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3.00 Credits
This clinically oriented course will focus on the psychosocial issues of disease and injury. Discussion will cover various topics related to the delivery of physical therapy and will include but are not limited to: service delivery issues, patient-practitioner interaction, the grieving process and cultural differences in response to illness and disease.
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3.00 Credits
This course focuses on the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and plan of care specific to adult persons with disablement due to neurological conditions. The course will also introduce students to motor control theories and provide a problem-oriented framework for applying physical therapy practice to persons with neurological disorders. Due to the nature of this course the material from many previous classes will be reexamined. Prerequisite: PHYT 508.
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3.00 Credits
The major emphasis of this course is on physical therapy interventions for persons with neurologic dysfunction. This is an extension of Clinical Neurological Science I. This course will also introduce students to motor learning concepts and research to promote their ability to provide feedback to patients, enhance skill acquisition, and to design practice schedules that will maximize their patients’ abilities to learn. Students will learn a problem solving approach to make clinical decisions based on the integration of previous course work in basic and applied sciences. Approaches to therapeutic exercise will be examined and critically reviewed. Prerequisite: PHYT 543
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3.00 Credits
This course is an introduction to the basic physical therapy procedures, patient management, and clinical decision-making skills that will serve as the foundation for future course work.
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3.00 Credits
This is the second in a series of four interrelated Principles of Practice (POP) courses that focus on professionalism, the patient-provider relationship, the patient interview and evaluation, and, providing care that is ethical, compassionate, culturally competent and professional. The focus is on patient care in physical therapy as it relates to societal and cultural norms and mores. Social systems theory is the framework used to explore familial, social, cultural, and organizational constructs that are integral to competent and compassionate patient care. Concepts of human behavior, communication and cultural competence are integrated into the course with the understanding that these elements are central to physical therapy practice. Included are principles of social systems and systems dynamics, cultural and familial systems dynamics, organizational system dynamics, socioeconomic factors, issues of gender and age, communication in health care relationships, social health issues, chronic illness and disability from a social and cultural perspective, respecting human differences, self-reflection, reflective practice, media influences in health care, spirituality in medicine, sexuality issues, power and control, and the narrative and cultural construction of illness and healing. The APTA generic abilities and core values are used as a framework for professional behavior in both the academic and clinical environments. This course will build on material from the previous POP course.
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2.00 Credits
This course will focus on the normal changes that occur with aging and how the physical therapists should modify their approach to examination, assessment and program planning based on those changes. Physical therapy issues with patients exhibiting common pathological changes of aging such as osteoporosis, dementia and increased fall risk will be addressed as well as current topics in geriatric care, including reimbursement and psychosocial concerns. In addition, the long-term effects of such things as stress and diet on healthy aging will be examined.
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2.00 Credits
This the fourth in a series of interrelated Principles of Practice (POP) courses that focus on professionalism, the patient-provider relationship, the patient interview and evaluation, and, providing care that is ethical, compassionate, culturally competent and professional. The focus is on patient care in physical therapy outpatient, acute care, skilled nursing, rehabilitation, and pediatric settings to prepare students to practice in each area. Documentation, and patient interviewing are central to the course. Concepts of human behavior, education, and communication are integrated into the course with the understanding that these elements are critical to providing competent and compassionate patient care. Included are principles of physical therapy practice as they relate to the education of the patient, family, society and professional community. Professional standards and the practice act are integral to the course which also provides an opportunity for students to begin working on their professional development plan This course will build on material from the previous three POP courses. Prerequisites: PHYT 421, 460.
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3.00 Credits
This course addresses components of ergonomic and environmental assessment and intervention as it relates to management of health conditions commonly encountered in physical therapy practice. Emphasis will be placed on the effect of workplace and environmental variables that can be a causal or influential factor in the disablement process. Prerequisite: HLTS 537/537L.
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3.00 Credits
This course will provide an overview of child development from birth through young adulthood. A review of the maturation of the neuromuscular and musculoskeletal systems and how they influence child growth and development will help students recognize typical versus atypical development. The provision of pediatric physical therapy across the continuum of care will serve as the model for discussion in this course. Common diagnoses and pathologies encountered in pediatric practice will be discussed to prepare the student for autonomous practice with children and adolescents.
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2.00 Credits
This course is designed to introduce physical therapy students to the process of differential diagnosis. The students will be introduced to the tools and procedures (both medical and cognitive) needed to perform a differential diagnosis as primary care providers in physical therapy settings. As part of this process they will be expected to integrate information learned in previous courses such as medical sciences and evaluation and examination courses. Emphasis is placed on the professional decision-making process that leads to optimal patient management and/or referral to other practitioners.
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