Course Description

PT 622 EXAMINATION AND DOCUMENTATION   5.0 Credit(s)
Using patients with neurological conditions from tutorial cases, principles of examination and patient data collection will be expanded to include interview strategies and clinical tests and measurement options for assessing: attention, arousal, cognition, cranial nerve integrity, neuromotor development and status, reflex integrity, sensory integrity and motor performance. Handling skills for standardized patient examination will be included, as well as the interpretation of findings and their implications for referral to other health care practitioners. Students will practice the use of evidence-based practice by analyzing and interpreting the available published psychometric properties of assessment tools available to physical therapy practice with patients with neurological conditions.
Offered: Spring Semester All Years