LSU Health Shreveport - Physical Therapy Clinical Education

Mission

The mission of the clinical education component of the LSUHSC-Shreveport Physical Therapy Program is to support the vision, mission, philosophy, and goals of the Program as a whole and to facilitate achievement of the established measureable Program Outcomes and Student Outcomes. The mechanisms used to support this mission include: (1) preparing students through lectures/presentations and assignments that precede the first clinical experience for the performance expectations of the professional clinical practice environment; (2) organizing clinical experiences in a logical and sequential manner to provide the famework for progressive and successive attainment of knowledge, skills, and behaviors; (3) supplying the quality and variety in clinical facilities, experiences, and instruction necessary to provide strong support for skill development; and (4) fostering student value for and proficiency with self-assessment of behaviors and skills including the development of persoanl and professional goals.