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PTA 1375 Professional Issues II

Professional responsibilities in the health care setting including, but not limited to: communication, ethics & values, documentation/billing, career development, business management, and cultural diversity. Exploration of specialty and niche areas of physical therapy practice. Preparation for clinical practicum.

Division: Health Sciences
Department: Rehabilitation Services
Repeatable Credit: No
Offered Online: Yes

Prereqs: PTA 1100 and Restricted to Majors 

Outcomes

  • Students will demonstrate knowledge of relevant body systems, interactions, and health-related concepts at a refinement level.
  • Students will recognize concepts and demonstrate behaviors related to physical therapy core values within an ever-changing health care environment at a refinement level.
  • Students will recognize concepts related to lifelong learning, education, and health care disparities in the ever-changing health care environment at a refinement level.
  • Students will identify components of patient/client management in the practice of physical therapy at a refinement level.
  • Students will explore physical therapy interventions for specialty conditions as identified in the plan of care established by the physical therapist to achieve patient/client goals and outcomes at a refinement level.
  • Students will perform functions associated with the delivery of physical therapy at a refinement level.
  • Students will effectively participate in health care activities in the physical therapy environment at an introductory level.
  • Students will explore community health concepts related to the health care environment at a refinement level.
  • Students will identify concepts related to practice management at a refinement level.

Credit Hours: 1

Classroom Hours: 1