ATRG 5323 Orthopedic Assessment: Lower Extremity

This course emphasizes evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of sports-related lumbar spine, pelvic, and lower extremity injuries and conditions. Special attention will be given to inspection, palpation, and special testing of bony, neurological, vascular, muscular, and inert soft tissues and gait analysis.

Registration Name

Orthopedic Assessment

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

0

Credits

3

Prerequisite

ATRG 5120 and ATRG 5125

Offered

Demorest: Spring

Student Learning Outcomes

Upon the completion of this course, students will be able to demonstrate the following outcome-based learning skills:

1. (64c) Students will apply contemporary principles and practices of health informatics to patient care delivery and administration, including: 3) maintain data privacy, protection, and security; 4) use medical classification systems (ICD-10, CPT) and terminology; 5) use an electronic health record to document, communicate, and manage health-related information, mitigate error, and support decision making.
2. (70) Students will demonstrate the ability to modify standard diagnostic examination procedures to clinically evaluate and manage patients with acute conditions according to the demands of the situation and the patient's ability to respond and interpret those results to determine when referral is necessary.
3. (71a) Students will perform an initial or follow-up evaluation to formulate a diagnosis and plan of care that includes a thorough medical history (pertinent past medical history, underlying systemic disease, use of medications, the patient’s perceived pain, and the history and course of the present condition) appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond.
4. (71b) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes identifying comorbidities and complex medical conditions.
5. (71c) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes assessing function, gait, and joint mechanics.
6. (71d-10) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes assessing pain level.
7. (71d-13) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes assessing function, gait, and joint mechanics.
8. (71d-8) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes assessing the musculoskeletal system.
9. (71d-9) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes assessing the neurological system.
10. (71e) Students will perform an initial, follow-up, or modified evaluation appropriate for the circumstances and patient's ability to respond to formulate a differential diagnosis, plan of care, and return to play criteria that includes identifying appropriate referrals.
11. (72b) Students will explain the basic principles of diagnostic accuracy concepts (reliability, sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, prediction values, and probabilities) and use them to select, perform or obtain, and interpret the necessary and appropriate diagnostic or laboratory tests (imaging, blood work, urinalysis, ECG, etc.) to facilitate diagnosis, referral, treatment, and participation status decisions.