PTA 102 - Health Professional and Patient Interaction

Credits: 2
Explore personal self-reflection, behaviors and attitudes that can influence the respectful interaction and communication between the health professional and patient relationship across the life span in the delivery of care.

Enrollment Requirement: PTA 101 with a grade of 2.0 or higher.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Engage in critical self-reflection.
Clarify the PTA’s role in shaping the health professional and patient relationship.
Explore effective models of interprofessional communication and collaboration for the delivery of quality and compassionate care.
Develop awareness of the larger health care and societal contexts in which each relationship takes place.
Clarification of personal, professional, and societal values which define the complexity of interactions and the unique perspective that a health professional and patient each brings to their relationship.
Develop effective communication and collaborative skills within the healthcare team.

Program Outcomes

Provide care in a safe, legal and ethical manner.
Communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, families, physical therapists and other care providers both verbally and non‐verbally including accurate written communication and documentation.
Instruct patients, families and other health care providers using techniques consistent with the level of the audience.
Function as integral team members and participate in the team process.
Transition to successful employment as PTA.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.