Clinical Education II

Catalog description

(10 weeks)This is the second clinical experience for Physical Therapy students enrolled in the Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) Program, following two years of academic training and one prior six-week clinical experience, Clinical Experience I. This ten-week clinical rotation is planned to permit the students to become proficient and consistent with basic examinations, interventions and clinical reasoning and begin to manage patients/clients with more complex presentations. The students had coursework that would allow them to provide physical therapy procedures to most patients/clients with cardiopulmonary, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular and integumentary impairments and functional limitations from the pediatric to the adult populations. The clinical education of Touro University DPT students will also reflect the five themes of the Clinical Education Curriculum. The themes are professionalism, communication, cultural competences, professional development and ethics.