Acute Physical Therapy Practice I: Procedures Across

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the Continuum of Care Introduces basic transfers and mobility skills and introduction to acute care practice. Advances the principles and skills for patient management and measurement. Prereq: Enrollment in the Doctorate in Physical Therapy program. 6489 Acute Care Integrated Clinical Experience G ½ This course is designed to provide the student with an integrated clinical experience reflecting didactic preparation to date. This is a part time acute care clinical experience at an affiliated inpatient acute care facility with the goal of practicing techniques from the acute care components of the curriculum and documentation. Prereq: Enrollment in the Doctorate in Physical Therapy program. This course is graded S/U. 6589 Service Based Clinical Experience G ½ - 2 In accordance with the mission and philosophy of the professional education program which is to prepare the student for entry-level competence in the practice of physical therapy, this course is designed to provide the student with a service based clinical experience reflecting didactic preparation to date. Clinical experiences with direct patient/client care are supervised by a licensed physical therapist at a clinical site that has been approved by and has a contract of affiliation with the Physical Therapy Division. This course is graded S/U.