The principal objective of this course is to provide the student with the necessary knowledge base and skills needed to improve the health, independence, and quality of life of the older population. Students will broaden their ability to recognize abnormal findings within the context of aging and apply evidence-based geriatric rehabilitation principles to their assessments and treatment of older adults. A special emphasis will be placed on interpreting functional performance measures in order to manage balance deficits and falls in the aged, and prescribe targeted interventions for age-related syndromes and conditions.
This is the first of a pair of courses on orthotics and prosthetics in physical therapy. This course emphasizes knowledge of orthotic components and principles of biomechanics in the application, analysis, evaluation, and prescription of orthotics in the context of patient/client cases. The course will expand students’ knowledge of orthoses used in physical therapy for upper-extremity, lower-extremity, and trunk dysfunctions. Emphasis will be placed on applying biomechanical principles, the available evidence base, and clinical evaluation and management considerations underlying the clinical decision-making of orthotic prescription and clinical care for individuals with a range of orthopedic and neurologic dysfunctions. Particular attention will be paid to developing gait assessment skills to allow evaluation of gait abnormalities that can be affected with orthoses including the determination of a comprehensive plan of care to address gait dysfunction.
Utilizing a systems approach and a background in basic physical assessment, advanced physical assessment skills are studied. The identification and interpretation of abnormalities in the physical exam are emphasized in depth. The approach to the development of the differential diagnosis is introduced. The goal of this course is to provide the critical thinking necessary for the beginning advanced practice nursing student to analyze history and physical exam data.
This course is designed to present an integrative approach to identifying and managing the symptoms of cancer and cancer treatment through the disease continuum. The course will include a focus on aspects related to physical, psychosocial and spiritual issues that impact the lives of the person/family with cancer.
This is a Public Health Course. Public Health classes are offered on the Health Services Campus at 168th Street. For more detailed course information, please go to Mailman School of Public Health Courses website at http://www.mailman.hs.columbia.edu/academics/courses
This course provides the opportunity to manage the symptoms of cancer and its treatments with expert supervision and collaboration in the clinical setting. Learning is facilitated by expert clinicians in oncology/hospice/home/long term care areas. Evidence based practice will be promoted in issues related to quality of life, identification and prevention of complications of treatment and patient and caregiver stress.
This course is designed to provide the AGNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organized format. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references. Incorporated into the seminar is ongoing discussion, review, and assessment of the final project.
This clinical practicum builds upon the principles is designed to develop clinical proficiency of the adult-gerontology primary care nurse practitioner student. The practicum is a clinical field experience designed to provide opportunity for students to acquire skills in assessment, decision-making and management of care for adults with a variety of episodic and long-term health problems.
Individualized, guided learning experiences at the graduate level in a selected area of concentration. The area of concentration selected should reflect both the role of the clinical specialist / nurse practitioner and the student’s specific interests. Proposed work must be outlined prior to registration and agreed upon by both faculty and student. A project report is required.
Medical Spanish, across all clinical disciplines, has gained support as the population of LEP (Limited English Proficiency) patients has grown. Although electronic communication devices may aid the clinician during the patient encounter, nothing can substitute for comprehensive training in basic anatomy and communication in the target language. Appreciating different Hispanic cultures and their approaches to health care also has a positive impact on quality of care, compliance, and affirmative clinical outcomes. Interviewing and conversation skills are developed. Target vocabularies are related to patient medical history (Hx), PT assessment and goals. Cultural competency is a central component.
All Global Health certificate students should register for this during the practicum experience they are taking in the
Summer and Fall semesters.
Clinical Seminar in Adult-Gerontology Acute Care is designed to provide the AG-ACNP student an academic environment in which the students share their practicum experience and present case studies and journal articles for discussion with their peers. In this scholarly forum, the students are expected to present selected cases from their practicum in an organize forma. The students are expected to facilitate a class dialogue and offer appropriate references.
This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through all previous didactic and clinical coursework. Students will be expected to do clinical case presentations, manage a group of patients of varying diagnoses and variability of acuity, and practice with increasing independence in the acute care advanced practice role. (Previously offered for 4 credits.)
The Sports Rehabilitation elective is designed as an introduction for students wishing to gain competencies related to physical therapy for the high-school, collegiate, professional, or weekend athlete. It is intended to give the sports physical therapist a broad understanding of sports-related issues that affect the delivery of physical therapy for the competitive athlete across the lifespan. Lectures/presentations on special sports-related topics, combined with laboratory experiences, provides the student in their final year of the DPT program, an opportunity to gain specific sports knowledge and perspectives on the field for future practice.
The professional role of the nurse anesthetist will be examined through discussions, writings / presentations and clinical observation. Standards of care, patient safety and legal considerations will be emphasized.
This course will provide an opportunity to synthesize and integrate the advanced practice knowledge and skills acquired through previous didactic and clinical coursework. The focus is on modeling the processes of knowledge acquisition and evaluation, clinical inference, and clinical decision-making that the ACNP will employ once in independent practice. The role of the ACNP will be explored with regard to ethical issues, legal implications of practice, professionalism, board certification, and licensure. This course should be taken concurrently with the integration practicum course 8823.
This course is designed to provide supervised teaching experiences for those students who have an interest in classroom teaching. Learning & teaching styles, course design, motivating students, dealing with student problems and problem students, and assessment of students will be explored. Students will plan and implement one Gross Anatomy (PHYT M8100) lecture & lab, conduct office hours, construct exam questions, and assist with the administration and grading of an exam. Students will work closely with the faculty member to complete the course requirements. Students will receive feedback from the students that they instruct and the faculty member regarding their performance.
Clinical experiences provide the opportunity for students to integrate theory within the clinical setting. Students move along a continuum from healthy adults to patients with multi-system failures. The focus is on perioperative theory transfer, development of assessment skills, and the developmental implementation and evaluation of an individualized plan of care. Patient interviews and teaching are integral to the process. Basic principles of decision making are emphasized throughout. Mastery to the specific level of competency is required within a specific time framework. Practice settings include operating rooms, emergency rooms, and diagnostic suites. CRNA or MD preceptors act as facilitators of learning. Clinical conferences and professional meetings help to reinforce and enhance learning.
Clinical focus is on the delivery of anesthesia care in a broad range of clinical settings to patients with multi-system problems. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making skills in patient care management and rapid assessment of health status of patients. Collaborative practice within a team structure is emphasized. In addition to direct patient care, participation in journal club, clinical case reports, and in-service presentations to a multidisciplinary audience provide the environment for the student to enact his or her role as a clinical nurse specialist. Experience includes obstetrics, neurosurgery, cardio-thoracic surgery, pediatrics, post anesthesia care and critical care units. CRNA faculty members and preceptors act as guides.
This course is the first in a series of four utilizing lectures, discussion, writings, and presentations to integrate didactic instruction and clinical experiences as students progress from novice to advanced beginner student nurse anesthetists.
This course will provide critical analysis of selected topics in nurse anesthesia practice related to Residency IV objectives. Student power point presentation utilizing the TurningPoint format will facilitate and engender discussion in preparation for board examination.
Clinical focus is on the delivery of anesthesia care in a broad range of clinical settings to patients with multi-system problems. Emphasis is placed on refinement and perfection of decision-making skills in patient care management and rapid assessment of health status of patients. Collaborative practice within a team structure is emphasized. In addition to direct patient care, participation in journal club, clinical case reports, and in-service presentations to a multidisciplinary audience provide the environment for the student to enact his or her role as a clinical nurse specialist. Experience includes obstetrics, neurosurgery, cardio-thoracic surgery, pediatrics, post anesthesia care, and critical care units. CRNA faculty members and preceptors act as guides.
Demonstrate integration of learning of didactic core content (nursing research, issues, and ethics) along with didactic specialty content (anesthesia) to clinical application of practice.
This course will explore how the idea of development took shape from the Enlightenment to the present. We will discuss how economic development was initially seen through the lenses of moral philosophy as a civilizing process but was also destined for exhaustion because of the limits of nature and the finite endowment of land. We will examine how the Industrial Revolution marked a major shift in perspective and turned capitalism and economic growth into virtually unbounded processes. A major focus of the course will be on the Twentieth Century. We will explore how the development discourse has been transformed in a global context by different actors, and how it has intersected with other issues such as inequality, environmentalism, war and security, and social dynamics such as the role of women. We will discuss the peculiarities of specific periods and approaches, but we will also learn to recognize the recurrent themes and debates that are still lively today.
Course Overview:
Students, who want to build on the content from the required Orthopedic courses, may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. This course explores advanced topics and skills in the area of orthopedic physical therapy that will provide the student with beyond entry-level skills and prepare them for clinical challenges ahead.
Course Description:
This course is firmly rooted in the evidence-base with exploration of advanced topics and skills in the area of orthopedic physical therapy combined with experience in the orthopedic clinics at Columbia University Medical Center. Students will take part in interactive discussion of current research that supports the application of advanced skills including a variety of osteopathic techniques learned and practiced in the class. Students will also have the opportunity to shape the content of the course by selecting an area of particular interest for them to present and teach. Previous course work emphasizing kinesiology, biomechanics, therapeutic exercise, and orthopedics will be integrated with emerging evidence and advanced techniques in the examination, evaluation, intervention, and prognosis of a variety of orthopedic conditions.
Course Overview:
Students, who want to build on the content from the required Orthopedic courses, may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. This course explores advanced topics and skills in the area of orthopedic physical therapy that will provide the student with beyond entry-level skills and prepare them for clinical challenges ahead.
Course Description:
This course is firmly rooted in the evidence-base with exploration of advanced topics and skills in the area of orthopedic physical therapy combined with experience in the orthopedic clinics at Columbia University Medical Center. Students will take part in interactive discussion of current research that supports the application of advanced skills including a variety of osteopathic techniques learned and practiced in the class. Students will also have the opportunity to shape the content of the course by selecting an area of particular interest for them to present and teach. Previous course work emphasizing kinesiology, biomechanics, therapeutic exercise, and orthopedics will be integrated with emerging evidence and advanced techniques in the examination, evaluation, intervention, and prognosis of a variety of orthopedic conditions.
Students who want to build on the content from the required Adult Neurorehabilitation courses may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. Students are exposed to a variety of clients in different settings and allowed to further develop their clinical reasoning skills, hone their evidence-based examination and therapeutic interventions, and verify the psychosocial impact of disability. This is a problem-solving case-based course that promotes the synthesis of evidence from the neurological and movement science literature in order to critically evaluate current trends in the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, intervention, and prognosis of a variety of neurological conditions. Clinical reasoning is promoted through three pathways: 1) observation and participation in a variety of health care practice settings (e.g. home care, hospitals, outpatient departments); 2) understanding societal needs; and 3) appreciating the prevailing legislative environment. Students develop an evidence-based paper formulated to serve as a resource for all course participants.
Students who want to build on the content from the required Adult Neurorehabilitation courses may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. Students are exposed to a variety of clients in different settings and allowed to further develop their clinical reasoning skills, hone their evidence-based examination and therapeutic interventions, and verify the psychosocial impact of disability. This is a problem-solving case-based course that promotes the synthesis of evidence from the neurological and movement science literature in order to critically evaluate current trends in the examination, evaluation, diagnosis, intervention, and prognosis of a variety of neurological conditions. Clinical reasoning is promoted through three pathways: 1) observation and participation in a variety of health care practice settings (e.g. home care, hospitals, outpatient departments); 2) understanding societal needs; and 3) appreciating the prevailing legislative environment. Students develop an evidence-based paper formulated to serve as a resource for all course participants.
Students who want to build on the content from the required pediatric course may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. The course provides students with the opportunity to expand the breadth and depth of pediatric knowledge and apply the information to children with a disability. The course expands and strengthens the knowledge, clinical reasoning, and skill in managing pediatric clients with various disabilities. This course emphasizes examination, evaluation, prognosis, and intervention within the context of the child’s culture, family, personality, and age. The impact of legislation, practice setting, team collaboration, and service delivery models are considered in developing the intervention plan. Evidence-based practice is promoted through guided literature review. Students are exposed to various practice settings (acute care, early intervention, school-based, and rehabilitation) and intervention approaches.
Students who want to build on the content from the required pediatric course may elect this course during the last semester of the DPT curriculum. The course provides students with the opportunity to expand the breadth and depth of pediatric knowledge and apply the information to children with a disability. The course expands and strengthens the knowledge, clinical reasoning, and skill in managing pediatric clients with various disabilities. This course emphasizes examination, evaluation, prognosis, and intervention within the context of the child’s culture, family, personality, and age. The impact of legislation, practice setting, team collaboration, and service delivery models are considered in developing the intervention plan. Evidence-based practice is promoted through guided literature review. Students are exposed to various practice settings (acute care, early intervention, school-based, and rehabilitation) and intervention approaches.
This course offers students in their final year of the DPT program opportunities to think on their feet and reflect on actions after they encounter with simulated patients of different clinical domains and various clinical settings. The simulated patients are complex patients, who can be ambiguous, unpredictable and difficult to manage due to patient-related characteristics, e.g. comorbidities across multiple clinical domains, or contextual factors. Students are required to apply primarily the four types of clinical reasoning that they learn in the Clinical Case Management course (a concurrent course running in the same semester) while the simulated patient cases unfold in class. The four types of clinical reasoning are hypothetico-deductive reasoning, pattern recognition, collaborative reasoning and ethical reasoning. The lecture portion of the course will focus on the patient-client management for individuals with cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, with an emphasis on the complex post-surgical inpatient interventions including but not limited to LVAD, interventional cardiology, lung reduction for COPD, and lung/cardiac transplantation
Students will be presented material that covers common pathologies associated with th e GI, Endocrine and Hematological systems. Associated with this content, pharmacological considerations for these systems will also be covered. The Immune system will be covered as it specifically relates to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). As was the case in Medical Screening I, students will be further evaluated on a patient case-based approach during the course, especially as it relates to quiz and exam assessments. This course will emphasize utilizing clinical decision making/differential diagnosis skills effectively and efficiently related to the concept of threshold detection to identify impairments or “red flags” in medical screening that warrant referral to other professionals. Professional communication skills and strategies with patients/clients and physicians will be applied and practiced throughout the course.
This course during the final semester of the DPT III curriculum provides students with the continued development of medical screening concepts with a focus on the evaluation and assessment of patient cases/scenarios. Using a patient case-based approach, this course will emphasize utilizing clinical decision making/differential diagnosis skills effectively and efficiently related to the concept of threshold detection to identify impairments or “red flags” in medical screening that warrant referral to other professionals. Using previously established examination schemes, students will evaluate patient data in order to select the next-best history question to ask or the next-best physical examination procedure to help rule out potential pathological processes. Existing medical screening guidelines will be reviewed and applied to the various cases-illustrating appropriate use of the guidelines and also potential limitations. Professional communication skills and strategies with patients/clients and physicians will be applied and practiced throughout the course.
Candidates for the M.S. degree may conduct an investigation of some problem in biomedical engineering culminating in a thesis describing the results of their work. No more than 6 points in this course may be counted for graduate credit, and this credit is contingent upon the submission of an acceptable thesis.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in social and cultural anthropology for advanced graduate students.
Prerequisites: the instructors permission. Individual research and tutorial in social and cultural anthropology for advanced graduate students.
Advanced study in a specialized field under the supervision of a member of the department staff. Before registering, the student must submit an outline of the proposed work for approval of the supervisor and the department chair.
Continuation of N9150.