PHTH 209: Clinical Practice: (0-12-6)

This fully practical clinical course aims to introduce the students with clinical settings and environments. The course starts with training in patient handling and assistance, physiotherapy equipments and machinery operation and maintenance, therapist-patient relationship, patient assessment principles, electrotherapy applications, individual and group gymnastics and therapeutic training, hydrotherapy, clinical reporting and documentation, reading and filing of attached medical documents, safety issues in physiotherapy, patient motivation and follow-up and other related clinical physiotherapy principles. (Prerequisite PHTH 201)