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  • PTR 518: Gross Anatomy

    6.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This course provides detailed exploration of the structures of the body involved with movement. Anatomical structure fundamental to considerations of physical diagnosis of conditions occurring from trauma, disease, impairments and functional limitations is emphasized. Realizing that physical therapy deals with the movement of the human body, the object of this course to provide a broad coverage of structure with special emphasis on joints and other aspects of the neuromuscular system. Credits: 6
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  • PTR 521: Healthcare System

    3.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This course introduces students to health behaviors, health belief models, healthcare policy making and reimbursement in healthcare and prepares them to function in the healthcare system. The uniqueness of the healthcare system and international differences among health care systems, medical information issues, roles of medical and health professionals and issues of health care access are stressed. Credits: 3
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  • PTR 522: Professional Issues II

    2.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    The second in a series of four, this course will build on the foundation provided in the first course and prepares the students for their first full-time clinical experience. Topics addressed include: Introduction to the health care reimbursement, Roles of the PT and PTA, Clinical education. Students will also begin to explore the psychosocial issues important to rehabilitation, such as cultural competence and an understanding of health behaviors. Credits: 2
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  • PTR 523: Soft Tissue Techniques

    2.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This course will provide the students with a basic foundation for hands-on soft tissue techniques. The students will gain an understanding of the muscular and myofacscial system, and how soft tissue treatment can improve a person's ability to heal, ability to move, and the person's general health and wellbeing. The course will be grounded in the fundamentals of classic massage techniques, but the student will also be exposed to a whole series of soft tissue evaluation and treatment techniques. The course will be taught in coordination with Gross Anatomy, and the students will learn palpatory skills of the structures that are being studied in Gross Anatomy.Credits: 2
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  • PTR 524: Patient/Client Management I

    4.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This course introduces the student to a series of courses directed at patient/client management. It presents students with physical therapy foundational clinical skills used across a variety of population settings. The course will include the interview process with emphasis on history taking and review of systems through patient/client interview. The role of patient education as part of each intervention will be stressed. Students will be introduced to the role of the patient management model outlined in the Guide to Practice. Basic tests and measures, interventions and assessments will be presented from an evidence-based point of view. Credits: 4
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  • PTR 525: Patient/Client Management II

    4.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    Applied exercise physiology principles and therapeutic exercise will be incorporated into this course. Students learn to develop programs that include exercise progression. Students will continue with clinical skills including physical agents. The students apply the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice to all aspects of patient management through use of valid test and measures, diagnostic process and evidence-based interventions and outcome measures. Credits: 4
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  • PTR 528: Clinical Education I

    6.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This is a supervised eight-week clinical educational experience provided in an approved agency. Supervision is provided by a licensed physical therapist who helps the student bridge academic knowledge to actual patient care. The primary emphasis of this experience is to reinforce and practice basic physical therapy skills and professional behavior in direct patient care, at the "beginning level" of the generic abilities. The student is required to complete periodic journal entries.Credits: 6
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  • PTR 615: Health Promotion and Wellness

    3.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    The departmental philosophy dictates that we improve the health status of the populations we serve through collaboration. This course helps students to build healthy behavior that they can promote in communities of interest by working with agencies: to enhance healthy lifestyles and to provide health screenings to prevent disease and functional limitations. Students become prepared to deliver community health programs that promote wellness of body, mind and spirit. Credits: 3
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  • PTR 626: Evaluation and Intervention of Patients with Cardiopulmonary Problems

    3.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This course prepares students to identify impairments and functional limitations of the cardiopulmonary system. Students learn to examine, evaluate, and form diagnoses and prognoses for patients/clients with cardiopulmonary problems. The laboratory component provides students the opportunity to practice hands-on examination and evaluation skills from taking vital signs to diagnosing a variety of endurance impairments. Credits: 3
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  • PTR 627: Evaluation and Intervention-Musculoskeletal System I

    4.00 Credits
    Nazareth College

    This course prepares the student to evaluate and treat common disorders of the musculoskeletal system. The patient management model, as presented in the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, will serve as a framework for course content related to patient care. General examination methods presented in PTR 524 will be applied specifically to extremity joint function. The student will conduct a comprehensive physical examination, including the case history, review of systems, and assessment of impairments and functional limitations. Emphasis will be placed on clinical decision-making and diagnostic process, leading to the development of a plan of care and selection of evidence-based interventions. Specific treatment interventions will be introduced, which will include joint mobilization, muscle energy techniques, soft tissue mobilization, therapeutic stretching and therapeutic exercise. Credits: 4
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