PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT I

Catalog description

Final course in a two-part series. A comprehensive survey of systems, physiology, and related pathologies. Includes general principles and a systems approach as a basis for the processes of examination, evaluation, development of diagnoses and prognoses, and intervention for neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and integumentary disorders. Principles, pathogenesis, and mechanisms common in disease processes are reviewed. Relevance of mechanisms and consequences of clinical manifestations of disease to physical therapy practice and the impact of disease processes across the life span are stressed. Prerequisite: Admission to the DPT program.