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PTE 721 - Professional Issues II

Credit Hours: 2

This course focuses on employment settings, legal issues regarding Physical Therapist Assistants, the structure of the American Physical Therapy Association, regulations, policies, practice acts, federal legislation, and direct access to patients. Additionally, this course focuses on the legal aspects of professional life including basic elements of contract law, criminal law, educational law, employment law, insurance law, and business law. Students continue to develop an Individual Clinical Internship Plan with specific goals and objectives and select clinical sites for Clinical Internship I - II. Case studies and integrative experiences may be used to emphasize the process of patient management.

Prerequisite: enrollment in the program and successful completion of all prior course work therein.
Lecture Contact Hours: 2

Typically Offered: Spring


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