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Human Resources in Physical Therapy: Opportunities for Service in a Rapidly Changing Health System

LG Selker, PhD, PT, is Dean, College of Associated Health Professions (MC 518), and Principal Investigator, Illinois Geriatric Center, University of Illinois at Chicago, 808 S Wood St, Room 169CME, Chicago, IL 60612 (USA). Dr Selker is a Professor of Physical Therapy with joint appointments in Social Work, Medicine, Administrative Nursing, and Public Health. He is also Editor of the Journal of Allied Health.

This article illuminates major considerations having an impact on the utilization of human resources in physical therapy. The current and potential impacts of health system forces and trends and health care reform, in general, and scope of practice, team care, supply and demand, and managed care, in particular, are cited and discussed. The manner in which physical therapists perceive and respond to health care needs and access issues and in turn the manner in which the public and policymakers acknowledge physical therapy's growing role in this defining of health and health care are both likely to create new opportunities for service.

Key Words: Health resources • Health services needs and demands • Human resources • Physical therapy profession, patient services

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