| Prerequisite: Successful completion of previous courses in the DPT curriculum
Clinical Internship V is a clinical education patient experience prior to graduation. This experience provides students with the opportunity to meet entry level requirements to practice as a physical therapist. Students continue to practice examination, evaluation, intervention, documentation, consultation and administrative skills under the supervision and guidance of a licensed physical therapist, but are expected to function at the level of a new graduate by the completion of this experience. Student assignments are individualized and based on the students? areas of clinical interest, academic performance, and prior clinical education experiences and clinical performance. Students may be placed in inpatient hospital or rehabilitation settings, outpatient clinics, skilled nursing facilities, school or home care settings and/or other specialty practices. Patients with orthopedic, musculoskeletal, neurological, and/or cardiopulmonary diagnosis may be encountered. Through reflective journal writing students will further develop their self-assessment skills as they begin to transition from the role of student to that of an entry-level doctorally prepared physical therapist. Students will practice in accordance with the American Physical Therapy Association Code of Ethics and Guide to Physical Therapist Practice; the practice act of the state in which they are practicing; and according to the policies and procedures of the individual facility where they are assigned. (A laboratory fee of $30 will be assessed.) |
