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Category: Narrative Reflections

At Capacity: How Physical Therapists Will Gain More by Doing Less

At Capacity: How Physical Therapists Will Gain More by Doing Less by Hannah Sy, PT, DPT, JHR’s award-winning 2024 student essay, examines how the increased use of AI in the physical therapy clinic may actually improve humanistic patient care. According to Sy, “the advantage of AI…is its ability to solve complex problems with its capacity to process copious amounts of data.” As physical therapists are assisted in data-based problem-solving and treatment planning by AI, she notes, their time may better be applied to connecting with the human beings they seek to rehabilitate.

Hannah Sy, PT, DPT May 3, 2024

From Individuals With Aphasia and Brain Injuries to Poets: How the Book I Don’t Think I Did This Right Came to Be

From Individuals With Aphasia and Brain Injuries to Poets: How the Book I Don’t Think I Did This Right Came to Be by Kathryn Paulson, Brendan Constantine, and Jerry K. Hoepner, relates how a group of dynamic poets developed out of a few workshops for individuals with stroke-based aphasia and traumatic brain injuries. Starting out as an idea to spur creativity and help participants share their stories, the meetings quickly developed into the Thursday Night Poets group. Their first published work, described here, offers poetry of deep meaning and resonance for anyone who has ever faced a challenge.

Kathryn Paulson, Poet & Brendan Constantine, Poet & Jerry Hoepner, PhD, CCC-SLP April 24, 2024

A Seat at the Table: A Reflection on Engaging Disabled People and Their Families in Research and Service Design

Dr. Phoenix and authors explore the metaphor “a seat at the table” in the context of including Disabled People and their families in system-level service design and research. They challenge us to consider inclusivity by interrogating this vision of “the table” in terms of ownership, participation, and consequences after a discussion ends.

Michelle Phoenix, SLP, Reg. CASLPO, PhD & Rae Martens & Sue Simpson & Maya Pajevic & Samantha Micsinszki, RN, PhD November 21, 2023

Steps Toward Inclusion for Those Without Words

Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents Congratulations to Doctor of Physical Therapy Students Vanessa Lista, SPT (Neumann University) and Priyanka Bhakta, SPT (Emory University),

Vanessa Lista, SPT November 14, 2023

CHEP-JHR Student Essay Contest 2023-2024

Download the article (pdf) Table of Contents The Consortium for Humanities, Ethics and Professionalism (CHEP) of the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy (ACAPT) advocates

ACAPT September 28, 2023