PTAS 106 - Treatment Modalities I

1. Communication 7D7
   • Apply effective oral communication strategies in simulated patient scenarios within the scope of a Physical Therapist Assistant
2. Behavior and Conduct 7D4
   • Practice professional demeanor in simulated patient scenarios reflecting the scope of a Physical Therapist Assistant
3. Plan of Care - Understanding [toward goals and intended outcomes] 7D17
   • Identify physical and mechanical agents commonly found in physical therapy rehabilitation
   • Recognize the physical properties of physical and mechanical agents found in physical therapy rehabilitation
   • Describe theories of use, effectiveness, physiological changes, and therapeutic outcomes of physical and mechanical agents found in physical therapy rehabilitation
   • Identify indications, precautions, and contraindications for physical and mechanical agents commonly found in physical therapy rehabilitation
   • Recognize disorders commonly associated with physical and mechanical agents in physical therapy rehabilitation
   • Identify stages of healing
   • Identify approaches of treatment for acute and chronic wounds in physical therapy rehabilitation
4. Plan of Care - Implementation [under the direction and supervision of a Physical Therapist]
   • Physical agents and mechanical agents 7D23C
     • Light Therapy
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of light therapy
       • Identify appropriate parameters in regard to treatment effectiveness and safety
       • Apply light therapy in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Biofeedback
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of biofeedback
       • Identify appropriate methods of biofeedback
       • Apply biofeedback in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Compression therapies
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of compression therapies
     • Cryotherapy
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of cryotherapy
       • Identify appropriate parameters in regard to treatment effectiveness and safety
       • Apply cryotherapy in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Electrotherapeutic agents
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of electrotherapy
       • Identify appropriate parameters in regard to treatment effectiveness and safety
       • Apply electrotherapy in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Hydrotherapy
       • Define characteristics of water related to physical therapy rehabilitation
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of hydrotherapy
       • Identify appropriate parameters in regard to treatment effectiveness and safety
       • Apply hydrotherapy in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Superficial and deep thermal agents
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of thermal agents
       • Identify appropriate parameters in regard to treatment effectiveness and safety
       • Apply thermal agents in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Traction
       • Define characteristics of traction related to spinal structures in physical therapy rehabilitation
       • Identify safe and effective procedural applications of traction
       • Apply mechanical traction in an effective and safe manner with appropriate regard to patient comfort, positioning, and dignity
     • Therapeutic exercise 7D23h
       • Identify safe and effective procedural application of continuous passive motion
       • Identify appropriate parameters in regard to treatment effectiveness and safety 7D27
5. Plan of Care - Competency in Data Collection [under the direction and supervision of a Physical Therapist]
   • Integumentary integrity 7D24f
     • Demonstrate strategies for assessing sensations for the safe application of various physical and mechanical agents
     • Identify normal and abnormal integumentary changes for contraindications and effective application of various physical and mechanical agents
   • Muscle performance 7D24h
     • Demonstrate effective, accurate, and safe manual muscle testing for given muscles in simulated patient scenarios, within the scope of a Physical Therapist Assistant
   • Pain 7d24j
     • Define theories of pain perception
     • Identify theories of pain reduction through the use of physical and mechanical agents in physical therapy rehabilitation
     • Apply pain scales in simulated patient scenarios
   • Range of motion 7D24l
     • Locate surface anatomy of skeletal bony prominences and soft tissue structure of the UE, LE, and spine
     • Identify normal active range of motion measurements of the joints of the UE, LE, and spine
     • Demonstrate effective, accurate, and safe goniometry for given joints in simulated patient scenarios, within the scope of a Physical Therapist Assistant
6. Scope of Practice - Plan of Care: monitor, adjust, determine, report, and clarify with supervising Physical Therapist 7D15, 7D19-21, 7D27
   • Identify patient signs and/or symptoms that require treatment modification within the plan of care and/or consultation with the supervising physical therapist
7. Plan of Care - education of patient, caregiver and non-healthcare others with supervising Physical Therapist
   • Dramatize patient education in simulated patient scenarios with emphasis on physical and mechanical agents in physical therapy rehabilitation 7D12, 7D23g
8. Emergency Response 7D26
   • Identify situations that require immediate emergency response for patients undergoing treatment with various physical and mechanical agents in physical therapy rehabilitation
9. Documentation and Discharge Planning [with supervising Physical Therapist]
   • Recognize components of physical and mechanical agents delivery necessary for accurate and concise treatment documentation 7D25
   • Report outcomes of physical and mechanical agents in relation to the plan of care in accurate and concise treatment documentation 7D25, 7D22