PTR

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2026-2027-undergraduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

The laboratory experience supplements PTR7050 with human cadaver dissection, software for anatomy study, examination of anatomical models and surface anatomy palpation. 183

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Evidenced Based Medicine is the process of finding, appraising and using research findings in order to make sound patient management decisions. This course introduces the learner to the basic concepts of EBM and is the first in the Scientific Inquiry series. Students will learn how to formulate relevant clinical questions, search and critically appraise the medical literature and implement useful findings into clinical practice. Students will also be introduced to the research requirements and process for the doctor of physical therapy degree at AIC. Teaching methods will include web-based instruction, case studies, small group discussions and lecture.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Prerequisite

Successful completion of all previous coursework.

This course is the first in a series of clinical medicine courses designed to provide the physical therapy student with knowledge of human pathology of selected body systems including implications for patient management. Topics covered are inflammation, wound healing, immune responses, basic oncology, infectious diseases, liver diseases and specific diseases of the endocrine, gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. This is a foundational course as it promotes an understanding of disease processes and it guides the student in application and analysis of medical pathology in patient care. It is taught concurrently with Fundamentals of Patient Management I and II. Teaching methods will include lecture, readings and discussions. This course prepares the student for their first clinical education experience, PTR7336.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Prerequisite

Successful completion of all previous coursework.

This course introduces the student to basic concepts of biomechanics as applied to human functional anatomy and motion. Primary areas of study will include kinematics, kinetics, muscle function and anthropometry. This course prepares the student for further study of movement dysfunction across the curriculum. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7150 with practice of examination technique, assessment tools, basic tests and measures and documentation. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7160 with practice of patient handling techniques, gait training with assistive devices and application of therapeutic modalities. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This is one of five courses in which the student will develop clinical skills. It is intended to serve as an introduction to the profession of physical therapy. The course will cover basic patient handling skills such as, positioning and transferring patients advancing to gait training components, wheelchair assessment and OSHA guidelines. This course is designed to prepare the student to critically analyze a patient and provide interventions to those patients in the acute, sub-acute, rehabilitation and homecare settings. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7210 with practice of musculoskeletal examination techniques including those associated with diagnostic principles and gait and postural analysis.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Prerequisite

Successful completion of all previous coursework.

93

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

185

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Neuroscience I and II will introduce the students to the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the central nervous system. Emphasis will be placed on the sensory and motor functions of the human nervous system. The application of basic neuroscience to clinical practice will be included. Current research topics and methodology will be discussed to foster an ongoing ability to integrate new information. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This is the second in a series of three clinical medicine courses designed to acquaint the student with medical aspects and pathologies of diseases and disabilities. The first orthopedic unit follows Fundamentals of Patient Management, for basic orthopedic clinical terminology and runs concurrently with Musculoskeletal Patient Management II. Also included are special units on the management of hand problems and maternal adaptations to pregnancy. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Professional Foundations is a course which will introduce the student to a range of contemporary professional issues in the delivery of physical therapy practice. These issues include, but are not limited to an overview of the health care delivery system, the roles of the PT within society, the APTA, professional conduct, standards of practice, ethical issues, critical thinking, and the importance of self-reflection. The course will also familiarize students to the expectations of clinical education experiences including the role of clinical faculty, professional behaviors and the Clinical Performance Instrument. This course prepares the student for participation for PTR 7336 – Clinical Education I. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Facility with the application of statistical methods used in physical therapy and rehabilitation research is essential to implementing Evidence-based Practice (EBP) and improving patient care. Students will learn to analyze and interpret descriptive and inferential statistics. Emphasis will be placed on evaluation of diagnostic tests, the reliability of patient assessment, assessment of meaningful clinical change, identification of intervention responses and use of clinical prediction models. Readings, class discussion, in-class exercises and exams will focus on applying statistical analyses to specific aspects of patient care. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course investigates the principles of exercise physiology, including physiologic function, muscle architecture and biological responses to various forms of exercise. Lecture sessions will focus on the basic principles and expected responses to exercise. Selected topics will include 186

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Clinical Education I is the first in the series of three clinical education experiences in which the student will have the opportunity to perform examinations and interventions in a clinical setting. The assignment will be 40 hours/week for a 10-week period beginning at the end of the first academic year. The experience is designed to permit progressive responsibility in patient examination and treatment. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

7

Credits (max)

7

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Neuroscience I and II will introduce the students to the neuroanatomy and neurophysiology of the central nervous system. Emphasis will be placed on the sensory and motor functions of the human nervous system. The application of basic neuroscience to clinical practice will be included. Current research topics and methodology will be discussed to foster an ongoing ability to integrate new information. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This research course will critically explore the issues involved in conducting and evaluating research in physical therapy. Concepts from Scientific Inquiry I will be reinforced while examining the nature, relevance and application of qualitative and quantitative research methods as they relate to assessment and intervention outcomes in the context of evidence-based practice. Students will learn the concepts, theories and tools necessary to formulate a research question. Emphasis will be placed on the strengths and weaknesses of different types of research design, validity and reliability of outcome measures, types and effects of research biases and review of clinical research literature. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course is the third in a series of three clinical medicine courses and provides an overview of pathological conditions affecting the central and peripheral neuromuscular systems. Emphasis is placed on pathology etiology, clinical signs and symptoms as well as implications for patient management. This information will establish a foundation for management of patients with neuromuscular dysfunction. The student integrates this knowledge with physical therapy patient examination in Neuromuscular Patient Management I and patient intervention planning in Neuromuscular Patient Management II. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7450 with practice of neuromuscular examination techniques, patient observations and movement analysis. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7460 with gait observation and analysis and practice of lower extremity assessment. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7520 with practice of neuromuscular intervention techniques, patient observations and movement analysis. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course is a study of drugs with an emphasis on how drugs interact with physical rehabilitation. The course will cover pharmacotherapeutics about specific drugs that are used to prevent, treat, or diagnose disease; pharmacokinetics to understand how the body handles a drug including differences for different age groups and health circumstances; and pharmacodynamics for what a drug does to the body including side effects. Pharmacology is fundamental for disease management as well as appreciating medical health and wellness. This course prepares 188

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course is an advanced integumentary patient management course in which students study patient/client management concepts pertaining to disorders of the integumentary system across the lifespan. It is a culminating integumentary course following introduction to wound care in Foundations of Clinical Medicine. Major topics include evidence based physical therapy management of integumentary dysfunction associated with burns, traumatic injury, infection, vascular disease, lymphedema and pressure/mechanical wounds. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course is the fourth in a series of clinical medicine courses and provides an overview of pathological conditions affecting the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Emphasis is placed on pathology, etiology, clinical signs and symptoms as well as implications for patient management. This information will establish a foundation for examination and treatment of patients with cardiopulmonary dysfunction. The student integrates this knowledge with Cardiopulmonary Patient Management which is taught concurrently. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Clinical Education II is the second in a series of three clinical education experiences in which the student will have the opportunity to perform examinations and interventions in the adult population across the practice patterns. The assignment will be 40 hours/week for a 10-12 week period beginning at the end of the second academic year. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

7

Credits (max)

7

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course investigates the components of health promotion and wellness programs presented with an emphasis on prevention and the promotion of health and wellness. Concepts and constructs of health and wellness in relation to individuals and populations will be reviewed and analyzed. Promotion of health, health of Americans (Healthy People 2020) and world health (World Health Organization, WHO) are discussed. Students examine and apply theories and models relevant to changing health behavior. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

189

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Scientific Inquiry IV is one of the culminating courses in the scientific inquiry sequence. Students participate in faculty supervised independent study with the ultimate goal of completion of a capstone project in the form of a clinical case report. Students will identify and research a clinical case, a systematic review, a research project, an education project or a community service activity. Student will submit their proposal for approval in order to progress to Scientific Inquiry V. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

The course will explore the principles of differential diagnosis in which the student will develop a systematic method of distinguishing between disorders of similar character by comparing their signs and symptoms. A case-based approach will be used in this course. Principles of imaging, including radiography, CT scans, MRI, special studies and arthrography will also be discussed. The course prepares students for their final clinical education experience. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

3

Credits (max)

3

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This course focuses on leadership theory and principles, organizational processes, policy formation, political aspects of the Affordable Healthcare Act and various components of private practice. Upon completion of this course, students will be prepared to incorporate the values of transformational leadership into their personal leadership plan, understand the progression of starting their own practice and navigate the contemporary healthcare environment. A current research-based approach will be used to explore leadership, healthcare innovation and political influences in order to create models that may expand the profession of physical therapy.

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

2

Credits (max)

2

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Prerequisite

Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7650 with observation of pediatric patients, pediatric handling techniques and intervention strategies. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

This laboratory experience supplements PTR7660 with practice of musculoskeletal examination and intervention techniques specific to the spine and temporomandibular joint.

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Prerequisite

Successful completion of all previous coursework.

Scientific Inquiry V is the culminating course in the scientific inquiry sequence. Students participate in faculty supervised independent study with the goal of completion and dissemination of a capstone project in the form of a clinical case report, a systematic review, a research project, an education project or a community service activity . Students submit a manuscript, create a poster, prepare and present a platform presentation and disseminate their capstone projects with the college and local community. PREREQUISITE: Successful completion of all previous coursework

Subject

PTR

Credits (min)

1

Credits (max)

1

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com

Clinical Experience Requirements Each physical therapy student is required to complete two, 10-week clinical experiences and one 12-week clinical experience in their final year. The student will work closely with the academic coordinator of clinical education (ACCE) to choose sites that will meet the requirements of the program and the needs of the student. A variety of healthcare institutions, agencies, and practice settings are utilized for clinical educational experiences on local, regional and national levels. Each student is also required to complete a variable 94

Subject

PTR

Type

course

Edition

2025-2026-graduate

Source

aic.cdn.neptuneweb.com