PTA 2805 - Clinical Affiliation II (ALPP)

Institution:

Utah Tech University

Subject:

Physical Therapist Assistant

Description:

A six-week, full- time clinical experience in a physical therapy workplace setting. Students will have opportunities to apply the thinking processes and skills learned from previous courses. Supervision is provided by physical therapists and physical therapist assistants employed by the host facility. This course is designated as an Active Learning Professional Practice (ALPP) course. This course allows students to explore and apply content learned in the course in a professional experience away from the classroom. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $93 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1: Demonstrate the ability to self-assess and report progress in clinical education by reflecting through self-evaluation at entry level. 2: Use current research to develop and lead professional education training to co-workers. 3: Demonstrate satisfactory patient care/safety performance by earning an entry level rating (by self and CI) on each of the patient-care/safety related CPI criteria. 4: Demonstrate satisfactory communication with support staff, CI, patients and other healthcare professions by earning at least entry level rating (by self and CI) on each of the communication related CPI criteria. 5: Develop advanced collaborative goals with CI to promote professional progression in the clinical environment. Course fee required. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. SP

Credits:

6.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.utahtech.edu/

Phone Number:

(435) 652-7500

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Semester

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