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Course Criteria
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1.00 Credits
Introduces basic abbreviations, medical terminology, chart reading, and note writing.
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3.00 Credits
Principles of basic skills in the physical therapy setting. Goniometry. Sensory- and gross-muscle testing. Mobility skills in bed and wheelchair and transfer training. Gait training and activities of daily living. Body mechanics, positioning, and vital signs. Architectural barriers identified. Teaching techniques for other health care providers, patients, and families. Wheelchair measurement and maintenance. Lecture and laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces general-medicine conditions, including pathology and management of medical problems. Diseases of the body systems, including urinary, reproductive, digestive, circulatory, endocrine, and musculoskeletal. Theoretical principles and practical application of respiratory techniques, exercises, and postural drainage. CPR certification must be obtained before end of term.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces neurological conditions, including pathology and management of medical problems of stroke, head injury, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord and nerve injuries, and other conditions.
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3.00 Credits
Introduces common orthopaedic conditions, pathologies, and surgical procedures involving the peripheral joints. Introduces joint mobilization. Procedures and progression of therapeutic exercises for each specific joint covered as these exercises relate to tissue repair and healing response. Practical laboratory includes integration of treatment plans and progressions.
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2.00 Credits
Introduces therapeutic exercise theories and practical applications. Tissue response to range of motion, stretch, and resistive exercise. Laboratory covers practical applications of various types of exercise techniques and machines used in the clinics, and a systematic approach to therapeutic exercise progression.
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3.00 Credits
Basic physical therapy modalities--including heat and cold application, hydrotherapy and massage, pool therapy, physiology and control of edema, stump wrapping, standard precautions, and chronic-pain management. Lecture and laboratory.
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3.00 Credits
Principles and techniques of electrotherapy procedures, including basic physiological effects. Indications and contraindications for specific electrotherapy modalities. Practical application and demonstration of modalities in a laboratory setting.
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1.00 Credits
Normal structure and function of the skin. Pathology of the skin, including problem conditions, burns, and wounds. Lecture and laboratory to include wound identification, measuring, dressing, treatments, and debridement. Model wounds used for hands-on training.
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2.00 Credits
Normal and abnormal development, from conception to adolescence. Emphasizes developmental sequence, testing, and treatment of neurological and orthopaedic disorders. Practical laboratory.
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