• PTAT 2370: Professional Dev for the PTA

  3.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  This course prepares the PTA student for skills needed to be successful in the broader domain of the health care workforce, with a focus on those attributes and behaviors that apply to the PTA within the clinical environment. (3 hours lecture) Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. F Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway. Previously PTA 238
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• PTAT 2401: Kinesiology for the PTA

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  This course presents the basic concept of kinesiology. The perspective taken in studying this subject is from that of a physical therapist assistant or occupational therapy assistant. A detailed understanding of musculoskeletal anatomy will be reinforced and the neurological connections highlighted. Emphasis is placed on normal motion and movement patterns, especially as they apply to physical rehabilitation. Biomechanical principles and functional characteristics of the musculoskeletal system are introduced. The course includes an introduction to posture, normal and pathological gait, goniometry and MMT. (3 lecture hours, 3 laboratory hours/week)Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway.
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• PTAT 2404: Biophysical Agents for the PTA

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  The general principles of treatment, indications, contraindications, physiological effects of superficial heat and cold, massage, phototherapy, hydrotherapy, deep heat modalities, mechanical traction, intermittent compression and electrotherapy are discussed and practiced. (2 lecture hours, 6 laboratory hours/week)Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway.
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• PTAT 2406: Patient Care Skills for the PT

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  This course introduces the student to basic skills necessary for safe care of the patient and teaches the theory and techniques of basic patient care procedures. Included are: basic assessment skills, body mechanics, patient positioning, draping, bed mobility, transfers, gait training with assistive devices, wheelchair skills, functional training, ADL training, environmental/architectural barrier identification and modification, bandaging, infection control and asepsis and ROM exercise. (2 lecture hours, 6 laboratory hours/week)Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway.
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• PTAT 2410: Kinesiology for the PTA

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  This course integrates basic and advanced functions of the nervous and musculoskeletal system with emphasis on normal joint structure, muscle attachments, actions and innervations, palpation skills and manual muscle testing. The physical therapist assistant student will apply these concepts to the understanding of normal human motion in relation to physical therapy practice. 3 hours lecture 3 hours lab. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. F
  Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway Previously PTAT 2401
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• PTAT 2440: Biophysical Agents for the PTA

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  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. 2 hours lecture and 6 hours laboratory. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. F
  Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway Previously PTAT 2404
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• PTAT 2460: Patient Care Skills for the PT

  0.00 - 4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  This course includes all of the fundamental patient care skills, selected data collection and physical therapy interventions for the physical therapist assistant student. 2 lecture hours, 6 lab hours. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. F Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway. Previously PTAT 2406
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• PTAT 2493: Terminal Clinical Education I

  4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  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. A minimum of 240 clinical hours. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. Su Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway. Previously PTA 256
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• PTAT 2494: Terminal Clinical Education II

  4.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  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. A minimum of 240 clinical hours. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program. Su Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway Previously PTA 257
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• PTAT 2510: Musculoskeletal

  0.00 - 5.00 Credits

  Roane State Community College

  
  This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of therapeutic exercise as they pertain to orthopedic conditions, arthritis, aging and amputations. There will be opportunity to learn and practice specific treatment techniques for these conditions such as selected examination procedures, demonstrating and teaching therapeutic exercises and writing home exercise programs. 3 hours lecture, 6 hours laboratory/week. Prerequisite: Acceptance into the Physical Therapist Assistant program.
  Not part of a TN Transfer Pathway Previously PTA 235
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