PTAS 102 - Diseases Trauma and Terminology

7A2. Body system interactions, health, and surgical conditions across the life span, movement sciences, pain and pain experiences, and psychological aspects of health and disability.

• Cardiovascular: Identify commonly related disorders affecting physical therapy
• Endocrine and metabolic:
  • Describe signs and symptoms associated with hyper and hypo functioning of the pituitary and thyroid glands
  • Describe the difference between type I and type II diabetes
• Gastrointestinal: Identify the pathophysiology of common GI disease processes affecting physical therapy population
• Genital and reproductive: Identify commonly related disorders affecting physical therapy populations
• Hematologic: Identify the signs and symptoms of a DVT
• Hepatic and biliary: Identify common hepatic and biliary related disorders affecting physical therapy populations
• Immune:
• • Identify characteristics of infectious agents
  • Identify means of infection transmission
  • Identify physiological cellular agents and chemical mediators involved in reducing and eliminating infections
• Identify commonly related system disorders affecting physical therapy populations:
• Lymphatic
• Musculoskeletal
• Neurological
• Pulmonary
• Renal and urological: Identify signs and symptoms of a urinary tract or bladder infection and urinary stones

OTHER:

• Identify major human body system pathophysiology specific to various cultures and populations and across the lifespan
• Identify common diagnostic and surgical procedures used for assessment and treatment of disorders related to physical therapy

7B. Ethics and values, professional development and responsibilities, service, leadership, lifelong learning, along with teaching and learning with an ever-changing healthcare environment.

7B1. Standards of Ethical Conduct (APTA) and APTA Core Values for the PT and PTA

• Identify the role of the Physical Therapist Assistant under the supervision of the Physical Therapist in the intervention of major human body system pathophysiology
• Apply APTA CORE values of excellence and collaboration to a case scenario involving a patient with pathophysiology of a major bodily system

7C. Lifelong learning, education, and health care disparities in the ever-changing health care environment.

7C1. Contemporary physical therapy knowledge and practice including evidence-informed practice, interpretation of statistical evidence, and clinical reasoning and decision-making.

• Give examples of appropriate resources for quality healthcare literature in the field of physical therapy
• Demonstrate the knowledge to critically judge available research with regard to research characteristics related to patient values and the physical therapy plan of care
• Summarize appropriate physical therapy-related literature in written and/or oral presentation

7C2. Improve skills to educate and communicate in a manner that meets the needs of the patient, caregivers, and other health care professionals

• Dramatize patient education and communication in simulated patient scenarios with emphasis on systems data collection and exercise intervention

7C3. Advance understanding of health care disparities in relation to physical therapy, recognizing and adjusting personal behavior to optimize inclusive and equitable patient care and patient care environments.

• Discuss personal connections to illness and disease as it relates to meeting the needs of others in inclusive and equitable physical therapy service delivery

7D1. Implementation of the plan of care established by the physical therapist:

• Obtain and review current information from physical therapy documentation, health records, patient and clients, caregivers, and family members related to general health status, consults, prior and current level of function before carrying out the physical therapy plan of care.
  • Identify the anatomy, physiology, and pathophysiology of major human body systems as related to medical information found in the health records and the physical therapy Plan of Care
  • Identify common diagnostic and medical procedures and their relationship to the physical therapy Plan of Care
  • Recognize normal lab value parameters related to system disorders related to safe physical therapy treatment under the supervision PT
• Recognize need for clarification, supervision, or action by the supervising PT
  • Relate the clinical effects of immobility on a patient with an acute or chronic illness
  • Explain examples of medical situations which would require consultation with the supervising physical therapist for plan of care modification
• Determine when an intervention is inappropriate
  • Identify common pharmacological therapeutic and adverse effects and their relationship to the physical therapy Plan of Care
• Select interventions as determined by the supervising PT based on clinical data, goals, and intended outcomes.
  • Identify common physical therapy intervention strategies of major human body systems found in the physical therapy Plan of Care
• Modify, adjust, and discontinue interventions based on the patient response and clinical data in collaboration with the supervising PT
  • Explore how common endocrine and metabolic, gastrointestinal, hematological, hepatic, and biliary, and/or genital and reproductive disorders diseases that affect the exercise response related to safe implementation of the physical therapy POC
  • Summarize considerations for modification of interventions within an existing Plan of Care when vital signs are not within expected parameters
• Contribute to the d/c and follow-up planning with the supervising PT.
  • Identify scenarios when patient discharge should be reviewed related to medical status change requiring consultation with the supervising PT

7D2. Select and perform components of data collection using appropriate tests and measures for all phases of PT interventions in:

• Cardiovascular system
  • Compare and contrast types of vascular disorders
  • Identify normal and abnormal responses to exercise for the cardiovascular system
  • Identify strategies to measure responses to endurance training for the cardiovascular system
  • Identify data collection strategies for patients with cardiovascular disorders
  • Identify procedures for data collection of vital signs, pulse, circulation, and ABI for specific cardiovascular pathologies.
• Pulmonary system
  • Identify normal and abnormal responses to exercise for the pulmonary system
  • Identify strategies to measure responses to endurance training for the pulmonary system
  • Identify data collections strategies for patients with pulmonary disorders
  • Identify procedures for data collection for breathing patterns for specific pulmonary pathologies.
• Neurological system
  • Identify common neurological assessment tools
• Musculoskeletal system
  • List pathologies and risk factors that may necessitate orthotic and prosthetic recommendations
• Integumentary and lymphatic system
  • Identify normal and abnormal responses to exercise for the lymphatic system
  • Describe characteristics of various types of wounds
• Pain and pain experiences
  • Identify strategies to classify pain
• Psychosocial aspects
  • Identify the psychosocial characteristics affected by physical activity
• Mental health aspects
  • Identify strategies to measure arousal, awareness, and cognition

7D3. Select and perform physical therapy interventions for each of the following as identified in the plan of care established by the physical therapist to achieve goals and outcomes:

• Cardiovascular conditions
  • Identify physical agent indications and contraindications for vascular disorder rehabilitation
  • Identify the role of cardiac rehabilitation
• Pulmonary conditions
  • Identify the role of pulmonary rehabilitation
• Integumentary and lymphatic conditions
  • Identify the role of integumentary and lymphatic interventions
• Metabolic Conditions
  • Identify the role of rehabilitation in metabolic conditions
• Growth and human development
  • Identify the role of rehabilitation across the life span

7D4. Delivery of Physical Therapy Services: Complete documentation according to legal framework of one’s jurisdiction, practice setting, and regulating agencies.

• Identify medical language word parts (word root, prefix, suffix) as used to document medical terms, diagnoses, and conditions
• Define medical terminology of the major human body systems
• Apply effective professional written and verbal communication skills

7D5. Delivery of Physical Therapy Services: Respond effectively to environmental emergencies that may occur in the clinical setting.

• Identify emergency situations in the rehabilitation of the major human body systems
• Identify the best course of action for the Physical Therapist Assistant in simulated patient emergency scenarios

7D7. Health Care Activities: Participate in efforts to ensure patient and health care provider safety

• Identify strategies to reduce the transmission of infectious agents

7D8. Health Care Activities: Participate in patient-centered interprofessional collaborative care.

• Recognize when signs and symptoms of a UTI/bladder infection must be reported to other medical professionals
• Recognize when integumentary changes must be reported to other medical professionals
• Identify scenarios when patient discharge should be reviewed related to medical status change requiring consultation with other medical professionals
• Recognize and report function and use of medical support equipment in a variety of patient care settings
• Discern the role of multiple team members (RN, OT, PT/PTA, RT, MD) during the care of a patient with acute/chronic illness

7D10. Community Health: Provide services and/or educational resources informed by cultural humility that address primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention, health promotion, and wellness to individuals, groups, and communities.

• Dramatize patient education in simulated patient scenarios with emphasis on prevention and wellness activities
• Educate patient/caregiver on community resources for chronic disease management

7D11. Community Health: Provide physical therapy services that address: JEDI, belonging, and anti-racism, and health care disparities, and social determinants of health.

• Discuss and report feelings and attitudes toward illness, disability, death, and medical and physical therapy interventions
• Discuss and report feelings and attitudes toward justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion (JEDI), belong, anti-racism, health care disparities, and social determinants related to systems interventions
• Compare and contrast patient responses that necessitate consultation with a member of the interprofessional healthcare team considering the PTA scope of practice under the supervising Physical Therapist