{"id":9904,"date":"2024-11-06T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T17:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/?p=9904"},"modified":"2024-12-11T18:39:47","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T18:39:47","slug":"uw-chws-affiliate-investigator-named-apta-washington-physical-therapist-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/2024\/11\/06\/uw-chws-affiliate-investigator-named-apta-washington-physical-therapist-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"UW CHWS Affiliate Investigator Named APTA Washington Physical Therapist of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/11\/Rachel-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10247\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2024\/11\/Rachel-225x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/team\/rachel-prusynski\/\">Rachel Prusynski, DPT, PhD, NCS<\/a>, an assistant professor in the University of Washington\u2019s Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, has been honored as this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/aptawa.org\/misc\/aptawa-awards\/\">Physical Therapist of the Year by the Washington chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA)<\/a>. This prestigious award is given annually to a physical therapist who has gone above and beyond in their support of APTA\u2019s goals and objectives, demonstrating exceptional participation and leadership. Read more about Dr. Prusynski&#8217;s continued leadership and commitment to advancing the field of physical therapy <a href=\"https:\/\/rehab.washington.edu\/news-and-events\/prusynski-named-apta-washington-physical-therapist-of-the-year\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Dr. Prusynski is an affiliate investigator at UW CHWS, where she conducts research on the skilled nursing facility (SNF) industry, including therapy staff. Check out some of her work below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/studies\/relationships-between-therapy-staff-turnover-and-skilled-nursing-facility-outcomes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Relationships between Therapy Staff Turnover and Skilled Nursing Facility Outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/studies\/impacts-of-skilled-nursing-facility-change-of-ownership-on-staffing\/\">Impacts of Skilled Nursing Facility Change of Ownership on Staffing<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations, Dr. Prusynski!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":10247,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9904"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10248,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9904\/revisions\/10248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10247"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/chws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}