DPT SMESTER-1

INTRODUCTION:

Physical therapy is an essential segment of modern health care system. It is a “science of healing and art of caring”. It pertains to the clinical examination, evaluation, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of musculoskeletal, Neurological, Cardio-Vascular and Respiratory systems’ functional disorders including symptoms of pain, edema, and physiological, structural and psychosomatic ailments. It deals with methods of treatment based on movement, manual therapy, physical agents, and therapeutics modalities to relieve the pain and other complications.

Learning Outcomes/Objectives:

1. Define the terminology related to the structure and function of the human body systems
2. Compare and contrast the structural and functional characteristics of the various human body cells
3. Describe basic chemical concepts and principles as they apply to the structure and functioning of the blood and neuromuscular system
4. Analyze the interrelationships of body organ systems, homeostasis, and the complementarity of structure and functioning of the blood and neuromuscular system
5. Demonstrate advance techniques to investigate the body and interpret data to be used for diagnosis and treatment
6. Define the principles behind medical instrumentation and their usage

Anatomy-1 Course

Learning Outcomes/Objectives:

1.  Define basic technical terminology and language associated with anatomy.

2.  Describe the structure, composition and functions of the organs in the human body

3.  Comprehend the concepts (& associated principles) for each general type of anatomical structures

4.  Demonstrate skills in the surface markings of clinically important structures, on normal living bodies and the correlation of structure with function

5.  Describe concepts of embryology and histology

6.  Identify histological slides of the human body

7.  Describe the interdependency and interactions of the structural and functional components of upper limb