Course Description
10-524-150 PTA PROFESSIONAL ISSUES 2...incorporates professional development, advanced legal and ethical issues, healthcare management and administration, and further development of professional communication strategies. (Prerequisites: 10-524-140, PTA Professional Issues 1, 10-524-144 PTA Principles of Neuromuscular Rehab, 10-524-145 PTA Musculo Rehab, 10-524-146 PTA Cardio & Integ Mgmt; Corequisite: 10-524-148, PTA Clinical Practice 2)
Course Typically Offered
Most NWTC classes are offered in 8-week sessions. Learn more about how our class schedule can help you succeed.
What will I learn?
- Develop a plan for making the transition from student to PTA
- Explore professional development options
- Prepare for licensure exam
- Demonstrate job seeking skills
- Compare healthcare financing systems
- Examine ethical and professional standards of physical therapy as it relates to practice
- Examine legal standards of physical therapy as it relates to practice
- Utilize professional literature in the process of evidence-based practice
- Examine CQI and outcome measurement methods
- Correlate quality management with clinical outcome measures
- Integrate the patient management model into the practice of physical therapy
- Integrate cultural competence into the practice of physical therapy
- Manage patient transitions through the healthcare system
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