Management of the Patient With

Catalog description

This course is designed to enhance the diagnosis and management skills of physical therapy students within the multi-disciplinary healthcare environment for individuals with complex diagnoses. This includes deepening the students knowledge of pathology, precautions, and clinical application for patients with complex diagnoses requiring advanced treatment strategies and clinical reasoning. An emphasis will be on patients with primary diagnoses of neurological, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and integumentary conditions that may occur due to trauma and/or multiple diagnoses. Through lecture and laboratory experiences the students will be able to evaluate patients with multiple systems diagnoses and create appropriate treatment progressions as it relates to their physical therapy plan of care.