REQUIRED COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES:

 1.  Discuss goals, indications, precautions, contraindications in positioning, body mechanics, transfers, range of motion, palpation, vital signs, aseptic techniques, bandaging, intermittent venous compression, and gait training.

 2.  Demonstrate proper techniques involved in positioning, body mechanics, transfers, range of motion, palpation, vital signs, aseptic techniques, bandaging, intermittent venous compression, and gait training.

 3.  Discuss concepts and principles of wheelchair management and mobility from both the patient and the caregiver perspectives.

 4.  Apply concepts and principles of wheelchair management and mobility from both the patient and the caregiver perspectives.

 5.  Identify architectural barriers within the home and community environments and appropriate solutions.

 6.  Use accurate medical terminology including suffixes, prefixes and root words.

 7.  Document physical therapy interventions as they relate to basic patient care skills.

 8.  Describe proper aseptic techniques and infection control including their use in proper bandaging and wound management.

 9. . Demonstrate proper aseptic techniques and infection control including their use in proper bandaging and wound management.

 10. Locate bony landmarks on a drawing, skeleton or lab partner.

 11. Palpate bony landmarks on a lab partner.

 12. Describe the concepts of basic and instrumental ADLs including the appropriate adaptive equipment and the roles of various health care professionals in ADL training.

 13. Demonstrate the safe application of basic and instrumental ADLs including the appropriate adaptive equipment and the roles of various health care professionals in ADL training.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE:

 I.    Introduction to patient care

 II.   Medical terminology

 III.  Palpation skills

 IV.   Draping and positioning

 V.    Body mechanics

 VI.   Transfer techniques

 VII.  Range of motion

 VIII. Vital signs

 IX.   Aseptic techniques

 X.    Bandaging

 XI.   ADLs

 XII.  Wheelchair management

 XIII. Architectural barriers

 XIV.  Gait training