Course Information

Degree Requirements

Courses

PDPT 610: Professional Self-Assessment - Part I

A process of critical reflection on daily clinical practice. Structure is provided by the APTA and AAOMPT Descriptions of Advanced Clinical Practice guides for various specialty areas. The outcome is the composition of goals that, upon completion, will improve the participant's clinical performance. These goals will address issues not covered in other courses within the curriculum, and will be stated in language that describes measurable criteria for achievement. Official acceptance to the TDPT program is prerequisite. Faculty. 1 semester hour.

PDPT 611: Professional Self-Assessment - Part III

The completion of the three-part process of Professional Self Assessment. The student must submit a summary of achievement of the goals developed in PDPT 610, with discussion of how the process has contributed to the clinician's professional development. Prerequisite PDPT 610. Faculty. 1 semester hour.

TDPT 620 Movement Science

Critical examination of the topics of motor control and motor learning. Introduces theories of motor control, including information processing, control loops, and motor programming. Motor learning includes analysis of common assumptions and research evidence regarding motor learning, inquiry into the teaching, practice, and memory variables that affect learning outcomes, and methods to optimize motor learning. Practical application, particularly to patient populations, is stressed. Lundy-Ekman. 3 semester hours.

PDPT 630: Issues in Health Care and Policy

Examination of various aspects of health care policy and important professional issues relating to physical therapy practice. Addresses various reimbursement models across practice settings relating to Medicare and managed care. Studies reimbursement methodologies, ethics, legal issues, fraud and abuse, and specific issues related to daily practice (practice acts, supervision requirements, etc.). Thomas. 4 semester hours.

PDPT 640/641 Medical Screening - Upper Quarter/Lower Quarter

Studies non-musculoskeletal pathologies from a regional approach rather than by organ system. This approach integrates with standard evaluation procedures used by clinicians and provides the framework for an efficient and comprehensive screening process. Addresses atypical signs and symptoms that may arouse suspicions of a non-musculoskeletal pathology. Lecture and lab. Gietzen. 3 semester hours each.

PDPT 650 Educational Strategies for Therapists

Instructional design and methods for physical therapy curriculum in academic, clinical and community settings. Learning theory is emphasized with a focus on applications in instruction. Narode. 3 semester hours.

PDPT 700 Evidence-Based Practice / Research

Enables the participant to establish a foundation for evidence-based practice. Develops and refines skills in the implementation of EBP strategies. Rutt. 4 semester hours.

PDPT 710: Clinical Reasoning

Focus on various aspects of clinical reasoning by physical therapists including strategies that differentiate expert from novice clinicians. Participants will further develop skills for analyzing and facilitating their own clinical reasoning as well the clinical reasoning processes of peers, novice clinicians, and students. Christensen. 4 semester hours.

PDPT 711/712 Clinical Skills for the Cervical Spine/Lumbar Spine

Courses provide an introduction or review of basic manual therapy skills for addressing musculoskeletal disorders in the spine. The Australian Approach to manual therapy serves as the foundation for utilizing clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice concepts during patient management. Discusses how the biopsychosocial nature of spine pain impacts examination and intervention. Faculty. 2 semester hours each.

PDPT 720 Clinical Project - Part I

The initial semester of an independent capstone project. During this phase the participant develops a proposal for the project and completes a literature review. The format of the juried project may include a research design such as randomized controlled trials, single-subject research, reliability and validity studies, surveys; other formats include case studies or development of tools for patient or clinical education. PDPT 700 Evidence Based Practice a prerequisite. Faculty. 1-6 hours.

PDPT 721 Clinical Project - Part II

The interim semester of the capstone project. During this phase the student completes a first draft of the entire project. PDPT 720 Clinical Project - Part 1 is a prerequisite. Faculty. 2 hours.

PDPT 722 Clinical Project - Part III

The final semester of the capstone project. The participant completes final revisions of the project and presents to faculty and/or peers. PDPT 721 - Clinical Project - Part II is a prerequisite. Faculty. 2 hours.

PDPT 723 Clinical Project - Colloquium

Provides an extended timeframe to complete Parts I, II or III of the Clinical Project. Faculty. No credit.

PDPT 730 Independent Study

This course is intended to allow a student to pursue a specialized or unique interest that is not part of the curriculum, but is related to it. 1-4 semester hours.

PDPT 731 Seminar

Coursework completed at another college/university on a required topic in the TDPT curriculum. The course is of similar depth and breadth to the TDPT requirement. 1-4 semester hours.

North American Institute of Orthopedic Manual Therapy

PDPT 790 NAIOMT Level II

Upper Quadrant, Lower Quadrant develops a detailed biomechanical assessment and mobilization/manipulation techniques to the spine and extremities with the rationale for manual therapy. 4 semester hours. This course may substitute for PDPT 710 Clinical Reasoning.

PDPT 791 NAIOMT Level III

Upper Quadrant, Lower Quadrant is an integration of information generated from the assessment, and illustration of how dysfunction remote from the symptomatic source may be causal or contributory. Advanced biomechanical assessment, mobilization/manipulation and stabilization techniques, and extremity joint advanced techniques are taught. 3 semester hours. In combination with PDPT 792 NAIOMT Level IV or PDPT 730 Independent Study this course may substitute for PDPT 640/641 Medical Screening upper Quarter and Lower Quarter.

PDPT 792 NAIOMT Level IV

Advanced spinal techniques; rationale and application. 3 semester hours. In combination with PDPT 791 NAIOMT Level III this course may substitute for PDPT 640/641 Medical Screening Upper Quarter and Lower Quarter.

PDPT 795 NAIOMT Clinical Residency

A minimum of 440 hours of supervised clinical residency hours and clinical tutorials with NAIOMT-registered clinical residency instructors. Residency hours occur at instructional Levels II, III and IV. 2 semester hours. This course may contribute 2 semester hours toward PDPT 722 Clinical Project - Part III.

Kaiser Permanente Hayward Physical Therapy Residency in Advanced
Orthopedic Manual Therapy

PDPT 793 Kaiser 3-month Mentorship

Full time program which includes 100 hours of clinical course work, 55 hours of 1:1 supervision and small group tutorials, and 26 hours per week of patient care. Clinical course content includes: 1) theory and terminology of orthopedic manual physical therapy, 2) manual therapy examination, assessment, treatment selection and progression, 3) differential diagnosis, 4) principles of patient management, including exercise and self-management, 5) practical examinations. 4 semester hours. Kaiser faculty. This course may substitute for PDPT 710 Clinical Reasoning.

PDPT 794 Kaiser 6 month Advanced Fellowship

Full time program which includes 270 hours of clinical course work, 130 hours of 1:1 clinical mentoring and small group tutorials, 26 hours per week of patient care. Course content includes: 1) advanced methods of examination, assessment and treatment, 2) advanced differential diagnosis and clinical reasoning concepts, 3) anatomy, biomechanics, and medical lecture, 4) review and critique of the literature, 5) teaching and consulting, 6) completion of a community-teaching project, 7) practical examinations. 3-month Mentorship a prerequisite. 8 semester hours. Kaiser Faculty. This course may substitute for PDPT 640 Medical Screening Upper Quadrant, PDPT 641 Medical Screening Lower Quadrant, and 2 credits toward PDPT 720 Clinical Project.