General Requirements Prior to Clinical Internship Student Level of Performance Prior to participating in clinical education experiences, students must pass all required coursework and competencies as outlined in the University Catalog. Students will not be permitted to attend an internship if they have not completed all required coursework. Additionally, students who do not successfully complete all required coursework and experiences will not be permitted to continue in the PTA Program. Students will be assessed for safety and competency throughout the curriculum and prior to experiences via quizzes, tests, practical exams, skill checks, observation and assignments. PTA Core Technical Component: PHT 1200C Principles and Procedures w/Lab PHT 1120C Kinesiology/Anatomy for the PTA w/Lab PHT 1132C Musculoskeletal Disorders/ Pathology w/Lab PHT 2162C Neurological Disorders w/Lab PHT 2211C Modalities w/Lab PHT 2220C Therapeutic Exercise I w/Lab In addition to the above courses, PTA students must successfully complete the following courses prior to their second full-time Clinical Internship II (PTA 2810): PTA Core Technical Component: PHT 2800 Clinical Internship I PHT 2221C Therapeutic Exercise II w/Lab PHT 2931 PTA Seminar PHT 2951C PTA Capstone w/Lab Safety Students must be deemed safe prior to entering a clinical environment or internship. Critical safety concepts are assessed in class during skill checks, quizzes, tests, and practical exam. If a student does not adhere to safety standards during a practical exam, the exam
will be stopped and the student will have to re-take at another time. See Practical Grading section of this handbook. At minimum, students must understand and exhibit these behaviors to ensure proper safety in a clinical environment: • Identify the need for and act when safety of patient or self may be at risk or has been compromised. • Utilize risk management strategies (i.e. universal precautions, body mechanics, patient guarding). • Never be under the influence of non- prescribed drugs, alcohol, or prescribed drugs that limit your ability to care for patients. Students who are seriously injured, ill or become pregnant prior to, or during clinical internship must see their physician for a medical release to participate in the clinical experience. The student assumes all risks of clinical education participation and must be aware that their injury, illness and or pregnancy may interfere with finishing their affiliation and, therefore, not fulfilling the hourly requirement. It is the student’s responsibility to set forth a plan of action to fulfill the requirements of the program. The plan must be approved by all parties involved including the ACCE and Program Director. If the requirements are not met, the student may not graduate with their cohort. All requirements must be met in order to graduate.
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