PT 951 Pediatric PT Residency Education I
This first course in a 3-part residency education series focuses on advanced foundations of pediatric physical therapy care including social determinants of health, motor learning theories, knowledge translation, and movement system diagnoses. The course will focus on the development of gait, postural control, and the musculoskeletal systems throughout childhood. The course will conclude with content focused on pediatric musculoskeletal conditions. Participants will gain psychomotor skills in pediatric biomechanical examination techniques and integrate/apply these skills to patient case examples. Participants will create a professional development plan and begin their independent research project. Participants will demonstrate their knowledge through complex patient presentations as well as live patient examination. Concurrently, participants will be progressing in their first clinical rotation at Connecticut Children’s, progressing in clinical competency as per the Physical Therapist Residency Competency Evaluation Instrument.
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