Physical Therapy Clinical II & III

Catalog description

This course is clinical in nature and consists of two six-week full-time rotation following the completion of all didactic course work. The student will be involved in practicing all Physical Therapist Assistant skills in an assigned healthcare facility. The course will entail either on-site or phone/skype communication between the clinical instructor, the student and the academic coordinator (at least once during each rotation). The student is given the opportunity to practice advanced applications with direct supervision on a variety of patients and to develop competence as a full-time member of the medical team. Prerequisites: AL 265 , AL 272 , AL 186 , and concurrent enrollment in AL 273 .