PTAP260 - Physical Therapist Assistant Clinical Internship IB

Semester Credit Hour(s) 1

This course includes observation and guided practice for application of the physical therapy process as it relates to physical therapist assistants in a local healthcare setting. Students are directly supervised by clinical educators or faculty at a hospital, clinic, school, rehabilitation or educational facility. In-class activities and discussion are used to complement practical experiences from off campus sites. Students are asked to apply knowledge and skills learned in P.T. Interventions and Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation as well as the PT/PTA collaboration process to clinical observations. Students are responsible for transportation.

Prerequisite(s): PTAP 225
Corequisite(s): PTAP230, PTAP240, PTAP245