Primary Health Care

Catalog description

This course provides students with an overview of patient interview and evaluation techniques for the primary health care provider. As autonomous practitioners, physical therapists are responsible for identifying factors that affect a patient’s response to treatment and may necessitate referral to a physician for follow-up and treatment. This course uses a case-based approach to the medical screening process to help students develop interview and evaluation skills that facilitate this process. In addition students learn to use pharmacological and basic laboratory data essential to the screening process. Prerequisite(s): PT 610 and PT 608 .