PT 733 Evaluation & Intervention III
Using the multisystem cases from tutorial, this course will look at clinical decision-making for the complex patient. Students will use the results of the clinical examination in order to determine physical therapy diagnosis, prognosis, goals, priorities, and appropriate therapeutic interventions for patients with disorders affecting the cardiovascular, peripheral vascular, pulmonary, integumentary, and neurologic systems, patients with oncologic disorders and for patients with multi-system involvement. The intervention options, rationales, and implications for choices in these more complex patients will be considered. The impact of lifespan issues, family/cultural/societal support systems and expectations, and healthcare resource limitations will also be considered in the context of how these will affect evaluation, prognosis, and intervention for a patient. Patient advocacy issues relative to obtaining equipment and support services will be included. Also included in this semester and tied to components of each course are a series of structured clinical exposures for each student per semester that will serve as a mechanism for understanding clinical relevance to practice and patient care.
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Corequisite
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