2024-2025 Graduate Catalog


DPT 7923 Physical Therapy Practice II

This course is a full-time eight-week clinical experience that takes place in a community-based physical therapy setting. The student progresses examination, evaluation, and intervention skills supervised by a licensed physical therapist. The student utilizes interpersonal communication, professional socialization, and critical thinking skills with patients/clients, family members, and health care staff. Emphasis is placed on evidence-based patient management and clinical reasoning skills as an adult learner and a medical professional. This is an intermediate level course and is the second in a series of three courses.

Credits

8