Exploring Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Scope of Practice by Discharge Diagnosis: A Review of 10 Years of Data From a Tertiary Hospital Emergency Department

Piers Truter; Louise Giglia‐Smith; Luke Bongiascia; Andrew Campbell Moffat; James G. Wrightson; Susan Brooker; Paul Atkinson; Pippa Flanagan

doi:10.1111/1742-6723.70241

March 8, 2026Emergency Medicine AustralasiaOpen Access

Exploring Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Scope of Practice by Discharge Diagnosis: A Review of 10 Years of Data From a Tertiary Hospital Emergency Department

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The aim is to analyze the scope of practice of advanced practice physiotherapists based on discharge diagnoses over a decade.
Reviewed 10 years of emergency department data from a tertiary hospital.
Performed a consensus process to establish the scope of advanced practice physiotherapists' roles.
Mapped 204 ICD-10 diagnoses relevant to advanced practice physiotherapy.
Identified 204 distinct diagnoses handled by advanced practice physiotherapists.
Demonstrated the evolving nature of physiotherapists’ roles in emergency care over the decade.
Provided a framework for understanding the clinical contributions of advanced practice physiotherapists.

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This review maps the scope of practice of advanced practice physiotherapists in a tertiary hospital emergency department, suggesting valuable insights into clinical roles.

Abstract

Using 10 years of ED data, a consensus process mapped the local scope of practice of APPs in a single Western Australian Tertiary Hospital ED to 204 ICD-10 diagnoses.

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