For this project, I was required to come up with some questions to ask my mentor so I could gather a better understanding of my research question. The questions and responses are below.
Are there different types of physical therapy practices?
There are 3: physician operated, hospital, and outpatient.
2. What is a physician operated practice?
This is when the physician had direct ties with a physical therapist.
3. What is outpatient?
This when there is no direct ties but the physician just refers the patient with the consent of the patient.
4. What is a hospital clinic?
This is when nurses, physical therapists, and physicians have direct access to patient information in a hospital. They all have meeting to discuss what to do in order to treat the injured patient and therefore all have easy access to know what is going on.
5. Why do you market to physicians?
This is so we can get more patient referrals.
6. How do you market to physicians?
We hire people that reach out to various physicians to help us become more known.