
Post-Professional Doctor of Physical Therapy
Program Goals & Outcomes
- The program will provide Physical Therapy practitioners the opportunity to advance their professional degrees.
- Students will be able to successfully complete all requirements of the curriculum leading to a degree.
- Students will be able to acquire leadership skills enhancing their professional status.
- The program will provide the theoretical and applied expertise to participate in clinical research
- Students will be able to design and execute a research project.
- Students will be able to assess and critically analyze literature relevant to their topic.
- Students will be able to formulate and present an effective presentation of their research material.
- The program will develop critical thinking and problem solving skills in the area of Health Care Administration.
- Students will be able to integrate and apply management principles as they relate to the health setting.
- Students will be able to compare and contrast leadership styles in the management of health.
- Students will be able to identify various components (agencies) relevant to current health care delivery.
- Students will be able to integrate and apply management principles as they relate to the health setting.
- The program will enhance communication skills and information literacy through evidence-based practice.
- Students will be able to integrate research evidence and clinical expertise into patient care.
- Students will be able to demonstrate skills in the use of technology to locate research evidence.
- Students will be able to integrate research evidence and clinical expertise into patient care.
- The program will provide the professional student with theories of teaching and learning as they apply to classroom and clinic.
- Students will be able to integrate theories of adult development into teaching methods that address characteristics of learners.
- Students will be able to choose appropriate teaching strategies based on environment and characteristics of the learners.
- Students will be able to integrate information on learning theories, motivation, memory, and learning styles and apply it to actual teaching situations.
- Students will be able to integrate theories of adult development into teaching methods that address characteristics of learners.
- The program will enhance clinical expertise.
- Students will be able to critically analyze their clinical skills.
- Students will be able to demonstrate advanced skills in various treatment areas.
- Students will be able to critically analyze their clinical skills.