Physical Therapy Clinical I and Lab

Catalog description

This course involves observation and supervised hands-on treatment of various types of patients in different clinical settings with the practicum of skills learned in AL 170 Procedures and AL 171 Musculoskeletal Assessment in Physical Therapy, and AL 261 Therapeutic Modalities in Physical Therapy. This course will include an on-going communication between the clinical instructor (CI), the student and the academic coordinator. The student is given the opportunity to work with a variety of patients and to begin developing competence as a medical team member. The student also attends 6 clinical labs prior to the start of the clinical rotation to further develop his/her skills with patients and department procedures. Prerequisites: AL 261 and AL 171 .