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State of the Category 2013

State of the Category 2013. CAPT Scott Gaustad, USPHS Therapist Chief Professional Officer. Category Day 2013 . 2013 USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium “Public Health Prevention and Care: Bridging the Gaps”

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State of the Category 2013

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  1. State of the Category 2013 CAPT Scott Gaustad, USPHS Therapist Chief Professional Officer

  2. Category Day 2013 2013 USPHS Scientific and Training Symposium “Public Health Prevention and Care: Bridging the Gaps” Thank you to Symposium Category Day Organizing Committee -- Chair CDR Karen Killman Thank you TPAC Chair CDR Tarri Randall and the executive committee. Welcome guests

  3. State of the Category • Who we are • Where we work • What we’ve done • Promotion • Readiness • Transformation/Policies

  4. Who we are… Nation’s Rehabilitation Professionals Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Professionals Audiologists Occupational Therapists Physical Therapists Respiratory Therapists Speech-Language Pathologists 161 licensed professionals 12 Federal Agencies

  5. “Public Health Prevention and Care: Bridging the Gaps”Mission Statement: In support of the PHS mission the Therapist Category: • advances the Nation's health through cutting edge research, policy design, and health science, • implementsevidenced-based research into clinical practice for the health and wellness of the Nation's underserved populations, • educates the Nation to facilitate and encourage the adoption of healthy lifestyles to prevent disease and disability, • provides efficacious intervention for those with disability and disease to maximize function and improve quality of life, and • responds effectively to national and international Public Health needs with highly trained therapist officers.

  6. “Public Health Prevention and Care: Bridging the Gaps”Vision Statement: • The Public Health Service Therapist Category will demonstrate national and international leadership in public health services, rehabilitation, and science through: • enhancing the Therapist Category leadership role in promoting the health and well being of the people we serve, • educating public health leadership about the abilities of the Therapist Category on health promotion, disease prevention, wellness, rehabilitation and readiness response, • promoting professional development among the Therapist Category to enhance their value to the Public Health Service and the people we serve, • encouraging advanced training, policy development, and research, • engaging in partnerships to meet public health challenges, and • honoring the values, practices, and traditions of our Nation.

  7. Gender Diversity American Indian or Alaskan Native - 17 or 11% Female - 76 or 48% Asian or Pacific Islander - 7 or 4% Male - 85 or 52% Black, not of Hispanic Origin – 10 or 7% Hispanic - 7 or 5% Unknown - 36 or 24% White, not of Hispanic Origin - 72 or 46% Who we are…

  8. Therapist Category Officers • Regular Active: 161 • Regular Retired AD: 0 • Regular Retired: 108 • Reserve Active: 0 • Reserve Retired: 11 • Inactive: 46 Total: 326

  9. Who we are…how do we compare?

  10. Where we work… Corps

  11. Therapist Category - Where We Work…

  12. Where we work…

  13. Who we are… Corps Distribution by Rank – Corps

  14. Who we are… Therapist Distribution by Rank – Category (T-grade) 2013 data

  15. 2012 70 63 O-2 60 O-3 48 50 O-4 40 O-5 28 30 O-6 20 12 O-7 10 1 0 O-2 O-7 O-3 O-4 O-5 O-6 Who we are…

  16. Who we are…(Therapist vs Corps) Therapist Category Corps

  17. Who we are… Information is only as good as that entered into online databases by officers.

  18. Retirement Credit 45 37 40 33 33 35 < = 5 30 30 5.1-10 10.1-15 25 No. of Officers 15.1-20 18 20 20.1-25 25.1-30 15 >30 10 10 5 0 0 < = 5 5.1-10 10.1-15 15.1-20 20.1-25 25.1-30 >30 Years Service Who we are… Total = 161

  19. Retirement Credit 45 40 35 34 35 31 30 27 25 No. of Officers 18 20 15 10 7 5 0 0 25.-30 >30 < =5 5-10 15--20 20-25 10-15 Years Service - 2012 Who we are… Retirement Credit Year s of Service – 2013 Total = 161 Total = 152

  20. What we’ve done… Activities in 12-13 TPAC year • Promoting Physical Activity Guidelines • 2013 and 2014 PY Benchmarks review • New TPAC members/ sub/committee chairs • New TPAC Website • National Prevention Strategy • Continued development of Direct Access • Category Deployment Guideline • Evolving Mentorship Program • Strategic Growth Subcommittee business plan Continuing activities • Retirement recognition • Category, Responder Awards • AMSUS – Rehab Program • Journal Club • Vacancy list – Recruitment • Promotion preparation guide, credentials review guide • Category roster and profile • Web page • Listserv • PAC P&P and Model Charter implementation • Fit for Duty – Fit for Life • Mentoring!

  21. What we’ve done… Individual accomplishments – Awards • PHS Awards • Commendation Medal • Achievement Medals • Crisis Response Service Award • COA recognition • AMSUS recognition (P.T. and O.T.) • Agency and duty station recognition • Directors awards, employee of the quarter, month • National Recognition - AOTA • Category awards - luncheon

  22. What we’ve done… Individual accomplishments – training • Advanced degrees (DPT)/certificates • Earned Board Specialties OCS, GCS, EMC/NCV, CWS, CLT, CSCS • Participated in professional training professional conferences/CEUs, readiness and response, and OBC

  23. What we’ve done… Service • COA office, local and national • Healthy lifestyles, health fairs, PT Month activities • Community service • Recruiting • Expert on grant reviews • CC Ensemble and Choir Clinical Programs • EMG/NCV • Bariatrics, diabetes • Wound care, spinal cord • Student education • Journal Club • Health and Wellness

  24. What we’ve done… Presentations • Agency/Local • Professional societies • 2013 COF symposium • CEU courses Publications • The Hearing Journal • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America • Journal of the American Academy of Audiology • Military Medicine (AMSUS) • Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics • American Journal of Occupational Therapy • Pediatric Physical Therapy • Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy • Book chapters

  25. What we’ve done… Call to Active Duty: 2012-2013: LT MarsophiaCrossley - IHS LT Forrest Dutton - BOP LT Selena Bobula – IHS LT NarisaTappitake - IHS LT Kathryn Hanlon - IHS LT Shawn Shermer – FDA LT Amber Beardslee – IHS LT Jesse Gefroh – IHS LT Karina Gushue – IHS Retirements: 2012-2013: CAPT Karen Siegel - FDA CAPT Kevin Young - CMS CAPT Michelle Hooper - IHS CDR Bernard “Bernie” Long - IHS CDR John Schultz - BOP

  26. CAD • Five pillars (for new and now current Corps applicants) • These position pillars include: • 1. Assignment to underserved and vulnerable populations. • 2. Assignment is in a hardship location (or difficult-to-recruit position) where there is significant unmet need for qualified professionals • 3. Assignment requires regular engagement with other uniformed services. • Assignment does not meet criteria 1-4 but cannot be filled without the • Commissioned Corps and will address an important public health need. • Assignment requires individual to be available for rapid deployment – domestic • or international – at the direction of the agency head (as distinguished from deployment for natural disaster or international response) or requires availability to perform duties 24/7, including when on leave.

  27. What we’ve done… 2013 Category Awards: Therapist of the Year: LCDR Alexei Desatoff Junior Officer of the Year: LT Molly Rutledge Josef Hoog Award: LCDR Alexander Karl Brenner

  28. What we’ve done… Recognition • Temporary Promotions (PY ’12) 3*@ O-6, 12 @ O-5, 3 @ O-4 * 1 EPP • Permanent Promotions (PY ’12) 1 @ O-6, 3 @ O-5, 2 @ O-4, 4 @ O-3

  29. Promotion

  30. Recognition: What we’ve done -Promotion

  31. Promotion

  32. Promotion

  33. Promotion

  34. Promotion - Precepts 1) Performance (40% of overall score) 2) Education, Training, and Professional Development (20% of overall score) 3) Career Progression and Potential (25% of overall score) 4) Characteristics of Career Officer & Service to the Corps (15% of overall score) 5) Response Readiness (0% of overall score, not scored by the promotion board). Response readiness is still an administrative check used for promotion. Officers who fail to meet and maintain basic readiness will not be promoted

  35. Promotion General feedback to all officers: • Current and accurately formatted CVs are very important. • Check Therapist Category for current year Promotion Benchmarks • Use recommended CV format on website • Awards • Do your best to make sure PIR, CV, officer/ROS statements, and COER attachments all tell cohesive story about you. Educate your rating and reviewing official about importance of completing documents.

  36. Promotion General feedback to all officers: • Career counseling encouraged but not required for any officer not promoted. Officers are free to choose who performs the counseling. • Category career counseling by CPO or designee required for officers ranked in the lowest decile and lowest quartile X3 years. This must be documented in OPF. • Officers ranked in lowest decile x3 years referred to retention review board. • Officers not meeting readiness standards receive automatic not recommend and referred to review board.

  37. Promotion General feedback to all officers • Review your eOPF to see if you can EASILY locate information that addresses ALL promotion benchmarks. • List the contact hours for continuing education • Please consider the fax machine you are using • Common issues included missing or out-of-date documents, 100% under the officer’s influence; CVs, Officer Statements, Continuing Education List. • Verify that documents are complete, accurate, error free, and legible after they are faxed to the OPF.

  38. 60 Promotion • Comments on the score sheet provide insight into areas on which to focus to improve your performance/ scores for next year • At least 2 board members must check box for strength/ suggestion to appear • All free text comments appear

  39. Promotion Readiness December 31 • If ready – earn 0 points on readiness precept (PY-13) • If not – automatic not recommend for promotion March 31 • Part of administrative check along with licensure and other issues • If ready – stay on rank order list • If not – removed from rank order list, even if scored well enough by promotion board to be promoted

  40. Promotion: BCS Number of Therapists at the time of BCS: 118 Number of O5 billets before BCS: 31 (26%) Number of O5 billets after BCS: 40 (34%) Number of O6 billets before BCS: 37 (31%) Number of O6 billets after BCS: 34 (29%) Total O5 & O6% before BCS: 58% Total O5 & O6% after BCS: 63% (+5%)

  41. Promotion: BCS BOP: Total at time of BCS: 63 Before BCS Number of O5: 16 (25%) Number of O6: 23 (37%) Total % O5 and O6: 62 After BCS Number of O5: 19 (30%) Number of O6: 21(33%) Total % O5 and O6: 63 (+2) IHS: Total at time of BCS: 33 Before BCS Number of O5: 9 (27%) Number of O6: 6 (18%) Total % O5 and O6: 45 After BCS Number of O5: 10 (30%) Number of O6: 5 (15%) Total % O5 and O6: 45 (nc)

  42. Promotion: BCS BOP IHS

  43. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.” - Goethe

  44. OFRD Basic - 137 or 90% Exempt - 5 or 3% Not Qualified - 10 or 7% Readiness n = 152 (last reported number) 3/31/12

  45. Deployment Teams

  46. Readiness Recent Deployments: • Hurricane Sandy • Presidential Inauguration • Field-based training • CHASM • Operation Lone Star – SW Texas

  47. Readiness Remember this uniform is mandatory Sept 1st

  48. Transformation – Direct Access Current Priorities • Officer profiles– qualifying degree not included, enter additional credentials – Direct Access • Direct Access– continued implementation of DA. Now primary means to enter some readiness info, but be familiar with all data fields.

  49. Billets Completed – March 1, 2012 Questions: • personnel order in eOPF “change of assignment” • receipt of “individual position number” DA number • current Assignment and Assignment History • Current assignment – DA position and billet equivalent grade • Assignment History - DA Billet System Position Assignment • Stated grade is the pay grade of the officer – not position

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