AHPT 890 - Clinical Internship III

Prerequisites: Successful completion of all course content areas taught in the third year of the doctor of physical therapy program.
Clinical Internship III is the last of a series of three internships. This internship is the finale of clinical internships and of didactic curriculum. It requires 40 hours per week for 12 weeks. The focus of this internship is to assimilate didactic knowledge of professional behaviors and decision-making for medically complex patients. Students will have the opportunity to enhance the skills they have learned in the classroom and supervised clinical settings in a practice area relevant to that of a licensed physical therapist. At the conclusion of this course, students will be expected to have entry-level skills as practitioners of physical therapy.