DPT 700 - Physical Therapy Practice in a Global Environment (Elective)

This course is designed to advance the application and analysis of the physical therapist’s role in an interprofessional collaborative team and design innovative health promotion and disease prevention programs in a global health care environment, This course will focus on the advancement of knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary to become a culturally competent physical therapy practitioner. This includes understanding the diversity dimensions that impact health care environments outside of the United States. In addition, this course will emphasize the advancement of interprofessional competencies, defined as “integrated enactment of knowledge, skills, values/attitudes that define working together across the professions, with other health care workers and with patients, along with families and communities, as appropriate to improve health outcomes in specific care contexts.” This course will include an international experience in collaboration with Occupational Therapy students.

Credits: 1

Program Doctoral