Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2014 Graduate Catalog 
    
2012-2014 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PT 8974 - Clinical Education IV


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This course is the second nine-week full-time clinical experience in which the student is expected to advance to a minimum level of competency in the basic elements of patient/client management including: client examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention application. Students are provided with opportunities to engage in primary prevention as well as secondary and tertiary healthcare activities during these clinical experiences. Students are scheduled for internships in a variety of settings that include inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation departments, schools, and specialty areas (pediatrics, burns, wounds, etc.). A clinical instructor (CI) will supervise each physical therapy student during each clinical internship.

Corequisite: PT 8830  and PT 8975 .