Kevin MacPherson

I am a Doctor of Physical Therapy and love what I do.

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@DrSethPT Research on 1) Political action strategy effectiveness, 2) best practice in lobbyist selection, 3) educational strategies to enhance PT knowledge of separation of self from profession during advocacy efforts, 4) best practice in direct-to-employer practice initiatives.

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@GatorsFB @GVOaant @espn Did Napier finally remember Richardson can run…?!

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@Ally_Bove_ @APTAtweets

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@julia_tabrah @adamdobson123 @petegallacher @DrJN_SportsMed @BillingMartin This is a rare form of lung cancer. The case likely includes a “failure to progress” at best or symptom progression despite proper MSK care at worst. That should have triggered imaging. Really, the case and reasoning should be linked to justify the imaging.

[RJ @northwoods1980]

Orthopedic clinic. 43-year-old female with right shoulder pain. What do we think?🙈

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@Avis what’s the point of checking in online when you still have to wait in line at the counter for people who did not book a car ahead of time to go through the whole process of picking a car, selecting a GPS option, etc…

[Derek Griffin @DerekGriffin86]

10 DOS & DON'TS OF PERSISTENT PAIN
I recently prepared a media piece on "10 dos & don'ts of persistent pain". From today until the 1st of January I will post a summary of each of the 10 points that I have included.

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@PTPintcast Trust, but verify. 12,34,55,58,69

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@karenlitzyNYC While I know what they mean, the “poor quality” label is a crap way to describe a patient. This categorizes patients to focus on only “high quality” pts a company can make predictable money off of. Leaves out how intrusive PT is on many pt’s lives.

[Duke DPT HOD1 @DukeHOD1]

PT Students: what is the minimum amount of financial assistance for clinical rotations would you like to receive? #dudpthod

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@j_steere @RyanDuncanPT @ShepDPT Insurance companies r the same. Their “find a doc” points you to MD practitioners, not the business. Their find a PT points you to a business, not a practitioner. Rating sites are the same. We are treated like a service, there is minimal incentive/drive to not be a weak member.

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@j_steere @RyanDuncanPT @ShepDPT Personally, I believe our largest employers need to treat PTs like doctoring professionals they are. Rarely see PT bios/specializations on websites, and scheduling evals with a specific PT based on the bio is “not a thing”. If employers plug-n-play us, everyone else will.

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@j_steere @RyanDuncanPT @ShepDPT Well, the fallacy of the simple solution is likely at play. We likely need: 1) multi-tiered licensing, 2) mandatory residency pathways that are not cost prohibitive, 3) alternative payment models where our value is actually reflected, 4) unified outcomes repositories, 5) etc…

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@j_steere @RyanDuncanPT @ShepDPT I believe there is some hope the competency-based educational format may address some of this, but it seems like a more thorough embrace of residency is the primary mechanism that makes sense. Foundations in PT school, everything else in residency.

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

@mkgeisinger Tell your friend to ask the ortho to provide their non-surgical patient outcomes data… oh, wait, they don’t collect those… (pot and kettle comment there, but that’s part of why our system is the most expensive and one of the least effective)

[Kevin MacPherson @drklumac]

Annual Reviews Are a Terrible Way to Evaluate Employees - The Wall Street Journal. #truth https://t.co/amyP9javM7

[tomdenninger @tomdenninger]

@ShepDPT There are 48,040 PT job posts on Indeed as of 4:39 today, the problem is not expansion, hell PT has been underutilized and static in usage for multiple decades, its the teetering value proposition of reimbursement and education costs

[Mark Shepherd @ShepDPT]

It is clear we need changes in PT education like cheaper and shorter programs.

High debt = need higher salary = work for clinics who may schedule a lot of pts/day or work 2 jobs = burn out

New/Existing programs with huge tuitions are problems imo