PTHA 2266 Practicum II

An advanced type of health professions work-based training that helps students gain practical experience in the discipline enhance skills and integrate knowledge.

An advanced type of health professions work-based training that helps students gain practical experience in the discipline enhance skills and integrate knowledge. The emphasis is on practical work experience for which the student has acquired the necessary theoretical knowledge and basic skills. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical professional generally a clinical preceptor. This is a full-time clinical practicum for the second-year student to exhibit safe efficacious practice of all clinical/academic skills learned up to this point including: body mechanics transfers gait training vital signs massage bandaging and medical asepsis therapeutic modalities therapeutic exercise wheelchair assessment postural exercises goniometry manual muscle testing and management of orthopedic conditions or general medical/surgical conditions.

Credit hours
2 credit hours.
Lecture/Lab/Clinical
Two hundred twenty-four clinical hours
Prerequisites

Successful completion of PTHA courses in curriculum

Note

Additional course fee(s) required.

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