Students register for one lab section only. The central focus of this course is the role of the health care provider in promoting and maintaining function, independence and self-care of an older adult through the use of personal, family, and community resources. Physiological and psychosocial changes of aging, impacting the older individual's health status will be presented. Students will be able to determine how functional assessments, health promotion, coping interventions, and community and national resources can be applied to healthy as well as chronically ill elderly individuals. Theory and application of educational principles to physical therapy in clinical environments.
Students register for one lab section only.
Theory and practical application of motor control and learning principles to physical therapy settings. Students register for one lab section only. Offered odd-numbered years only. Designed to provide students with an opportunity to critically review and interpret professional literature related to physical therapy, with an emphasis on reading and interpreting this literature as a basis for clinical decision making. H EDU 6810, ESS 6810, PRT 6810.