Clinical Education III

Catalog description

This is a full-time, sixteen-week clinical education experience supervised by a licensed physical therapist in a setting appropriate to allow synthesis of the neuromuscular, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and integumentary practice patterns. Experiences across a variety of health care settings including in-patient environments (acute, sub-acute, rehab, or skilled nursing) and out-patient settings (hospital out-patient, free-standing, and specialty clinics) and/or home health. Students are expected to become more independent with complex cases (management including examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognoses and plan of care, as well as interventions and outcome assessment), document effectively, demonstrate accountability and effective time management, engage in delegation/supervision, and demonstrate the ability to work effectively with interprofessional teams. Students are expected to practice with integrity, internalizing the core values of the profession and demonstrating moral agency in all areas of practice. During clinical experiences, students apply their knowledge of management, finance, payer systems, regulatory requirements, and quality management to real-world scenarios in a variety of settings. As master adaptive learners, students will continually reassess their gaps in knowledge and seek ways to address the gaps.