Physical Therapy
PT 5540: Clinical Integration 1: Evidence and Practice
Lecture - 2 credits
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- Designed to prepare physical therapy students to integrate previous courses taught in the curriculum to safely manage patients in the acute-care setting, including the intensive-care unit, the critical-care unit, and step-down settings.
- Uses a combination of lecture, instruction in the simulation center, and standardized patient interactions.
- Follows the “Guide to Physical Therapy Practice for Evaluation and Intervention” in these settings.
- Offers students an opportunity to learn to perform an examination; to evaluate examination data to formulate a plan of care; to provide interventions; to determine a discharge plan for individuals in the acute-care environment; and to demonstrate core professional values in classroom, recitation, and standardized patient interactions.
Designed to prepare physical therapy students to integrate previous courses taught in the curriculum to safely manage patients in the acute-care setting, including the intensive-care unit, the critical-care unit, and step-down settings. Show more.