PT 722 - Patient Management 9 - Complex Patients

(2 credits)

This course will explore physical therapy management of patients with complex conditions. This capstone course integrates the many areas that have been studied previously and focuses on student’s ability to integrate information from cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal, neurological and other systems. Complex patient cases involving multiple systems will be incorporated throughout the course and students will be responsible for demonstrating advanced clinical decision making based on patient centered care, while using the best available evidence in order to determine appropriate patient management. The Guide to Physical Therapist Practice will provide the framework for patient management. This course will consist of lecture, guided discussion, and laboratory components. The guided discussion and laboratory components will allow students, under the direction of faculty and clinicians, to enhance their skills in simulated and actual patient examination and therapeutic interventions. Summer.