DPT 622 - Clinical Practice III

This course is comprised of part-time patient care, community wellness experiences and advocacy. This course is intended to enhance students’ abilities to engage in patient care and evidence-based practice. During part-time clinical and community wellness experiences, students participate in clinical observation and the supervised application of discrete examination and intervention skills/procedures. These experiences will be within clinical environments and virtually. Expectations for professional behaviors and clinical skill performance are commensurate with the course objectives and concurrent clinical skills courses. This course is concurrent with didactic courses in the musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, and neuromuscular practice pattern series. The goal of these part-time clinical experiences is to expose each student to a variety of health conditions and patient care scenarios across the lifespan and continuum of care. Students will learn to advocate for the health of society and the advancement of the profession of physical therapy through analysis of current issues within the regulatory agencies, the legislature and commercial payers. These learning experiences are designed to enhance students’ interactions with the patient, family, other healthcare professionals, payers and regulatory agencies, as well as the state and national legislative bodies.

Credits: 2

Program Doctoral