Wow, what a great idea, how come nobody ever thought of this
before?? We could all have the same professional title, and even wear
the same uniform!
Then, once we are all agreed, and all doing the same thing, we can
start to form small groups of 'Scientific Therapists' who particularly
enjoy working in certain areas, eg, neuro, - chest rehab., - acute care, -
long-term rehab, etc, ......... these interest groups could become
specialist bodies ......... each specialist body could take on a new title,
(such as physios, or chiros or OTs??) and it could encourage lots of
fun discussion between the groups, and lead to healthy debates!!!!
I'm all for my uniqueness and for being different, and to combining my
differentness with other people's differentness to make quite a good
team! Imagine a hospital full of just one type of professional person??
Vive la differance! (with apologies to the French for my spelling and
pronunciation!)
(sorry, Mel, were you really serious??)
Lyn
> Let us see if we can envisage this endless debate between physical therapists
> and chiropractors being finally resolved at some distant time. A fairly
> objective scientist or medic comes along and proposes that an entirely new,
> but integrated profession be set up, called, for argument's sake, Scientific
> Therapy (ST).
>
> He assembles a group of interested PTs, chiros, osteopaths and Athletic
> Trainers and decides to draw up a full motivation which eventually succeeds
> in meeting all national educational and legislative requirements. A unique
> ST college is set up and it attracts more and more students, because it
> offers the best of PT, chiro, osteopathy, AT, etc, plus even a broader
> components drawn from alternative and medical fields.
>
> Eventually the numbers of students entering PT, chiros, ATs etc dwindle and a
> single, unified profession, like Medicine, emerges (with various sub
> specialisations to cater for the full spectrum of physical disorders). The
> medical profession and insurance companies prefer dealing with this one more
> uniform profession.
>
> End result - few PTs, chiros, osteos, ATs etc - just one far more harmonious
> overall profession.
>
> Yes, I know that sounds like dreamland and that many vested interests exist,
> but it would make some very good medical and commercial sense to have someone
> start such a profession. Has this ever been tried with any really sustained
> determination?
>
> Dr Mel C Siff
> Denver, USA
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Lyn Gregson MCSP
Rehabilitation Facilitator
Health Services Office
UMN
Kathmandu
Nepal
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