PT 920 - Basic Skills I

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This course will introduce the student to basic clinical skills and problem-solving abilities to be built upon in future coursework. It is an introductory course designed to prepare the student for patient care activities and includes general patient care skills such as: assessment of vital signs; principles of body mechanics; positioning; draping; transfers; gait training; wheelchair measurement and management; basic exercise. Students will also develop communication skills for interacting with patients, families and other health care professionals. The course will provide students the opportunity to develop these basic patient care skills in a lab setting in the classroom and apply this knowledge to simple patient case examples prior to part-time and full-time clinical experiences.