Experiential Learning III

Catalog description

This reflects the third clinical education experience in the professional degree program. Students at this level build on the theory that underpins the psychomotor skills they were exposed to in preceding coursework. This is accomplished through patient/client encounters and applicable simulation learning activities that range from 20-to-30 hours per week (120-to-180 total hours for a six-week summer session). In addition to the supervised application of clinical techniques in real-world practice or simulated settings, students are provided with opportunities to advance their skills in the evaluation and treatment of neuromusculoskeletal injuries to the upper extremity and implementation of interventions for a broad spectrum of conditions encountered in the daily operation of a comprehensive sports health care enterprise. In this capacity, students enhance their proficiency in using evidence-based practice to guide selection of relevant health care and human performance restoration/optimization practices. Patient/client populations for this level are student-athletes participating in collegiate or secondary school sports. This course also provides students with exposure to the primary care of non-orthopaedic conditions and in the supervised application of practices with non-sport populations. Organized inter-professional education activities are designed to expand the scope of student awareness for criticality of interdisciplinary collaboration to prevent errors and improve patient experiences that yield efficient clinical outcomes.