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Clinical Decision Making & Differential Diagnosis - (CDD501) (DPT): Course Outline

This process is known as differential diagnosis, in which a clinician uses prior knowledge alongside unique clinical findings from the patient, to prioritize the list of possibilities into a leading suspicion or working diagnosis, a few potentially active

Course Content

Introduction To The Interviewing Process

Overview Of The Physiology Of Pain And Systemic Causes of Pain

Physical Assessment As A Screening Tool

Screening For Hematologic Disease

Screening For Cardiovascular Disease

Screening For The Effects Of Cardiovascular Medications

Screening For Pulmonary Disease

Screening For Gastrointestinal Disease

Screening For Hepatic And Biliary Disease

Screening For Urogenital Disease

Screening For Endocrine And Metabolic Disease

Screening For Immunologic Disease

Screening The Head, Neck, And Back

Screening The Sacrum, Sacroiliac, And Pelvis

Screening The Lower Quadrant: Buttock, Hip, Groin,Thigh, And Leg

Screening The Chest, Breasts, And Ribs

Screening The Shoulder And Upper Extremity

Clinical Decision Making

Course Objectives

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Discuss the screening and differentiate the medical conditions
Discuss clinical decision making in physical therapy.