Clinical First Impressions -Self Assessment Tool

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I am a huge fan of self assessments.

I think they are a great manager's tool to start a discussion about

meaningful topics with staff that can actually lead to improvement.They are

good for deflecting defensiveness and allow self-reflection as a starting

point for learning and change.

In the past, I have created and made available to the PTManager community

self assessments on:

- *Productivity* (available on the

PTManagerBlog<http://www.ptmanager.posterous.com/>

),

- *Readiness to Own Your Own Practice* (available at InHomeRehab.com),

- *Basic Business Skills* (coming soon to

PTManagerBlog<http://www.PTManager.Posterous.com>).

Recently, I have been doing a bit of reading, study and work on the changes

that are required as we move to a clinical environment that has a much *larger

involvement financial commitment by patients *to therapy.

Whether this is in the cash-based world or occurs because of large

deductibles and co-pays, the result is the same - patients must see the

value in our services - the earlier the better.

One small, but important, component of recognizing this value is in how we

make our initial clinical impressions.

To assess the strength and identify areas in which we can improve in this

area, I have created a new PTManager tool: *Clinical First Impressions: A

Self- Assessment Tool.* It is now available for FREE (as always) either

below on for download at PTManagerBlog <http://www.ptmanager.posterous.com/>

..

As always, your comments, feedback and suggestions for improvement are

welcome.

Kovacek, PT, DPT, MSA

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