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3.00 Credits
Description: This is a seminar course in which the management of variety of actual cases is discussed in small groups. Students will each present both a written and an oral case study, based on a real patient they treated during Clin Ed II. The overall management of the patient, from initial examination to discharge from PT services, as well as follow-up care will be discussed. Discussion will focus on the strengths of the patient management provided, as well as areas that could have been improved. Evidence-based practice, and reflective practice are emphasized. Prerequisites: PT552 AND PT560 AND PT520 Credit Hours: 2 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This seminar course builds on the themes of reflective and evidence-based practice that were stressed in PT650. Management of patient cases is discussed in small groups, with additional emphasis placed on independent library research on the seminar topics. Prerequisites: PT603 AND PT610 AND PT650 AND PT608 Credit Hours: 1 CR.HR.
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Description: This course builds on the knowledge base and the assessment and treatment skills that students developed during their first two years in the professional phase of the DPT. The course will allow students to investigate the role of exercise as a treatment strategy across various conditions and disease states, and across the lifespan. The focus of the course will be mastery of the Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities as set forth by the American College of Sports Medicine in their guidelines and position stands for exercise in various populations. These include, but are not limited to, Heart Disease, Hypertension, Children, Older Adults, Pregnancy, Obesity, and Diabetes. Students will participate in lectures as well as observational experiences in wellness and/or medical settings to further enhance the skills needed to assess and treat complex patients with multi-system involvement. Students will also be responsible for a semester project in which they will be challenged to defend patient interventions using evidence from current literature. Prerequisites: PT560 AND PT561 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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Description: This course will provide students with the knowledge base for understanding the demographics of aging in industrialized societies, as well as the physical, psychological and emotional aspects of healthy human aging including the affects of age-related diseases and conditions. The students will be required to formulate plans for treatment of the geriatric physical therapy patient including assessment, education, and application of therapeutic interventions. Prerequisites: PT560 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Variable Topic Course in Physical Therapy Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 2 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This is the final eight-week full-time clinical experience, scheduled during the spring semester of the final professional year. This course is designed to provide the student with competency in the entry level skills of managing patients with simple to complex musculoskeletal dysfunction, neurological dysfunction, cardiopulmonary dysfunction, integumentary problems, or complex medical conditions, as well as entry level skills in the administrative functions of the physical therapist. Prerequisites: PT600 AND PT610 AND PT661 Credit Hours: 4 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
This is a scientifically based introduction to the discipline of psychology. It examines the study of basic patterns of behavior including motivation, learning, emotions, the physiological basis of behavior, human growth and development, personality theory and measurement, and abnormal and deviant behavior. Prerequisites: Credit Hours:3 CR. HR.
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3.00 Credits
This course exposes the student to classic research in the field of social influence and perception. Students are introduced to several concepts that provide understanding of the world in new ways. Prerequisites:PY111 Credit Hours:3 CR. HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course examines behavior as viewed by the biological perspective. It is an introduction to and survey of the physiological bases of behavior, including biochemical and neurophysiological determinants of sensation, motor control, sleep, eating and drinking, learning and memory, language and mental disorders. Prerequisites: PY111 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
This course includes physiological processes of development including conception, prenatal growth, birth, maturation, and aging, provide a framework for examining the cognitive, affective and social development of the individual during his/her life-span. Prerequisites:PY111 Credit Hours:3 CR. HR.
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