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Quality Assurance Of Service Learning Back School, Eric Bashaw, Vu Pham, Tyler Parvin, Ryan Pauly
Quality Assurance Of Service Learning Back School, Eric Bashaw, Vu Pham, Tyler Parvin, Ryan Pauly
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Project Execution: Back School: During the 2019-20 academic year, two University of Nevada, Las Vegas Physical Therapy (UNLVPT) core faculty members, along with eight doctor of physical therapy students, provided three student-led, pro-bono back school classes at Volunteers in Medicine of Southern Nevada (VMSN). Each back school class consisted of two, 2-hour sessions where participants were screened for red flags, educated on pain management strategies and common causes of back pain, and given an individual home exercise program. Quality Assurance Surveys: Patient’s and VMSN staff were all given questions in the form of Likert-scale and open-ended questions via printed handouts …
Stepping On Fall Prevention Project, James P. Gaddi, Jordan T. Bowers, Lea M. K. Fung
Stepping On Fall Prevention Project, James P. Gaddi, Jordan T. Bowers, Lea M. K. Fung
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Background: Falls are a major problem in the United States among the older adult population and provide opportunity for community outreach via student-led physical therapy projects. Objective: The purpose of this project was to investigate the relationship between fall related outcome measures and questionnaires with the completion of the Stepping On Fall Prevention program along with evaluating the benefits of Physical Therapy student development with participation in service learning projects. Methods: The research quantified the fall risk of 13 participants with assessment of: gait speed (Timed Up and Go), lower extremity strength (30-Second Chair Stand), balance (4-Stage Balance Test), and …
Dancer Screening Clinic, Kristen Manaloto, John Lencioni, Laura Nguyen
Dancer Screening Clinic, Kristen Manaloto, John Lencioni, Laura Nguyen
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Dance students at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) do not have access to sports medicine specialists, thus a pro-bono dance clinic was created as a service-learning project by the UNLV Department of Physical Therapy (UNLVPT) in 2018. In the second year of the service-learning project, three graduate students from the UNLVPT program, under the supervision of a clinical faculty member, have continued to provide free dance specific injury prevention screenings and management to students within the UNLV Department of Dance. To improve clinic operation and services, the group emphasized communication and accessibility as areas of growth. Injury prevention …