Management and Interventions -

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Individuals with Musculoskeletal Conditions I Examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, performance of health and wellness services, provision of interventions, and assessment of out- comes for surgical and non-surgical musculoskeletal conditions of upper half of body; differential diagnosis and screening for medical disease; referral to other health care practitioners; diagnostic imaging; coding and billing for services; health promotion, wellness, and fi tness models; dif- ferentiating musculoskeletal conditions in cervical and thoracic spine, rib cage, shoulder girdle, elbow and forearm, wrist and hand; clinical reason- ing, clinical decision making and evidence-based practice; interventions (biophysical agents, manual therapy, therapeutic exercise, education); measuring effectiveness of interventions; plan of care development and documentation. (summer) 8175 Clinical Experience: Full-Time I 5 Full-time experience in setting representative of PT practice. Graded as Credit/No-Credit. (spring) 8212 Leadership Development II: Health Policy 2 Professional practice expectations; healthcare legislation, policy, and payment; outcomes; risk management; quality improvement; and advo- cacy.