by Julie Skrzat (Author), Sean Griech (Author)
High-quality clinical case studies provide robust physical therapy learning and teaching tool
Direct
access legislation and a growing aging population has led to a greater
number of people with medical complexities seeking physical therapy
services. To ensure physical therapy students are adequately prepared to
enter the demanding workforce, academic educators must provide clinical
case studies that match clinical demands. Clinical Case Studies Across
the Medical Continuum for Physical Therapists by distinguished editors
Julie Skrzat and Sean Griech and an impressive group of expert
contributors was developed with that goal in mind.
Twenty
medically complex case studies, each with three standalone cases
covering three distinct clinical settings, are presented to show medical
and physical therapy management throughout the continuum of care. These
high-quality case studies cover all the body systems and detail
conditions including chronic, neurological, oncologic, and traumatic,
which closely mirror cases seen in clinical practice. Each case study
includes extensive medical data from an interprofessional team,
imaging/diagnostic tests, social history, and physical therapy
information. The text promotes interprofessional education by requiring
learners to consider elements beyond the physical therapy plan of care.
