Advanced Primary Care & Prevention

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This is an advanced course for students to take a deeper dive into common and uncommon diseases, disorders, illnesses, and other general medical conditions affecting the health of physically active individuals across the lifespan. Students will learn to re cognize signs, symptoms, and predisposing factors of pathology along with appropriate interventions and establishing referral criteria. The focus is on appraising evidence on patient care, refining primary care clinical examination techniques, establishing evidence-based preventative measures, and optimizing appropriate referral decision-making. C CC 507.2 Quantitative Topics in Published Research (2 credits) This course involves the study of basic statistics, data analysis methods, and results commonly reported by authors in physical therapy literature. Students will interpret statistics reported in journal articles and make judgments about the appropriateness of reported methods, interpretations, and conclusions based on research designs, data, and assumptions underlying applied statistical methods. Examples from current physical therapy literature will be cited throughout the course to illustrate concepts and improve students' abilities to interpret and critique the work of others. An overview of survey research methods as well as data analysis and data display strategies are provided for use in Pediatric Science Capstone projects and in clinical practice (cli ent / parent satisfaction surveys and needs assessments).