This is the final course in a series
of three lecture and laboratory courses on management by the physical therapist
for patient with orthopedic dysfunction for all body regions. PT 471C is
designed to facilitate the student in the application and expansion of concepts
and skills acquired previously within the orthopedic curriculum, and within the
other Patient/Client Management components of the curriculum. Within a
strong clinical reasoning framework, students will evaluate and plan
intervention strategies for more complex orthopedic patient problems, as well
as for patients with primary orthopedic problems complicated by involvement of
multiple other factors/systems. Students will integrate into the management of
orthopedic patients the movement analysis skills, motor control and motor
learning concepts gained after their first orthopedic patient management
courses (PT 471A/B). In addition to refining their existing manual
therapy skills, students will be introduced to more advanced examination and
intervention techniques. Students will employ clinical reasoning to formulate
management plans that require prioritization and collaboration with the
patient/client in order to accommodate environmental, financial, cultural,
psychosocial, and time restriction factors typical of current clinical
practice. The patient problems encountered and analyzed throughout the
course, combined with the clinical reasoning process applied when working
through all components of these clinical problems will facilitate development
of clinical patterns and clinical pattern recognition.