movement and its relation to treatment of children with central nervous system deficits. Medical and physical therapy management of patients with mental retardation and oral control problems are also presented in lecture and laboratory.

This course is designed to provide the participant with knowledge and hands-on experience in the integration of an evidence-based approach into practice. Students will learn how to critically review the literature and will acquire skills to integrate evidence into practice.

This 2 credit course is designed to increase the depth and breadth of the practitioner's knowledge regarding health promotion, wellness and disease prevention, particularly as it is appropriate within the scope of PT practice. Utilizing valid theoretical constructs for behavioral change, the course will focus on clinical application and program of health, wellness, and disease prevention for the individual and for the community.

This course is designed to provide the PT practitioner with increased expertise in analysis and interpretation of multidisciplinary tests, measures, and screens in order to enhance PT diagnostic and screening skills. Instrumentation related to imaging techniques such as radiology, magnetic resonance, PET scans, and ultrasound will be addressed. In addition, specific foci will include nerve conduction velocity examination, as well as the use of the computer enhanced equipment (e.g. Biodex, Cybex, BTE, Neurocom) for assessing strength, endurance, balance and function.

This course is designed to enhance the diagnosis and management skills of PT practitioners in providing care to individuals with complex problems related to chronic illness and/or neuromuscular pathology. This includes deepening practitioners' knowledge base regarding pathology and clinical application, as well as enhancing their understanding regarding biopsychosocial-spiritual aspects of coping and adaptation as experienced by patients with multiple disgnoses and problems.

This course is designed to enhance the diagnosis and management skills of PT practitioners in providing care to individuals with complex problems related to acute illness and/or musculoskeletal pathology. This includes deepening practitioners' knowledge base regarding pathology and clinical application, as well as enhancing their understanding regarding biopsychosocial-spiritual aspects of coping and adaptation as experienced by patients with multiple diagnoses and problems. Material foundational to this course is presented in PT 908.

Advanced laboratory analysis of common applied health physics problems. Laboratory, four hours per week.

Directed study and analysis of problems and their solutions, in areas of major concern to the health-related radiation sciences. May be repeated to a maximum of four credits.

This course will provide the basic science background necessary to understand the effects of medications on patients treated in the rehabilitation setting and the their influence on treatment. Topics will include mechanisms of drug action, side effects, and how age and disease alter those mechanisms. The course will also address newly developing drug treatment strategies, including those in clinical trials. Students may either take the course for two credits or complete an additional advanced project for 3 credits, as outlined in the syllabus.

With the advice and approval of his or her faculty adviser, the first-year student may choose approved electives offered by the Department of Radiation Medicine. The intent is to provide the student an opportunity for exploration and study in an area which supplements and/or complements required course work in the first-year curriculum. PASS-FAIL ONLY.