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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Initial Course of Action

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

2.4608 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Joscelin receives a referral for a patient with a diagnosis that the therapist is unfamiliar with. What is the INITIAL course of action?

A. Decline the referral, citing lack of expertise

B. Accept the patient and start treatment

C. Research the condition

D. Refer the patient to another therapist

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

0:09.0

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

0:16.0

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn. And you'll see

0:21.9

the life I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that

0:27.2

allows me to change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to

0:33.3

give you simple, actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

0:40.6

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

0:45.6

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life

0:50.9

you love, you're in the right place.

0:53.2

Enjoy the show.

0:56.1

For this week's clinical file, we have Jocelyn, and Jocelyn receives a referral for a patient with a diagnosis that

1:01.7

the therapist is unfamiliar with. What is the initial course of action? So we have A,

1:07.4

decline the referral citing lack of expertise. B, accept the patient and start treatment.

1:14.2

C, research the condition. And D is refer the patient to another therapist. All right. Before we do,

1:22.8

I just want to give a huge thank you, a lot of gratitude for those of you who came out and supported

1:28.7

us at CSM in Boston, February 15th through the 17th. It was such an incredible experience.

1:34.6

And I want to say thank you to all of you who just visited the booth. It was such an amazing time.

1:39.6

And our booth was pop it, baby. It was great. It was great. Thank you to everybody who listens, who speaks

1:46.0

highly of this podcast and the PTSL mission. We cannot wait to continue this mission forward as we

1:52.3

change the way people view MPTE prep using a holistic way of dominating this exam.

1:59.9

So thank you all so, so much. And for that, I wanted to give you a gift today. Today is going to be a shorter question. So if you're on the way to the clinic, you're cooking some food tonight, maybe you're on the treadmill. We're going to go through a shorter one today. And it's going to be in the world of standards of practice and ethics. All right. So let's go

2:19.4

ahead and drop it. It says Jocelyn receives a referral for a patient with a diagnosis that the

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