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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previoius DPT coursework. Contents include data collection, analyses, and seminar. 1.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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5.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. Professional Practice Expectations V (Legal and Ethical Issues in Health Care) is designed to provide the students with the ethical principles, laws and rules that regulate and guide the practice of physical therapy nationally and in Georgia. Students will demonstrate application and integration of these guidellines via case studies based on ethical and legal situations frequently encountered in the clinical settings. 1.000 Credit Hours 0.500 Lecture hours 1.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture, Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. Through a series of problems, cases and skills labs, this course addresses the integration of pathology and pathophysiology of the nervous system with physical therapy examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis and intervention for patients with neurological disorders. Students will be expected to use this information to develop a plan for interventions to meet patient-centered goals. There will be a variety of learning experiences available for each student, including the tutorial group process for problems and interactin with persons with neurological disease or injury. There will be computer patient stimulations, as well as hands-on lab activities with students and/or faculty simulating patients in which students will practice techniques for examination and techniques for examination and interventions for physical therapy problems. 8.000 Credit Hours 4.000 Lecture hours 8.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. This course is designed to assist the student in the development of managerial skills pertinent to the healthcare environment. Students will apply knowledge of marketing, reimbursement, legislation/regularion, risk mamagement, and quality control to the design and operation of a physical therapy practice. The functions and characteristics of an effective manager will be discussed and practiced. 4.000 Credit Hours 2.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture, Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. Contents include finishing up data collection, analyses, final written report and slide presentation. 1.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic, Lecture/Unsupervi Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. Professional Practice Expectations VI is designed as the capstone of the teaching-learning threads throughout the curriculum. Students design their four week Elective experience during this course, as well as prepare for the fall Clinical Education experiences. Students also critically explore the role of Clinical Instructor (CI) and revisit the assessment and organizational skills necessary for successful practice. 1.000 Credit Hours 1.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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4.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework: Student groups will work through problems and case studies related to patients with lower and upper limb amputations. Students will address the pathology, impairments, functional limitations, and disabiities associated with amputation. Emphasis will be placed on examination, evaluation, intervention and physical therapy diagnosis related to patients with amputations. Content will include: 1) all previously learned examination skills such as assessment of sensation, range of motion and strength, 2) previously learned interventions such as wound care, post operative care, therapeutic exercise, and home programs, 3) new examinations, evaluation, intervention and physical therapy diagnosis skills related to the patient with an amputation, and 4) new information related to prosthetic prescription and prosthetic training. Basic science principles will be integrated with examination, evaluation and intervention. 1.000 Credit Hours 1.000 Lecture hours 1.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. This course is designed to provide students with the study of human development with emphasis on children under five. The primary emphasis will be on the assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis and intervention in children with neuromusculoskeletal disorders. Students will be expected to use this information to develop interventions to meet patient-centered goals. There will be a variety of learning experiences used in this course. 4.000 Credit Hours 3.000 Lecture hours 2.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. This course is designed to provide physical therapy students with the opportunity to integrate all aspects of the patient management model across complex patients. Information presented in the course is designed to build on basic skills and expand intervention options as available for the management of patients with musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, cardiopulmonary and integumentary dysfunction. Emphasis will be placed on clinical decision-making related to various pathologies. Content will be presented using a variety of instructional strategies to include lecture/discussion, small group activities and lab participation. The emphasis of the course is a "hands-on" approach whenever possible. The course will culminate in a comprehensive exam. 3.000 Credit Hours 1.000 Lecture hours 4.000 Lab hours 0.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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3.00 Credits
Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous DPT coursework. This is a 16-week full-time clinical experience focusing on the care of patients with neurologocal and/or complex medical problems. Students are assigned to inpatient acute care, inpatient rehabilition, skilled nursing or outpatient facilities. This experience may be scheduled either as 16 weeks in one facility with opportunity for participation in multiple patient care areas, or as two 8-week periods in different facilities. Under the direct supervision of a physical therapist, students use the knowledge and skills gained in didactic coursework to examine, evaluate, diagnose, develope a prognosis and expected outcomes and intervention plan and impletment that plan for patients with orthopaedic dysfunction. Students document their work using proper format, research information about problems with which they are unfamiliar, and perform other duties pertinent to functioning as a member of the health care team. 16.000 Credit Hours 0.000 Lecture hours 0.000 Lab hours 40.000 Other hours Levels: Graduate Semester Schedule Types: Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic, Supervised Lab/Clinic Allied Health Sciences College Physical Therapy Department
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