PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP & PRACTICE II

This 15-week course is the second of the four Professional Leadership and Practice courses. The course occurs in the second semester of the DPT curriculum and is designed to educate students about the multiple dimensions of professional practice in physical therapy. The course will examine the professional roles of the physical therapist as an interprofessional team member and health promotion advocate. Topics covered in the series include behavior change, motivational interviewing, health promotion, team decision-making, and narrative medicine. This hybrid course combines lecture, independent reading, group discussion, active experiential learning activities, narrative medicine seminars and written assignments to provide students with the opportunity to effectively promote health behavior change with effective communication strategies and cultural humility. Students will be asked to engage in reflective writing and reflective listening during class discussions, small group activities and on-line activities in order to develop skills that optimize shared meaning, motivation, and self- efficacy. Students will participate in the campus-wide interprofessional day activities and will develop e-Portfolio content and reflections as part of the three-year professional development e-portfolio project.