3 lecture hours per week. 1 lecture hour and 2 lab hours per week. Focuses specifically on the necessary skills of attending, observing, listening, responding, and initiating. Course designed to improve the beginning students' interpersonal or human relations skills, integrated within the process of providing rehabilitative services of disabled and handicapped individuals. The psychosocial characteristic of various patient populations treated by the physical therapist are discussed.
Emphasis is placed on how personal adjustment to disability influences the rehabilitation process.
2 lecture hours per week. Students will incorporate evaluative and therapeutic procedures presented in the classroom and laboratory to direct patient care under the supervision of a clinical instructor. The principles, procedures, and concepts of the scientific approach to inquiry are introduced. The emphasis is upon imparting a general knowledge of the investigative process in laboratory and clinical settings. A research proposal is to be developed and completed.