RHS503

This course provides students with a concise review of the basic principles of development of outcome measurements and important information about how to choose an outcome measures, and psychometric properties utilized for outcomes assessment, analyze common health and rehabilitation outcomes measures in terms of reliability, validity, clinical utility, and cost effectiveness. A working knowledge of these topics is developed through lecture, discussion and case-based examples

            The core of this course includes a careful and comprehensive compendium of wide range of outcome measurements used in different clinical practices and research (e.g. orthopedic, neurology, pediatric, geriatric.). During this course, the students will study tests and outcome measurements that can be used in  physical therapy to evaluate and verify what is normal or abnormal, with study of their application to develop skills concerning evaluation and measurements in various neurological disability's conditions to enhance therapeutic intervention and evidence-bases practice