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Physical therapists must possess a range of qualifications including good communication skills, respect for patients, honesty, and a strong knowledge of physical therapy sciences. They should also demonstrate patience, tact, creativity, enthusiasm, and the desire to help others while maintaining emotional control and a sense of humor. Additionally, they must adhere to ethical codes, work collaboratively, and be adaptable to meet the diverse needs of patients.

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Ethics lecture 1

Physical therapists must possess a range of qualifications including good communication skills, respect for patients, honesty, and a strong knowledge of physical therapy sciences. They should also demonstrate patience, tact, creativity, enthusiasm, and the desire to help others while maintaining emotional control and a sense of humor. Additionally, they must adhere to ethical codes, work collaboratively, and be adaptable to meet the diverse needs of patients.

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QUALIFICATIONS OF PHYSICAL THERAPIST

Physical therapists must have full understood of ethical codes,


customs, traditions and responsibilities especially with regard to
patients, other team members and society. There are some essential
qualifications of physical therapist as:

1- Good communications skills.


2- Respect all the patient’s values.
3- Time Respect. Physical therapist should respect his timetable of his
work, clinic and private cases.
4- Professional limits “will be discussed later”.
5- Honest. The physical therapist must be honest, i.e. telling the truth
not cheating or stealing. This is concerned with his opinion,
statement, job, service, practice, …etc.
6- Knowledge. The physical therapists must have a good knowledge of
basic sciences of physical therapy, general information about different
aspects of life and community surround. Also, they should know a
complete idea about customs and traditions of different types of
patients to avoid any inconvenience.

Physical therapy is a hands-on profession that necessitates a strong


science background. A bachelor's degree is required for practitioners, with
an emphasis on anatomy, physiology, biology, and chemistry. Physical
therapists must be able to measure, calculate, reason, and evaluate data in
order to practice their profession. To diagnose patients, they must
interpret and evaluate data. It is critical to be able to prioritize treatments
as well as monitor and record outcomes. Physical therapists must also be
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aware of anatomical structures' three-dimensional and spatial
interactions.

7- Patience. The physical therapist can train himself “if he can't” to be


able of accepting delay, annoyance or suffering from patients and
others without complain.
8- Tact. It is the skill at not offending people or gaining goodwill by
saying or doing the right thing at the right time with patients and
others.
9- Creation, imagination and conceptualization. This means the mental
process of forming an idea and creating a problem solving items to
the patient's complaint.
10-Enthusiasm. The physical therapist must enthuse, i.e. has the strong
feeling of admiration (feeling of satisfaction and warm approval) or
interest “great eagerness”.
11- Power of observation. It helps the physical therapist to pick up the
patient's problem at the first look and visit. Also, during application
of treatment modalities, physical therapist can observe any unusual
changes or new symptoms revealed.

Physical therapists use observation to diagnose and treat patients. It's


crucial to be able to concentrate on small things. They must be able to
accurately observe patients from afar and close up. Completing the
necessary education also necessitates paying great attention during
demonstrations, lectures, and laboratory activities.

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12-Desire to help. The physical therapist should have the desire of
helping others especially patients. This requires a good amount of
activity and energy.
13-Emotional State. The physical therapist should adjust and control his
emotional reactions toward patients, i.e. not involve himself in
patient's problems.
14-Humor. Good humor, laughter and cheerfulness are infectious.
Humor cannot be learnt, it is goodness of heart, of patience, of
tolerance and of human kind.
15-The physical therapist should follow the code of ethics of his
profession. Physical therapist should differentiate between clinical
and ethical decision making.
16-Cooperate with team work looking forward for the patients'
beneficences.
17-Ability to change and develop according to the needs of community
and valid advancement.
18-Other qualities; because physical therapists work with patients who
experience pain and frustration, physical therapists should be
compassionate. The field requires an interest in helping people.
What’s more, therapists work with diverse patients in many settings,
from hospitals and outpatient clinics to schools and homes. That calls
for flexibility, adaptability and cultural sensitivity. They must make
ethical decisions about their patients' care and exhibit sound judgement in
stressful situations. Finally, physical stamina (good health) is necessary
because physical therapists are generally on their feet for long periods of time
assisting patients.

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