• PTA 2531: Clinical IV

  6.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  
  The terminal clinical experience will include demonstration of complex and advanced clinical skills in various clinical sites encompassing a variety of patient diagnoses presented in previous PTA courses. Prerequisite(s): Admission into the PTA program, PTA 1010, 1040/1041, 1100/1101, 1200/1201, 1300/1301, 1331, 2120/2121, 2300/2301, 2331, 2431, ENGL 1010, 1020, PSYC 2420, BIOL 2010/2011, 2020/2021, MATH 1530 or 1630, INFS 1010, satisfactory progress in PTA 2500/2501. S
  
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• PTAT 2250: Patient Care Skills for PTA I

  2.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  This course includes Part I of the fundamental patient care skills, selected data collection and physical therapy interventions for the physical therapist assistant student. 1 hour lecture/3 hours laboratory. F
  
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• PTAT 2260: Patient Care Skills for PTA II

  2.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  This course continues with Part II of the fundamental patient care skills, selected data collection and physical therapy interventions for the physical therapist assistant student.
  
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• PTAT 2280: Seminar for the PTA

  2.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  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 the transition from student to successful member of the healthcare team.
  
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• PTAT 2320: Special Topics for the PTA

  3.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  This course introduces the student to a variety of special topics germane to physical therapy
  
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• PTAT 2370: Prof Development for the PTA

  3.00 Credits

  Walters 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. F
  
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• PTAT 2390: Integrated Clinical Educ I

  3.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  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. 11 hours clinical F
  
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• PTAT 2391: Integrated Clinical Educ II

  3.00 Credits

  Walters State Community College

  
  
  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. 11 hours clinical S
  
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• PTAT 2410: Kinesiology for the PTA

  4.00 Credits

  Walters 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 data collection skills. 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 laboratory. F
  
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• PTAT 2440: Biophysical Agents for the PTA

  4.00 Credits

  Walters 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/6 hours laboratory. F
  
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