PHT 1801L PHYSICAL THERAPY CLINICAL PRACTICE I 3 credits

Prerequisites: PHT 1217, PHT 1217L, PHT 2252, PHT 2252L with grades of “C” or higher, PSY 1012, HSC 1149C, and HUM 2270 or Honors or REL 2300. This course allows the student to correlate didactic course work with basic patient care skills in the clinical setting utilizing information learned in the first year of the physical therapist assistant program. Each student is assigned to a clinical agency and performs specific physical therapy modalities and procedures on a variety of patients under the close supervision of a physical therapist. 40 contact hours per week for four (4) weeks and 20 contact hours in the fifth week.