Terminal Clinical Experience III

12 credits · Physical Therapy - Doctorate

The Terminal Clinical Experience (TCE) course series includes three, 12-week full-time supervised clinical experiences with emphasis on student management of patients across the lifespan and continuum of care. In addition, students engage in online learning resources throughout the TCE course series. During the clinical experiences, one or more selected and trained clinical instructors (CIs) will supervise students as they learn skills in all components of the physical therapy practice management model, including conducting patient examinations and evaluations, establishing patient diagnoses and prognoses, conducting patient interventions, and measuring patient outcomes. When possible, students will engage patients in practice patterns across the range of acute to chronic conditions. Students will participate in administrative aspects of ethical and efficacious practice. Performance expectations will include progression in level of independence in demonstrating competent, proficient, safe and effective examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, intervention and professional practice skills.