This course focuses on learning and practicing screening techniques for physical therapists to detect medical or other problems for which a referral to a medical doctor or another health care provider is indicated. Students will learn to screen patients for dysfunction in a variety of physiological systems by taking medical history, medication history, performing a risk factor assessment and manual examination, and screening various physiological systems.
Corequisites:PT 669 - Psychosocial Issues in Physical Therapy
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PT 648 - Health Care Delivery in Physical Therapy I
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PT 645 - Musculoskeletal Patient Management II
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PT 644 - Adult Neuromuscular Patient Management II
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PT 627 - Physical Therapy Educator
Prerequisites:PT 646 - Acute Care and Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy
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PT 640 - Physical Therapy Interventions II
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PT 638 - Health, Wellness and Ergonomics in Physical Therapy
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PT 636 - Geriatrics/Gerontology for Physical Therapists
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PT 634 - Diagnostic Imaging for Physical Therapy
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PT 632 - Pharmacology for Physical Therapists
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PT 630 - Pathophysiology
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PT 626 - Clinical Agents
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PT 625 - Musculoskeletal Patient Management I
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PT 624 - Adult Neuromuscular Patient Management I
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PT 622 - Evidence Informed Practice II
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PT 620 - Physical Therapy Interventions I
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PT 618 - Foundations for Patient Management
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PT 614 - Neuroscience for Physical Therapy
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PT 608 - PT/Patient/Professional Interactions
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PT 606 - Therapeutic Measurements and Techniques
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PT 604 - Principles of Human Movement
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PT 602 - Evidence Informed Practice I
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PT 600 - Pathokinesiology
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BIO 633 - Human Gross Anatomy for Physical Therapists