Poznań Society of Friends of Arts and Sciences (Polish: Poznańskie Towarzystwo Przyjaciół Nauk, PTPN) is a scientific society in Poznań, Poland, established 1875, associating researchers of all scientific branches. It was one of the biggest and most important general scientific organizations in Poland.
When it was founded in the 19th century, PTPN was the main Polish scientific and cultural organization in the Prussian partition of Poland, and until the creation of Skills Academy (Akademia Umiejętności) in Cracow (1871-73) PTPN was the most important scientific society in all Polish lands. Besides strictly scientific activities the society also collected and secured the art pieces and Polish national tokens of remembrance.
In 1919 PTPN was the initiator and organizer of the Poznan University, today called the Adam Mickiewicz University, UAM.
Zygmunt Wojciechowski, Kazimierz Tymieniecki, Stefan Barbacki, Gerard Labuda, Zdzisław Kaczmarczyk, Zbigniew Zakrzewski.
Famous members
August Cieszkowski (1814-1894), Polish philosopher, social and political activist, co-founder of the Polish League (Liga Polska), co-founder and president of the PTPN
PTPN has been a recognized leader in the outpatient rehabilitation arena for nearly 20 years, setting the standards for the industry.
PTPN President and CEO Michael Weinper, MPH, PT, is a frequent speaker at industry and association conferences on managed care, quality health care, physical therapy practice, and workersâ compensation, as well as other rehabilitation-related topics.
The President of PTPN nationally is a physical therapist, the national board is composed of therapists, and therapists constitute regional boards throughout the country.
PTPN CompDirect directs injured patients to highly qualified therapists at the start of their treatment, and makes sure that experienced peer review case managers oversee the delivery of that care.
PTPN members are further qualified by being required to pass the strictest credentialing standards in the industry, exceeding those the National Commission for Quality Assurance (NCQA) require for physicians in managed care plans, and often those required by state licensing, Medicare and community standards.
PTPN is the oldest and largest specialty network of therapists in independent practice.
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