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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
2 hours lecture per week HLTH 110 covers pronunciation, spelling, and definition of medical terms pertaining to all systems of the body and supplementary terms applicable to specialty areas of medicine and selected paramedical fields. Emphasis is on increasing professional vocabulary and proficiency in correct pronunciation and spelling of medical terms. Upon satisfactory completion of HLTH 110, the student should be able to: Spell, define, and pronounce medical words correctly. Identify and use correctly prefixes, suffixes, and roots of words. Recognize and correctly use medical and drug terms, specialized terminology, and commonly used medical abbreviations and symbols. Correctly pronounce and spell terms pertaining to the structure, function, disorders and diseases, also surgical, treatment, and diagnostic procedures of all systems of the human body. Identify and differentiate spoken medical terms.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture per week Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 118 may not be audited. HLTH 118 may not be taken credit/no credit. Students may be required to participate in service learning. HLTH 118 provides students with the opportunity to assess themselves, their values, and associated professional attitudes and behaviors. Characteristics of effective helpers, appropriate communication techniques, assertiveness skills, and problem-solving for ethical and cultural issues are examined. 4 These concepts are applied in health care settings that involve individuals and groups who require intervention services. Upon successful completion of HLTH 118, the student should be able to: Define self awareness and values and their effect on human behavior and helping. Discuss strategies for analyzing issues and making decisions to resolve personal and organizational ethical conflicts. Describe the effects of disability on the individual within the cultural context of family and society, as well as on occupational performance. Describe how sociocultural, socioeconomic, diversity factors and lifestyle choices impact contemporary society. Describe positive health behaviors and identify the importance of balancing areas of occupation with the achievement of health and wellness. Give examples of effective communication techniques and application using characteristics of effective helping, cultural sensitivity and assertiveness. Define professional burnout and identify stress management techniques to promote wellness.
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1.00 Credits
1 hour lecture per week HLTH 120 introduces students to concepts of health and disease, health care systems, organizational structure and function of primary, tertiary, and community-based health facilities, health care ethics, and the health care team in individualized patient care. Upon successful completion of HLTH 120, the student should be able to: Use electronic media to learn about the health care professions. Use electronic communications effectively. Identify requirements to study in selected program or occupation. Explain the characteristics of community-based health care. Describe the role of the health care team in providing patient care. Describe the organizational structure of a hospital, health care clinic, or community-based agency. Explain the differences between licensure and credentialing in health professions. Describe examples of ethical concerns facing health care practitioners.
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1.00 Credits
45 hours observation and discussion Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 120.Comment: HLTH 121 may not be audited. HLTH 121 may only be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 121 is intended for the student who desires an in-depth opportunity to explore various health care careers and to decide which would be most appropriate to pursue. Upon successful completion of HLTH 121, the student should be able to: Describe five health care occupations in terms of responsibilities, role in patient care, interaction with at least two other types of health care providers, working conditions, educational requirements, licensure or certification required, and how they might or might not serve as career options. Describe the one health care occupation the student is most interested in pursuing as a possible career option in terms of the student's own interests, values, abilities, and circumstances. Identify the gaps between personal skill levels in math and English and the levels required for the health care occupation of interest. Identify steps to be taken to acquire the necessary education, skills, etc. required to meet the job requirements of the selected health care occupation. Describe the basic requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). 5
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1.00 Credits
1 hour lecture per week HLTH 125 builds on knowledge of prefixes, suffixes, and word roots to analyze and build medical terms. It includes definition, spelling, and pronunciation of selected medical words dealing with all human body systems as well as surgical and diagnostic procedures, and disease conditions. Commonly used medical abbreviations and pharmacological terms as well as plural endings are also covered. Upon successful completion of HLTH 125, the student should be able to: Define, give examples of, and use correctly the following word parts used in building and analyzing medical terms: prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combining forms. Correctly use plural endings for medical terms. Correctly define, spell, and correlate selected medical terms dealing with: o Body structure o Anatomical planes and regions o Blood and the immune system o Cardiovascular and lymphatic systems o Respiratory, digestive, urinary, and reproductive systems o Musculoskeletal system o Nervous system and psychological disorders o Integumentary and endocrine systems Define and give examples of terminology used for surgical and diagnostic procedures and pathology. Build medical terms by correctly putting word parts together. Analyze the components of medical words and derive the meaning of the words. State the meaning of common medical abbreviations and pharmacological terms. Analyze and define terms dealing with various medical and dental specialties.
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3.00 Credits
3 hours lecture/discussion per week Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in BIOL 120, BIOL 130, or both ZOOL 141 and 142; a grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 110 or HLTH 125Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 160 may not be audited. HLTH 160 may not be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 160 covers basic concepts and characteristics of disease processes; etiology, methods of control, and development of selected diseases from each major body system. Upon successful completion of HLTH 160, the student should be able to: Identify and discuss basic concepts, principles, and characteristics of disease processes. Recognize and apply terminology pertaining to injuries and disease processes. Identify and discuss the etiology of selected diseases from each of the major body systems. Identify and discuss methods of external control and treatment of known diseases.
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1.50 Credits
4.5 hours lecture/lab per week for 10 weeks Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 201 may not be audited. HLTH 201 may not be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 201 provides the basic standard patient care skills and training in the use of wheelchairs, ambulatory aids, selected hospital equipment, transfers, and environmental assessment. Upon successful completion of HLTH 201, the student should be able to: Identify and assess architectural barriers to mobility. Communicate data and information from PT interventions in written documentation with the patient, family, significant other, PT, health care delivery personnel and others in an effective, appropriate and capable manner. Identify individual and cultural differences and respond appropriately in all aspects of physical therapy services. Present conduct and practice standards that reflect the APTA Guide to Physical Therapy Practice and are legal, ethical, and safe, a commitment to the profession of physical 6 therapy and meet the expectations of consumers receiving health care services. Implement the plan of care developed by the PT to achieve the short and long-term goals of treatment and intended outcomes. Implement safe, effective and efficient competencies in selected components of PT interventions identified in the plan of care: Activities of daily living, assistive/adaptive devices, transfer skills - bed, chairs, automobile, bathroom, body mechanics, gait and locomotion training, wheelchair management skills, lifts, balance and coordination with and without assistive devices. Apply problem-solving knowledge to address symptoms aggravated by activities such as respiratory and circulatory changes. Measure and document patient height and weight. Identify the individual's or care giver's ability to care for wheelchair, assistive, adaptive, and supportive devices in a safe manner. Assess skin condition before, during and after removal of external support devices such as wheelchair fitting, assistive and supportive devices. Explain and implement progression or status change with ambulation, mobility and wheelchair management status and balance. Demonstrate activities by using comparison and contrasting situations, positions and postures that aggravate or relieve pain or skin sensation. Communicate architectural barriers in the home or community with the patient, family, significant other, PT, health care providers and others. Assess and communicate contraindications, precautions, and interventions within the plan of care in response to the patient's clinical indications to the supervising PT. Report and communicate contraindications, precautions and changes of any PT intervention to the supervising PT. Explain when an intervention is outside the scope of PTA practice. Instruct patient, family members, significant other, care givers, and others of the plan of care and treatment regimens to enhance the rehabilitation process. Demonstrate appropriate action and behavior in emergency situations. Demonstrate knowledge of OSHA regulations. Identify the personal responsibility for career development, patient advocacy, life-long learning and membership in the professional association by reading, locating and interpreting health care literature, documents or Internet information.
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3.00 Credits
6 hours lecture/lab per week Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 290; a grade of "C" of higher in HLTH 290Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 203 may not be audited. HLTH 203 may not be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 203 presents the basic principles and clinical application of therapeutic exercise and the body's response to exercise in both normal and pathological states. It will introduce the concepts of passive, assisted and active range of motion, isometric, concentric, eccentric, progressive resisted exercise, neuromuscular facilitation/ inhibition and isokinetic exercise. Indications and contraindication to exercise in the fitness and wellness settings, acute, sub acute and chronic stages of healing will be included. Use of lab simulation and role playing of actual clinical situations will develop the student's ability to problem solve, think analytically and modify exercise programs as they relate to the conditions presented and the observed physiologic responses. The use of appropriate communication skills, the ability to progress exercise programs and follow the treatment plans will be stressed. Upon successful completion of HLTH 203, the student should be able to: Describe the basic concepts of ROM and stretching exercises to include end-feel, resting length and stretch. Describe the basic concepts of Progressive Resisted Exercises (PREs) to include strength, power and endurance using among others DeLorne, Oxford and Daily Adjustable Progressive Resistance Exercise (DAPRE) principles. Describe the basic concepts of aquatherapy as it applies to the rehab population. Describe and perform the basic concepts and skills of functional activity as it 7 applies to the rehab population to include neuromuscular facilitation and inhibition techniques, trunk stabilization, posture and back care. Identify and discuss the effects of chronic abnormal pathology and pain on the musculoskeletal system as it applies to the performance of exercise and function. Use kinesiology concepts and principles for exercise intervention techniques. Design and implement specific exercise programs and progressions to address goals of treatment as indicated in a treatment plans. Analyze exercise programs for their efficacy and appropriateness for ROM, strength, endurance and flexibility. Demonstrate competency in the presented therapeutic exercises applications. Exercise interventions may include, ROM, Stretching, Strengthening, PREs, Aerobic, Endurance, Neuromuscular facilitation and inhibition and Functional activities. Explain and demonstrate competent use of various types of therapeutic exercise supplies and equipment such as Theraband, free weights, pulley systems, exercise equipment, wands, isokinetic equipment Demonstrate the ability to apply safety factors, indications, contraindications, precautions, and appropriate progression suggestions for presented exercise interventions simulations. Demonstrate the ability to problem solve, think analytically and modify exercise parameters as they relate to observed patient responses and conditions presented. Recognize the physiological effects of the applied exercise techniques Demonstrate an ability to explain and educate an exercise program to patient and families in an professional and acceptable manner being sensitive to ethical and cultural issues. Document accurately the exercise programs created using approved terminology presented in the course.
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1.50 Credits
4 hours lecture/lab per week for 12 weeks Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 290; a grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 290Recommended Preparation: HLTH 125. Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 206 may not be audited. HLTH 206 may not be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 206 provides the basic knowledge and manual skills in therapeutic massage techniques applicable in all body areas. HLTH 206 examines the different mediums used in therapeutic massage. This course also explores other selected massage techniques for diversity and cultural appreciation. Upon successful completion of HLTH 206, the student should be able to: Competently perform a basic therapeutic massage in an appropriately applied sequence of strokes such as effleurage, petrissage and friction. Choose the appropriate massage medium for the various massage techniques and outcomes. Apply massage techniques safely, effectively, efficiently and appropriately to body parts in relation to the desired physiological effects. Recall, assess, and report indications and contraindications for massage. Demonstrate conduct that reflects the APTA Guide to Physical Therapy Practice, practice standards that are legal, ethical, and safe and a commitment to the profession of physical therapy. Define Universal/Standard precautions of the CDC. Observe and monitor responses to positional changes, breathing patterns, thoracoabdominal movements, respiratory and circulatory changes affected by massage. Demonstrate problem-solving skills needed to address symptoms from activities, positions, postures, and massage techniques that aggravate or relieve pain and sensation. Define and distinguish normal and abnormal integumentary changes before, during and after a massage treatment. Identify normal and abnormal joint movements, muscle mass and tone. Accomplish entry-level massage technique skills for employment as documented on the clinical internship competency sheet. 8 Identify billing and reimbursement issues for massage. Demonstrate time management skills to function as an entry level PTA practitioner. Locate the APTA code of conduct, APTA website of information for standardized practice and individual state practice acts for physical therapy.
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1.00 Credits
4.5 hours lecture/lab for 7 sessions Prerequisite(s): A grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 203; a grade of "C" or higher in HLTH 203L; or consent of the instructoRecommended Preparation: HLTH 290; HLTH 290L; experience or knowledge in therapeutic exercise. Comment: Letter grade only. HLTH 207 may not be taken credit/no credit. HLTH 207 may not be audited. Transportation is required for the attendance at a pool. Swimsuit is required for each session. Must be able to swim. Current CPR and first aid certification are required. Students must pay a pool rental fee of approximately $25. Students must also pay a liability insurance fee of approximately $15. HLTH 207 is a course specific to the therapeutic benefits of aquatic physical therapy. The course will cover topics in the design and maintenance of therapeutic pools, developing aquatic physical therapy programs and the incorporation of movement in water to physiological conditions presented in the course. Subtopics will include reimbursement issues, exercise skills, referral sources, kinesiology review, and needs assessment. The course requires demonstration of competence in the application of skills based on the theories and philosophies of aquatic physical therapy. Upon successful completion of HLTH 207, the student should be able to: Design an aquatic therapy pool. Develop an aquatic physical therapy program. Identify indications, contraindications, and benefits of aquatic physical therapy. Perform aquatic therapy skills for the program development. Identify referral sources and reimbursement issues to aquatic therapy. Compare and contrast therapeutic exercise in water versus gravity-resisted environments.
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