WELLNESS MODEL
"Wellness is a connction of paths, knowledge and action." - Joshua Welch Out of all the wellness models presented in the book, I believe that the one that should be adapted in the physical therapy practice is the Humanistic Model of Wellness . The first reason why the HMW is the most fitting to our profession as Physical Therapists is that it contains all of the three dimensions of well-being as given by the World Health Organization which are physical, mental, and social aspects of an individual. Moreover, it also acknowledges the three domains of learning which are cognitive, psychomotor, and affective, as supported in the American Physical Therapy Association's A Normative Model of Physical Therapist Professional Education: 2004 Version . Another factor that made me decide that this is the most applicable is the usage of SWS which is an instrument to operationalize the said model and is designed to be used by a physical therapist in doing the tests and...




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