DMS213 Clinical Education VI
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students increase speed of exam completion, refine scanning techniques, professional work habits, and critical thinking. Students will conduct unassisted sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor. Students will continue to complete proficiency objectives.
Credit Hours: 2.00
Prerequisites: DMS211
Corequisites: None
DMS211 Clinical Education V
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: Course DescriptionThis course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students increase speed of exam completion; refine scanning techniques, professional work habits, and critical thinking. Students will conduct unassisted sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor. Students will continue to complete proficiency objectives. Clinical training may also include on-campus laboratory scanning.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS210
Corequisites: None
DMS210 Clinical Education IV
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students refine scanning techniques, increase speed of exam completion, professional work habits, and critical thinking. Students will observe and conduct sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor, with an emphasis on scanning unassisted. Students will continue to complete proficiency objectives.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS209
Corequisites: None
DMS209 Clinical Education III
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued hospital/clinic setting work experience. Students refine scanning techniques, increase speed of exam completion, and develop professional work habits. Emphasis will be placed on developing critical thinking approaches to sonographic examinations as it relates to forming differential diagnoses of abnormal findings. Students will conduct sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor, while continuing to complete competency and proficiency objectives.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS208
Corequisites: None
DMS208 Clinical Education II
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course provides students with continued work experience in a hospital, private office or clinic setting. Students will improve their skills in performing procedures of abdominal, small parts, vascular, obstetrics and gynecology ultrasound exams, with a goal toward completing competencies in specific organ systems. While clinical experience will further expose the student to the professional medical environment, emphasis will be placed on the student learning to effectively communicate with the radiology and medical staff. Students will conduct sonographic examinations under direct and indirect supervision of staff sonographers and a clinical instructor.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS207
Corequisites: None
DMS207 Clinical Education I
Diagnostic Medical Sonography Department
Course Description: This course will develop the student's ultrasound scanning skills in a clinical patient care environment such as a private diagnostic imaging setting or local hospital. The student will be exposed to abdominal, obstetrics, gynecology, small parts, and vascular ultrasonography where they will learn to perform ultrasound exams, effectively deal with patient care issues including patient preparation, patient history taking, and patient confidentiality,pertinent clinical laboratory values,and communication. Emphasis will be placed on the student's professional qualities as it relates to conduct, behavior and patient/sonographer interaction.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: DMS206
Corequisites: None
PTA258 Clinical Education Experience IV
College of Health Science Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Course Description: Course DescriptionThe focus of this full-time terminal clinical experience is validation of the level of independence gained in patient care, documentation, communication and professionalism as a physical therapist assistant student. The student will work towards independence in all aspects of the scope of physical therapy practice and will achieve entry-level clinical competency upon completion in preparation for the National Physical Therapist Assistant board examination. This clinical education experience allows the student to refine professional interactions and have a basic understanding of departmental administrative mechanisms and expectations. At the completion of the clinical education experience within the clinical setting, the student will return to laboratory activities to demonstrate competent safe care of patients throughout the continuum of care.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: PTA257
Corequisites: None
PTA257 Clinical Education Experience III
College of Health Science Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Course Description: The focus of this full-time clinical experience is validation of the level of independence gained in patient care, documentation, and professionalism as a physical therapist assistant student. The student will work towards independence in all aspects of the scope of physical therapy practice. Laboratory skills prior to attendance in the clinical environment includes advanced patient-centered performance, which incorporate legal, ethical, fiscal, and organizational aspects of care. This clinical experience allows the student to establish a comfort level and confidence with the facility, supervising therapist and patients. At the completion of this course, the student will be able to follow the progression from initial evaluation through discharge with a multitude of different rehabilitation opportunities.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: Completion of 12 terms in AASPTA program
Corequisites: None
PTA256 Clinical Education Experience II
College of Health Science Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Course Description: This full-time clinical education experience provides the student with a clinical working environment under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in an approved facility. The facility provides learning experiences consistent with the student’s level of knowledge. This clinical education experience allows opportunities to continue refining the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom and laboratory settings and utilize them in a clinical setting. The students will continue to develop their critical thinking skills in providing care to their patients. Students will require less supervision for previously learned skills. Upon completion of the experience, students will participate in intermediate critical thinking skills competencies within the lab environment.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: PTA255
Corequisites: None
PTA255 Clinical Education Experience I
College of Health Science Physical Therapist Assistant Department
Course Description: This full-time clinical education experience introduces the student to a physical therapy clinical setting for the first time. Prior to the first day of clinical attendance, the student will complete a series of lab activities and foundational skill checkoffs to ensure competency and safety. During the clinical experience, the student works under the direct supervision of a licensed physical therapist or physical therapist assistant in an approved facility. The facility provides learning experiences consistent with the student’s level of knowledge. The clinical education experience allows opportunities to implement the knowledge and skills acquired in the classroom/laboratory setting.
Credit Hours: 4.00
Prerequisites: All 100 Level Courses for AASPTA program
Corequisites: None