This course provides the PTA student with opportunities to bridge previous course work to a variety of unique clinical perspectives within the practice of physical therapy. This course provides continued opportunities to apply prior learning to transition from student to successful member of the healthcare team.

Semester Availability: SPRING ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

PREREQUISITE: PTAT 2220, PTAT 2440, PTAT 2510, PTAT 2492

COREQUISITES: PTAT 2520, PTAT 2494, PTAT 2493

Contact Hours: 30 lecture hours per semester

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

CREDITS: (2)

This course includes all current theory and practice of biophysical agents for the physical therapist assistant student. Emphasis will be placed on safe and effective application, physiological effects, intervention parameters and expected outcomes.

PREREQUISITES: PTAT 2220, PTAT 2440, PTAT 2510, PTAT 2492

COREQUISITES:PTAT 2280, PTAT 2520, PTAT 2493

Contact Hours:200 Clinical Hours per semester

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits:(4)

This course includes all of the fundamental patient care skills, selected data collection and physical therapy interventions for the physical therapist assistant student.

Semester Availability: SUMMER ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

PREREQUISITE: AHC 1100 or PTA 110 and acceptance into the PTA Program

COREQUISITES: PTAT 2100, PTAT 2210, PTAT 2530

Contact Hours: 30 lecture hours per semester.

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

CREDITS: (4)

Integrated clinical education experiences consist of the student’s supervised clinical practice of previously learned PTA duties and functions in a physical therapy practice setting under the direction of a licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. Students are required to achieve the program’s clinical performance expectations by the end of the clinical education experience.

Semester Availability: FALL ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

PREREQUISITE: PTAT 2100, PTAT 2210, PTAT 2460, and PTAT 2530

COREQUISITES: PTAT 2220, PTAT 2440, PTAT 2510

Contact Hours: 200 clinical hours per semester.

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

CREDITS: (4)

Terminal clinical education experiences consist of the student’s supervised clinical practice of previously learned PTA duties and functions in a physical therapy practice setting under the direction of a licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. Students are required to achieve the program’s specific clinical performance expectations by the end of the clinical education experience.

Semester Availability: SPRING ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

PREREQUISITES:PTAT 2220, PTAT 2440, PTAT 2510

COREQUISITES:PTAT 2280, PTAT 2494, PTAT 2520

Contact Hours:200 Clinical Hours per semester

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits: (4)

Terminal clinical education experiences consist of the student’s supervised clinical practice of previously learned PTA duties and functions in a physical therapy practice setting under the direction of a licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant. Students are required to achieve the program’s specific clinical performance expectations by the end of the clinical education experience.

PREREQUISITES:PTAT 2220, PTAT 2440, PTAT 2510, PTAT 2492

COREQUISITES:PTAT 2280, PTAT 2520, PTAT 2493

Contact Hours:200 Clinical Hours per semester.

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

Credits:(4)

This course introduces the PTA student to common musculoskeletal pathologies, contemporary rehabilitation concepts, and accepted therapeutic interventions for these conditions. Emphasis will be placed on safe and effective application of specific orthopedic treatment interventions and data collection.

Semester Availability: FALL ONLY - Semester Availability is subject to change. See your advisor.

PREREQUISITE: PTAT 2100, PTAT 2210, PTAT 2460, PTAT 2530

COREQUISITES: PTAT 2220, PTAT 2440, PTAT 2492

HOURS: Forty-five lecture and sixty laboratory hours per semester.

Vocational/Career Program Designation: *Designated primarily for vocational/career programs

This course may be accepted as transfer credit by some colleges and universities, but that decision is made by the receiving institution. This course is collegiate level work, but it has been developed with a purpose other than being a university parallel course.

CREDITS: (5)