DPT 652 Clinical Human Anatomy I
This course offers an in‐depth coverage of basic, applied, and clinical aspects of musculoskeletal anatomy. Students observe, discuss, teach, and learn skeletal and muscular systems in detail. This will be studied regionally in the following units: head and neck, back, upper limb, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and perineum, and lower limbs. This course incorporates traditional didactic lectures, with discussions, observation of you‐tube dissection and assignments that rely on critical and analytical thinking. The emphasis is on structural‐functional relationships important to physical therapists but also on the significance of anatomy as the primary foundation in almost all facets of the clinical practice of physical therapy. Students are introduced to deductive reasoning based on anatomical findings and correlate somatic dysfunction (including movement abnormalities) with anatomical problems. Students will utilize resources such as the library and other sources of information (such as a well‐ referenced Internet site) to learn, apply and synthesize musculoskeletal anatomy with various pathology. A variety of teaching and evaluation methods will be used. During the course, students are expected to demonstrate competency in the professional behaviors necessary for becoming an effective physical therapist.
Prerequisite
Enrollment in the physical therapy program and successful completion of all prior coursework therein or permission of the course director and the Physical Therapy Program Director.
Offered
Summer