PHTH 510 - Physical Therapy Management for Select Populations

(3 credits)

This course will study physical therapy examination and interventions for patients in select populations. Topics will include wound and burn care, women’s health issues, oncology, AIDS/HIV, geriatrics, select metabolic and endocrine disorders, peripheral vascular disease, amputation rehabilitation, prosthetics and home assessment. A clinical decision-making format will be utilized to emphasize integration of information into professional practice. The course will consist of a lecture and a laboratory component. The laboratory component will allow students to develop skills in application of patient examination and plan patient-directed therapeutic interventions through simulated therapeutic situations. It will also allow the student to develop skill in applying select technology in a simulated therapeutic setting. Patient-practitioner interaction and evidence-based practice will be stressed as being as important as the therapeutic intervention. Summer.