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PTA 151 - PTA Clinical Experience I

3 Credits
Lecture: 0 Lab: 6

PTA Clinical Experience I is a full-time, 40 hours/week for 4.5 weeks (total of 180 hours) clinical experience, where students continue their preparation to function as entry-level physical therapist assistants while they are provided opportunities to apply and further develop knowledge, behaviors, and skills from the didactic portion of the first year of the curriculum. Students may be scheduled at one or more clinical sites. Students follow established interventions, perform selected data collection, and practice hands-on techniques while supervised and mentored by clinical instructors (licensed physical therapists and/or licensed physical therapist assistants). 

Note: Students will receive a grade of satisfactory/no credit for this course. This course does not count toward GPA. This course requires intermediate reading, intermediate writing and intermediate math.

Prerequisite: PTA 110, PTA 141 , and PTA 142  all with a grade of C or higher, or written consent of PTA program chair; PTA 145  with a grade of S, or written consent of PTA program chair
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