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Simulated Case Analysis Instructions
Towards the end of this course, you will select a client or patient for a simulated case analysis. The rubric and instructions for this assessment is located within the Getting Started Section of the course.

You are to perform an actual or mock assessment of a patient.  Please gain consent as dictated by your respective state/region/country guidelines. 

You will record a full video or compiled video snippets of the actual assessment.Consider and respect patient and client anonymity and privacy. Also, please follow your respective institutional, state, regional, country guidelines. There should only be one playable video, edited or unedited.

The assessment shall cover the following areas:

PATIENT DESCRIPTION AND DEMOGRAPHICS (5%) (Gender, Age, Race, Height, Weight and/or BMI, Orientation, Marital Status: If single, do you live alone? If married, how many years?, Children, Grandchildren, Occupation including work duties, Self-Presentation/Appearance)

CASE CHIEF COMPLAINT (5%): (does not include actual diagnosis) PRESENTING SITUATION (5%): (write a few sentences about the patients’ presenting problem)

SUBJECTIVE INFORMATION (20%): (provide chief complaint, secondary complaints if any, mechanism of injury, thorough medical history, previous medical/psychiatric/therapeutic histories, history of physical activity and exercise, perspectives towards physical therapy, sleep disturbance/sleep patterns, nutrition status, perspectives on movement in general) *use scales/measures if necessary.

PSYCHOSOCIAL STATUS (10%): (economic status, work/employment status, family and current support systems, relationship status, substance abuse history, positive support systems)

OBJECTIVE INFORMATION (30%): (perform the objective tests you deem necessary and important for this case)

DIFFERENTIAL SCREENING (10%): (general systems screening, yellow and red flag screening, list competing diagnostic possibilities)

ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS (5%): As provided by referring physician, if any.

PHYSICAL THERAPY DIAGNOSIS (10%): (write the physical therapy diagnosis you have for the patient given the course’s model)

You will then submit the above video to my email [email protected] with the title: PTH 8960 SIMULATED CASE ANALYSIS/(LAST NAME).

You will include your written documentation of the evaluation/examination encounter using any format you deem appropriate for the specific case.

You will have until the final day of Week 13 to submit this video and document.