PT-D 644
Adaptive Technologies
Marcus William Roll
Description from DukeHub
This course covers foundational content related to assistive and adaptive technology used in improving functional capabilities of patients/clients. Learners are introduced to orthoses and orthotic prescription based on clinical exam findings. Clinical skills in management of individuals with limb loss and limb difference are learned with a focus on a biopsychosocial approach to care. Learners are exposed to prosthetic componentry and how to interact and collaborate with prosthetists and orthotists to best treat the needs of patients/clients. Basic wheelchair seating and mobility content includes patient/client evaluation and prescription of equipment to improve mobility and meet an individual's personal needs. Throughout this course we interact with peer mentors, community volunteers, and assistive technology end-users to better understand the role of the physical therapist in using technology to improve function of our patients/clients.
Skills
- clinicaldescription: "patients" and 6 more
AI-resilient: 1 of 5
- No: Physical, lab or field work
- Yes: Live work with people · "patients"
- No: Judgment someone is accountable for
- No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
- No: Small, in-person format
The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works
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