Course Title
Patient/Client Mngt: Complexity in Care
Description
This course focuses on physical therapist patient/client management under complex conditions, including contextual characteristics of the type of care setting, the physical environment, the interprofessional care team, and patient/client personal factors and their interactions. Successful patient/client management requires that the practitioner perform and integrate clinical reasoning and decision-making in conjunction with clinical skill performance during fast-paced, rapidly-changing, contextually-complex situations; respond appropriately and in real time to emerging information; and demonstrate cognitive flexibility. Laboratory and simulation activities will be used to create complex clinical scenarios that are systematically increased in difficulty across the term. A focus on safety--of both the patient/client and the practitioner--including the ability to communicate effectively in the moment is interwoven. Methods of assessment include individual performance, self-reflection, and peer assessment.
Subject code
PHYTH
Course Number
705
Instruction Mode
In Person