Advocacy is inherently part of physical therapy (advocating for your patients, advocating with other health care professionals, etc.).
We also need BIG ADVOCACY: advocating for your patients, for your profession, TO your elected officials.
BUT - it doesn’t mean drop everything & hop on a flight to Washington D.C.
Dr. Mercedes Aguirre Valenzuela, PT, (@ThePTAdvocate) is on the pod today to discuss the importance of advocacy as physical therapists, how to get involved, & how to realistically advocate while balancing your clinical work.
Because:
“If not you, then WHO?”
