This course is the first full-time clinical education experience (CEE) under the supervision of a licensed Physical Therapist Clinical Instructor. All students will have participated in >100 hours of part-time integrated clinical education experiences prior to this course. As DPT890 is an integrated experience within the curriculum, all academic coursework has not yet been completed.
This is a structured, six-week, mentored clinical education experience that allows students to apply physical therapy principles learned in the first 4-terms of didactic work. This experience could occur in a variety of practice settings (excluding settings that focus only on specialty practice). Examples of settings include, but are not limited to acute care hospitals, rehabilitation centers, home health care agencies, outpatient clinics, schools, and skilled nursing facilities. This experience emphasizes development of clinical reasoning skills while performing fundamental person-centered care using the patient management model. During this experience students should gain confidence in completing comprehensive individualized screening, examination, evaluation, plan of care development, intervention, and re-assessment for individuals with a variety of movement related conditions representative of those conditions commonly seen in practice, while abiding by physical therapy practice standards.
Prerequisites
The student will meet each of the following criteria prior to beginning full-time clinical education experiences:
- Successful completion of all courses prior to clinical education, including the courses in the first half of term 4.
- Advisor, Faculty, and CEC approval based on meeting minimal knowledge, skills, abilities, and professional behaviors (KSAs) of student readiness.