3 credits Laboratory experiences in evaluation and intervention strategies for selected impairments in movement. 3 credits Orientation to the health care system and the role of the physical therapist in health care delivery. Includes discussion, small group projects, and poster presentations on the projects. 2 credits Supervised clinical practice of physical therapy skills learned in first three terms. 3 credits Problem-based tutorial includes study of client cases illustrating an increasingly complex variety of causes and manifestations of movement dysfunction.
Cases incorporate an array of ethical, social, psychological, communication and economic issues.
Includes study of basic physiology and pathology of the nervous system. 3 credits Laboratory experiences in evaluation and intervention strategies for selected impairments in movement. 3 credits Emphasis on the profession of physical therapy. Includes discussion, small group projects, formal debates, an exercise in parliamentary procedure and a mock trial. 3 credits Supervised clinical practice of physical therapy skills learned in first four terms.