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Documentation
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Order
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Description
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1
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Discuss the importance of documentation.
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2
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Describe the essential components of documentation.
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3
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Discuss different formats of documentation.
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4
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Describe documentation that follows professional guidelines and other regulatory agencies and specific documentation formats required by various physical therapy practice settings and health care systems.
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5
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Discuss requirements related to confidentiality.
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6
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Discuss legal responsibilities associated with documentation.
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Management Skills
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Order
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Description
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1
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Discuss professional and clinical setting policies and procedures for management in physical therapy.
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2
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Discuss the importance of quality assurance and risk management.
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3
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Discuss the importance of time management.
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4
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Demonstrate skill in scheduling patients for treatment appointments.
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5
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Describe various methods of reimbursement for treatment interventions.
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6
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Discuss facility procedures and payer regulations associated with different health care delivery systems and practice settings.
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7
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Discuss federal and state legal practice standards and institutional regulations related to fiscal management.
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Principles of Teaching and Learning
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Order
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Description
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1
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Promote psycho-social principles in self-understanding and in developing communication with patients' families, the public, and other health team members.
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2
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Demonstrate effective instruction to the patient and others to achieve the goals and outcomes as described in the plan of care.
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3
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Effectively educate others using teaching methods commensurate with the needs of the learners.
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Patient Care Skills
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Order
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Description
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1
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Discuss purpose of draping and demonstrate proper draping techniques.
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2
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Discuss importance of proper positioning and demonstrate and give rationale proper positioning techniques.
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3
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List areas which are prone to decubitus ulcers.
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4
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Discuss the importance of posture in good body mechanics.
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5
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Demonstrate and apply proper body mechanics.
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6
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Describe the types of transfers and explain rationale for each transfer.
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7
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Demonstrate safe and effective transfer techniques.
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8
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Describe levels of assistance required for transfers.
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9
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Demonstrate skill in assessment of orientation.
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10
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Demonstrate skill in assessment of anthropometrical characteristics.
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11
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Demonstrate skill in measurement of vital signs.
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12
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Discuss physiology, characteristics, and normal values of vital signs.
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13
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Discuss factors that cause changes in vital signs.
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14
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Describe the various types of assistive gait devices.
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15
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Demonstrate proper measuring and fitting techniques of available assistive gait devices.
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16
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Demonstrate proper gait sequence for available assistive gait devices.
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17
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Demonstrate proper guarding techniques.
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