed to low-income children in the Washington, D.C. community in conjunction the APTA House of Delegates in June 2011. House officers spread the word about Shoes4Kids [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=469&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: School-based PTs for Research Study</title>
		<link>http://ptwa.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/wanted-school-based-pts-for-research-study/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:37:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PTWA member Sally Westcott McCoy, PT, PhD, and her colleagues received a grant from the US Department of Education Institution for Educational Sciences for a multi-site observational study called “Relationship of Student Outcomes to School-Based Physical Therapy Services,” which began July 1, 2011. “The purpose is twofold: one is to be able to describe what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=ptwa.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5885866&amp;post=466&amp;subd=ptwa&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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