Specific System Diagnosis and Management

Catalog description

Specific Systems Diagnosis and Management is a 4- credit course offered during the summer semester of the third year of the DPT program. The course is designed to provide the student an overview of the pathology, examination, evaluation, and interventions of patients with specific system pathologies. Presentation of course material will reinforce earlier course work from anatomy, physiology, and previous examination, evaluation, and intervention courses. The pedagogical approach of the course will include an emphasis on problem-oriented learning in an effort to encourage active student involvement in the education process. Course content has been organized to provide the student with a theoretical knowledge base that can be used in the diagnosis, prognosis, examination, and intervention of individuals with metabolic, endocrine, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and integumentary pathologies. In addition, content on geriatric rehabilitation and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation will be covered. Students will be expected to recall and apply information from previous coursework in a clinically relevant manner to critically analyze problems covering a variety of clinical scenarios. Upon completion of the course, students will be expected to synthesize course content in such a way as to demonstrate clinical decision-making in regard to individuals with specific system pathologies.