Baseline and Enhanced Curricula for Disability Competence in Physical Therapy Education

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Appendix. Baseline and Enhanced Curricula Related to Disability Competence Course and

Semester

Baseline Curriculum Related to Disability Competence

New Activities in the Enhanced Curriculum Related to Disability Competence

PT 5103 Patient Care

Skills Summer 1

Classroom-Based Content:

 Introduction to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)²

Assignments:

 International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) Project: “Wheelchair or Walker for a Day”.

 Written reflection on “Wheelchair or Walker for a Day”

experience, addressing the following topics:

 Discuss the physical factors that influenced how easily the student could function.

 Discuss the social factors that influenced the situation.

 Reflect on own personal reactions.

 Does this project change the student’s view of disability?

 How does this experience influence student’s knowledge and skills as a future physical therapist?

 “ICF Project” table summarizing activity restrictions,

participation, limitations, physical factors, and social factors of 3 different patients with a disability.

Community Faculty Activity:

Purposes of Activity:

 Develop professional behaviors

 Develop patient interview skills

 Develop communication skills

 Build therapeutic relationships

 Understand living with a disability

 Get to know their community faculty Overview of Activity:

 General interview related to their life with a disability addressing topics such as:

 Perspective about their life

 Story about their disability Written Product:

 Complete written reflection relating the interview responses to ICF Model.

Percentage of Course Credit:

 Included in the 15% of the ICF project.

*The students met once this semester with their community faculty, but completed 2 different assignments

for 2 courses (PT 5103 and PT 6202).

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PT 6201 Law and Ethics

in PT Practice Summer 1

 General purpose of Disability Laws

 American with Disabilities Act (ADA)²⁷

 A Guide to Disability Right Laws²⁸

 Impact of disability laws on physical therapy practice

PT 6202 Professional

Practice Summer 1

 Multidimensional aspects of culture and diversity integrating the “culture of disability”.

 Healthy People 2020²⁹

Assignment:

 Community Engagement project – 10 hours of service- learning with various community organizations serving people with or without disabilities

 Develop professional behaviors

 Get to know their community faculty Overview of Activity:

 Group patient interview addressing questions and text on page 91 of Quinn & Gordon’s textbook^30(p91) as well as in

“Development of a Physical Therapy Patient-Interview Assessment Tool: A pilot study”.³¹Questions should NOT use medical terminology.

Written Product:

 Group: Written patient interview addressing all points addressed on page 91 of Quinn & Gordon’s Textbook.³⁰

 Individual: Written Patient history based on the patient interview. This patient history should be ½ to 1 page in length.

 5% of total course grade

*The students met once this semester with their community faculty but completed 2 different assignments

for 2 courses (PT 5103 and PT 6202).

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PT 5204 Tests and Measures

Fall 1

 Patient Initial examination

 Patient history

 Community/Work reintegration

Purposes of Activity

 Practice history-taking skills

 Practice communication skills

Overview of Activity

 Obtain community faculty’s history for initial examination

Written Product

 Community faculty’s history in a documentation format Percentage of Course Credit:

 None

*Additional Interaction with only 2 community faculty:

*Manual muscle, range of motion and sensory processing testing at xxxxxxxxxx Campus.

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PT 5233 Behavioral

Sciences Fall 1

 The social model of disability

 Culture of disability

 Barriers to social inclusion

 Advocacy in partnership with PWD

 Discussion on general content of the American with Disabilities Act²⁷

 Disability and Mexican Culture

Assignments:

 Disability Rights Reflection Paper

 Read chapter 9 of Ben Mattlin’s “Miracle Boy Grows Up:

How the Disability Rights Revolution Saved my Sanity”³² for class discussion.

 Written paper based on the assigned reading addressing the following topics:

 “Summarize key experiences in Mattlin’s³² narrative that highlight his challenges as a person with a disability (eg, related to access, inclusion, stigma, etc.)”

 What a physical therapist can and should do to

advocate for PWD in our community and in the broader society?

*Community Faculty Activity:

Purposes of Activity

 Increase personal exposure to PWD

 Practice inter-professional skills

 Obtain perspective of the community faculty’s perception about their life.

 Understanding life with a disability

 Explore accessibility and barriers issues when living with a disability

Overview of Activity

 Interview with community faculty on disability-related issues

 Community faculty’s experience living with a disability related to access, inclusion, stigma, healthy behaviors, etc.

Written Product

 Written assignment addressing the following topics:

 The community faculty experiences with living with a disability related to access, inclusion, stigma, etc.

 What a physical therapist can and should do to

advocate for PWD in our community and in the broader society?

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PT 5407 Medical Kinesiology and Motion Analysis

Spring 1

 Basic structure and function of human joints and muscles

 Biomechanical principles

 Movement analysis

 Gait analysis

 Practice observation of movement

 Practice movement analysis skills

Overview of Activity:

 Analyze a motor locomotive task performed by the

community faculty in the home, workplace, and/or community from a kinesiology/biomechanical perspective.

 Complete a digital video of the task

Written Product

 Deliver a 12-minute Microsoft Power Point presentation addressing the following components:

 Affective Domain:

“How did the students feel about the encounter?”

 Cognitive Domain:

“Which muscles are working eccentrically, concentrically, and isometrically? Which muscles were movers,

stabilizers, neutralizers, and fixators? Any synergistic relationships?”

 Psychomotor Domain:

“Briefly, physically demonstrate the task and describe the complexity of the task when trying to consciously try to

“mimic” their motor challenges.”

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PT 6307 Cardiopulmonary

Patient Management

Spring 1

 Role of physical therapy in health promotion and fitness with special populations.

 Apply current evidence, including resources from Healthy People 2020²⁹ and the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) websites, to develop appropriate physical activity recommendations.

 Understand life with a disability

 Understand barriers to healthy living and exercise

Overview of activity:

 Complete interview with community faculty regarding his/her exercise routine, barriers to regular exercise (including cardiovascular training), eating habits, and barriers to healthy eating.

Written Product:

 Written reflection paper addressing the following topics:

 Discuss what barriers the community faculty faces regarding getting the recommended amount of exercise and healthy eating.

 Suggest 2-3 realistic ways to decrease the above barriers.

 Identify most accessible locations for exercise for the community faculty and most accessible locations for healthy food options in the nearby community.

 Reflection on the experience from a personal and professional perspective.

 “How will this experience help you as a future physical therapist?”

 5% of the Final Exam

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