Physical Therapist Assistant: Websites

A guide to help you locate anatomy and physiology resources available through MDC's Learning Resources Department.

Provides comprehensive information on Medicare, Medicaid, State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).

Provides comprehensive information on prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, and natural products, including a pill identifier and interactions checker.

Provides information on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE).

Provides licensure information, continuing education information, and Florida laws and statutes related to physical therapy.

Features 1,247 vibrant engravings—many in color—from the classic 1918 publication.

Instructions and videos on how to perform hands-only CPR.

Information about understanding health information privacy under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

A statement of national health objectives designed to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and to establish national goals to reduce these threats.

The United State's predominant standards-setting and accrediting body for health care organizations and programs.

Describes what physical therapy is and when and where physical therapy might help a child.

Provides illustrated guides on performing CPR on adults, children, infants, and pets. Video demonstration also provided.

Includes a Medical Encyclopedia, Medical Dictionary, Interactive Tutorials on common procedures and conditions, and Doctor and Dentist Directories.

Online text of The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy and The Merck Manual of Patient Symptoms.

A list of the mobile apps currently downloaded to the library's iPads that are available for check-out.

Provides information on aquatic therapy, exercise guidelines for people with disabilities, exercises for children, flexibility exercises for older adults, and other information on fitness and exercise.

Provides health standards, regulations, and inspections to prevent workplace injuries, illnesses and deaths.

A variety of tools to help you create, present, manage and share your professional credentials.

Provides job listings, clinic listings, a message board and links to news and other relevant information.

Provides a listing of sites that deal with diseases, injuries, and conditions that are often seen by physical therapists, such as hip replacement, carpal tunnel syndrome, multiple sclerosis, etc.

This site, designed for mobile devices, provides links to websites on evidence-based practice.

Provides career information, job listings, and other current news and events relevant to physical therapy.

Founded by Dr. Tiffany Field of the University of Miami, the Touch Research Institute is dedicated to studying the effects of touch therapy and researches the effects of massage therapy at all stages of life from newborns to senior citizens.