rasmussen.edu | 888-5-RASMUSSEN COURSE DESCRIPTIONS 138 PHT8050 Subject Immersion V: Comprehensive Patient/Client Management Across the Lifespan 20 hours, 2 credits This course emphasizes the physical therapist’s unique contributions in advanced diagnostics and therapeutic applications in relationship to disorders of the movement system across all ages. The physical therapist’s unique contributions to comprehensive management of the aging adult are critically examined. Prerequisite: PHT8810 Clinical Education Experience I PHT8540 Legal and Ethical Accountabilities in Physical Therapy Practice 20 hours, 2 credits This course examines the core elements of ethical reasoning and the professional legal and ethical boundaries of practice and patient care. Prerequisites: PHT7040 Subject Immersion IV: Principles of Value-Based Physical Therapy Care; PHT7240C Foundational Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7540C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7740C Physical Therapy Immersion IV PHT8550C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice V 120 hours, 10 credits This course is about the integration of care across the primary and secondary systems from birth through the aging process including interdisciplinary approaches, population-centered care, and effective utilization of healthcare system resources to maintain and improve all aspects of health. The physical therapist’s roles in health advocacy, health promotion, nutritional and lifestyle guidance as influences to health and disease are examined. The primary content areas of health and wellness in physical therapist practice, the physical therapist as primary care team member, and advanced diagnostics comprise Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice V. Prerequisites: PHT7040 Subject Immersion IV: Principles of Value-Based Physical Therapy Care; PHT7240C Foundational Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7540C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7740C Physical Therapy Immersion IV PHT8590 Healthcare Business and Marketing 20 hours, 2 credits This course explores essentials of business management, financial accountabilities including personal financial resource management, and entrepreneurial opportunities in physical therapist practice. Prerequisites: PHT8050 Subject Immersion V: Comprehensive Patient/Client Management Across the Lifespan; PHT8550C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice V; PHT8750C Physical Therapy Immersion V PHT8750C Physical Therapy Immersion V 90 hours, 5 credits This course is the demonstration of proficiencies in diagnosis, clinical problem-solving, and intervention skill to begin the full-time clinical education experience. The student will be expected to apply the understanding of the general and disease-specific pathological processes to the diagnosis, management, prognosis, and prevention of disorders of the movement system. Prerequisites: PHT7040 Subject Immersion IV: Principles of Value-Based Physical Therapy Care; PHT7240C Foundational Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7540C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7740C Physical Therapy Immersion IV PHT8810 Clinical Education Experience I 360 hours, 12 credits This course is the first full-time clinical experience emphasizing development of patient management skills including examination, evaluation, decision-making, and implementation of intervention strategies. Communication skills with patients/clients and other healthcare professionals are developed and the student is expected to begin to assume the role of a healthcare professional and contributing interprofessional team member. Competency will be assessed via appropriate clinical education instrument and feedback from clinical education instructors. Prerequisites: PHT7040 Subject Immersion IV: Principles of Value-Based Physical Therapy Care; PHT7240C Foundational Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7540C Clinical Sciences in Physical Therapy Practice IV; PHT7740C Physical Therapy Immersion IV PHT8820 Clinical Education Experience II 360 hours, 12 credits This course is the second full-time clinical experience advancing the students’ skills in patient management, diagnosis, and clinical reasoning. The student is expected to use have developed increased efficiencies in incorporating evidence into daily practice. Competency will be assessed via appropriate clinical education instrument and feedback from clinical education instructors. Prerequisites: PHT8050 Subject Immersion V: Comprehensive Patient/Client Management Across the Lifespan; PHT8550C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy V; PHT8750C Physical Therapy Immersion V, PHT8810 Clinical Education Experience I PHT8830 Clinical Education Experience III 360 hours, 12 credits This course is the final full-time clinical experience with the goal of progressing the student to entry-level practice competencies including communication, effective use of time and resources, evidence-informed patient/client management, and clinical reasoning. Competency will be assessed via appropriate clinical education instrument and feedback from clinical education instructors. Prerequisite: PHT8820 Clinical Education Experience II PHT8900 Doctor of Physical Therapy Capstone 40 hours, 4 credits This course is a synthesis of material from the didactic and clinical courses and is intended to further the development of the student as a reflective practitioner who understands their roles and responsibilities to patients, society, and the healthcare system. Outcomes from this guided reflection can include, but are not limited to, dissemination of clinical information to peers and colleagues and special service or research projects. Prerequisites: PHT8050 Subject Immersion V: Comprehensive Patient/Client Management Across the Lifespan; PHT8550C Clinical Sciences of Physical Therapy Practice V; PHT8750C Physical Therapy Immersion V PHY4060 Understanding Ourselves Through Physics 40 hours, 4 credits This course tracks how we have understood ourselves and our world—including time, space, gravity, and our gadgets—as understanding of how physics has evolved. Topics will include Newton’s “discovery” of gravity, Einstein and relativity, energy particles and waves, the atom and how we use it, Schrödinger’s cat, and modern technologies. Prerequisite: None PLA1013 Introduction to Law and the Legal System 40 hours, 4 credits Students will examine the American legal system from a variety of perspectives. They will survey topics including essential history, the working structure of government, issues of court procedure, and specific legal concepts. In addition, they will investigate the role of the paralegal in the legal system, and the impact of legal ethics on the paralegal. Paralegal students will gain a foundation for further paralegal study, and students from other disciplines will gain an appreciation of the legal system’s impact on their disciplines. Students will prepare a resume as part of this course. Prerequisite: This course should be taken in the student’s first quarter PLA1108 Introduction to Legal Research 30 hours, 3 credits This course introduces the legal research process for paralegals. Students will develop information literacy skills specific to the paralegal field by working with primary sources, like state and federal enacted law and secondary sources. Students will learn the meaning and practice of Shepardizing™. Prerequisite: None PLA1305 Criminal Law and Procedure 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces students to criminal laws including classification of crimes, theories of punishment, rules and procedures of the pretrial process, stages of the criminal process, defenses, sentencing, and other related offenses. Students will be able to analyze what crimes would be applicable to a specific set of fact scenarios. Prerequisite: None PLA1330 Legal Ethics 30 hours, 3 credits This course develops the ability of paralegals to recognize and handle professional responsibility and ethical issues that arise in the practice of law. In-depth analysis of attorney and paralegal ethical codes, as well as researching answers to ethical dilemmas. Topics include the Unlicensed Practice of Law (UPL), confidentiality, privilege, conflicts of interest, and professional conduct. Students will research and apply ethical rules and guidelines to specific situations, as well as identify issues where paralegals must choose which tasks can be done independently or those which must be done by or under the supervision of an attorney. Prerequisite: None PLA1423 Contracts 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces students to contract law including legal requirements and methods used to make an agreement enforceable. It covers remedies for breach of oral, written, and electronic contracts. Students will research the law of contracts and related ethical rules and apply them to drafting and correcting contract clauses as they would in a law office. Prerequisite: None PLA2203 Civil Litigation 40 hours, 4 credits This course is the study of civil litigation. It places focus on the paralegal’s role through each stage of a civil case from the first point of contact with a client, through each stage of litigation. Topics covered include initiating a lawsuit including pleadings, the discovery stage of a lawsuit, legal motions, and documents in preparation for trial. This course prepares students to construct pleadings, interview clients, and to prepare discovery, trial, and post-trial documents. Prerequisite: None PLA2273 Torts 40 hours, 4 credits This course introduces students to intentional torts, unintentional torts, negligence, including the standard of care, causation, limitation of duty defenses, strict liability, and damages. Prerequisite: None ALL CONTENT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE BY ADDENDUM
