Physical Therapy Aide

Hours: 120 / Access Length: 12 Months / Delivery: Open, Mentor Supported
Retail Price: $1,495.00

Course Overview:

This course is currently under development to provide updated curriculum for our students. 

Please let us know if you have an interest in this course however we are currently holding enrollments until the update has been completed.

This program prepares students for employment as physical therapy aides in hospitals, nursing homes, private practices, rehabilitation centers, sports medicine clinics, and so on under the supervision of a physical therapist. Physical therapy aides assist physical therapists and physical therapy assistants during the administration of treatments.  They help patients dress and remove assistive devices, secure patients into therapy equipment, and assist with various treatments.  They transport patients, change linens, arrange treatment supplies, clean treatment areas, sterilize or disinfect equipment and instruments. This course will fully prepare individuals to work as a physical therapy aide in a variety of settings.

Students will learn how to:

• Explain the role and responsibility of the physical therapy aide
• Practice infection control
• Safely transfer and transport patients, clients, and students
• Assist with general treatment procedures
• Assist with general treatment procedures
• Demonstrate knowledge of therapeutic agents, materials, and equipment
• Perform routine maintenance of equipment
• Assist with administrative tasks

About ProTrain:

ProTrain is committed to offering world class interactive online courses that provide training and learning support for the student in a number of ways during their experience. The ProTrain course structure has been developed to provide activities to guide students throughout the entire process of learning. Learning activities include hands-on assignments that allow students to use what they are learning to allow better transferable skills within their work environments; and collaborative assignments, like wikis and discussion groups that allow them to share what they have learned with others in the same course.

While a student learns, they are not alone. Each student will receive guidance and support from his or her assigned Training Assessment Manager (TAM) and Student Services Specialist (SSS) representative. In addition, we will offer live monthly webinars and feedback sessions for various subject categories. Throughout the entire course, students are monitored by the SSS representative using progress reporting from the ProTrain Registration System (PRS).

ProTrain will provide Students who successfully complete their online certification programs and pass their industry level certification exams the access to the new ProTrain Education-2-Employment Career Tracker system. The Career Tracker will allow our students who pass exams to load their own resumes at no additional cost, and letting industry employers find their talent through the same database.

Curriculum Developer Biography:

Willow Nolland is an expert in education and eLearning, with more than ten years of experience in curriculum development and instructional design. She has worked in higher education for over twelve years, and has developed numerous courses and has been involved in curriculum development across disciplines. She has experience with academic program development and coordination, curriculum development, student learning outcomes, educational partnerships, and student development. In addition, she has developed and administered professional development programs for various groups, including teachers, counselors, healthcare workers and members of private industry. She is a certified Quality Matters Reviewer and has taken graduate courses in online course development. She designs and teaches online courses at the college level and is proficient in a variety of course management systems. She has helped educators redesign their courses to transition them from a face-to-face format to an online format, and has provided course editing assistance to others. As a freelance instructional designer and curriculum developer, her projects have included course editing and redesign of online continuing education courses for nurses, CEU curriculum development for healthcare workers and teachers, and course review and editing for various colleges and universities.

Course Outline:

Lesson 1: Introduction to Physical Therapy

Lesson 2: Scientific Principles

Lesson 3: Medical Disorders and Physical Therapy

Lesson 4: Patient Preparation

Lesson 5: Physical Therapy Modalities

Lesson 6: Employment and Job Seeking Skills in Physical Therapy

All necessary materials are included.

System Requirements:

• Cable and DSL internet connections are recommended for the best experience.

• CPU: 1 GHz or higher
• RAM: 2 GB or higher
• Resolution: 1280 x 720 or higher
• Speakers / Headphones
• Microphone (Webinar / Live Online sessions)

• Microsoft Windows 7 or 10 (Home, Pro)
• Mac OSX 10 or higher.
• Latest Chrome OS
• Latest Linux Distributions

NOTE: While we understand that our courses can be viewed on Android and iPhone devices, we do not recommend the use of these devices for our courses. The size of these devices do not provide a good learning environment for students taking online or live online based courses.

• Latest Google Chrome is recommended for the best experience.
• Latest Mozilla FireFox
• Latest Microsoft Edge
• Latest Apple Safari

• Office suite software (Microsoft Office, OpenOffice, or LibreOffice)
• PDF reader program (Adobe Reader, FoxIt)
• Courses may require other software that is denoted in the above course outline.