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Course Criteria
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2.00 Credits
This course includes those fundamental skills required for successful patient treatment and care. Topics covered include patient draping and preparation, bed mobility, transfers, gait training, wheelchair fitting and repair, tilt table, activities of daily living, architectural barriers, documentation, basic skills for patient/family education, safety, cultural sensitivity, and age related considerations. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate safe posture and body mechanics to assure safety for self and patients. 2. Demonstrate the operations of a wheelchair including removal and replacement of various parts, safety in use, placement, and mobility. 3. Demonstrate the application of wound dressings after identifying appropriate dressings or agents. 4. Demonstrate the best practice of hand washing and explain its rationale. 5. Demonstrate examples of activities of daily living that are amenable to physical therapy treatment intervention. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. FA
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2.00 Credits
Students develop competence in the correct application of therapeutic modalities including heat, cold, electrotherapy, intermittent compression, massage, traction, and ultrasound. Evidenced based practice and indications/contraindications are emphasized. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. List the indications and contraindications for the interventions. 2. List the precautions and safety considerations for the interventions. 3. List the precautions and safety considerations for the interventions. 4. Discuss the evidence-based literature on selected interventions. 5. Describe appropriate modifications to the intervention in response to adverse changes in the patient's status for a given intervention 6. Discuss the role of the intervention as related to the achievement of goals in the plan of care. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. SP
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2.00 Credits
Students develop competence in the correct application of therapeutic modalities including heat, cold, electrotherapy, intermittent compression, massage, traction, and ultrasound. Evidenced based practice and indications/contraindications are emphasized. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate understanding, through lab practical exams, of the precautions and safety considerations for the interventions listed below. 2. Demonstrate understanding, through lab practical exams, of the indications and contraindications for the interventions listed below. 3. Present an in-service on evidence-based literature on selected interventions. 4. Modify a given intervention in response to adverse changes in the patient's status. 5. Perform appropriate tests and measures to determine patient response to the intervention. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. SP
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2.00 Credits
This is a course that covers the bases for recognizing movement and other dysfunctions and the tools used for problem solving in physical therapy. These include goniometry, manual muscle testing, posture, vital signs, sensation, gait and balance, etc. Students are instructed in the role and scope of the PTA in regard to these measures. Patient progress and accurate reporting to the physical therapist are emphasized. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain variations in muscle tone regarding normal, denervated, deconditioned, and other pathologies affecting muscle contractility. 2. Demonstrate proper and established technique during palpation, goniometry, manual muscle testing, gait, posture, sensory and vital signs procedures. 3. Describe specific data collection techniques used by the physical therapist assistant to monitor patient/client status. 4. Demonstrate proper recording and documentation of assessment results. 5. Complete data collection during the performance of directed interventions using established tools. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. FA, SP
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2.00 Credits
Students develop competence in the skills of measurements used in physical therapy. Students will become familiar with the use of goniometers, blood pressure cuffs, grip meters, and other tools of measurement. The skills of analyzing gait and posture will be included. Lab assessments will include the reporting of observable and measureable data and their significance to patient progress. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Perform data collection in an accurate and timely manner. 2. Demonstrate measurement of functional range of motion for the major upper and lower extremity joints. 3. Demonstrate data collection of muscle performance through measurement of strength using manual muscle testing procedures. 4. Select and perform the correct data collection technique for the related directed intervention for a given case example. 5. Demonstrate proper recording and documentation of assessment results. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. SP
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2.00 Credits
This course includes development of therapeutic exercise and other treatment practices for patients with musculoskeletal pathologies. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Explain the stages of healing and the parameters regarding therapeutic exercise for each stage. 2. Explain psychosocial implications that determine patient motivation, compliance with exercise regimes, and the methods of communication that block or enhance these issues. 3. Distinguish between isometric, isotonic, and isokinetic exercise procedures and implement them into a treatment program for selected musculoskeletal disorders. 4. Discuss the methods of stretching soft tissue structures and implement this into a treatment program. 5. Research and present various musculoskeletal pathologies with their etiology, clinical signs and symptoms, and therapeutic exercise programs. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. SP
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2.00 Credits
Students practice and gain competence in the application of therapeutic exercise, the rationale for its use, safety principles involved in, and its application across the lifespan. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Understand PROM, AAROM, and AROM for upper and lower extremities. 2. Understand manual resistive exercise for upper and lower extremities including basic aquatic exercise programs for musculoskeletal pathologies. 3. Instruct the patient/client in a home exercise program utilizing equipment commonly found in the home for a given case example. 4. Demonstrate appropriate communication strategies for providing instruction in a home exercise program in a role play situation. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. SP
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3.00 Credits
An overview of basic disease progression and classification with special emphasis in musculoskeletal and nervous system pathologies treated with physical therapy interventions. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Discuss selected pathologies and disorders from systems of the human body. 2. Identify specific criteria with regards to selected pathologies and disorders. 3. Describe the concepts of tissue repair, remodeling and regeneration. 4. Describe the effects of bed rest and immobilization of a body part on various tissues and systems. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. FA
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2.00 Credits
Students are introduced to the therapeutic principles underlying the treatment of patients with burns, amputations, cardiopulmonary pathologies and considerations, women's health issues, and selected age-specific disorders. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding of positioning and therapeutic exercise for the amputee, emphasizing the residual limb by implementing an appropriate program. 2. Identify and define the goals of chest physical therapy. 3. Identify and describe data collection techniques relative to the cardiac patient. 4. Identify treatment components and precautions for working with the obstetric patient. 5. Identify the role of physical therapy in a burn patient. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. FA
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1.00 Credits
Students review anatomical and physiological aspects of the cardiopulmonary system and are introduced to the cardiac rehabilitation program. Orthotic and prosthetic devices are presented, rationale for their use, fitting, and adjustments are reviewed. Students will review physical therapy techniques for women's health, and age-related pathologies and practice appropriate techniques. This course requires a Differential Tuition Rate which is an additional fee of $90 charged per credit hour. **COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Develop and provide instruction of a therapeutic exercise program appropriate for a patient with a lower extremity amputation. 2. Demonstrate breathing strategies used for airway clearance in pulmonary pathologies. 3. Demonstrate and explain positioning and postural drainage techniques for the pulmonary patient. 4. Demonstrate clear instructions on bed mobility, transfer and gait training skills for a cardiac patient with cardiac precautions. 5. Demonstrate competent instruction in a home exercise program emphasizing body mechanic training and postural awareness training for an obstetric patient. Prerequisite: Admission to the Utah Tech University Physical Therapist Assistant program. FA
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