PT 471C Patient/Client Management: Musculoskeletal (Advanced)
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.
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PTH