Post-Professional D.P.T. Textbook Information
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Required and recommended textbooks are available for purchase through Matthews Bookstore located on the Des Moines University campus. The bookstore accommodates off-campus students by mailing textbooks directly to them when the purchase is made with a credit card. The majority of course materials, other than texts, will be available on the web site for each course.
Access to the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, and other readings required in the Post-Professional D.P.T. curriculum, would be facilitated by students having APTA membership.
PP DPT 1600 -Orientation
- Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, Second Edition, American Physical Therapy Association, 2001.
This resource will be used throughout the curriculum.It is highly recommended that if a student does not have a copy of the Guide, that they order the CD-ROM version of the Guide. If you were a member of the APTA in January of 2001, you received the Second Edition of the Guide as it was published as the January 2001 issue of the PT Journal. Alumni of the Classes of 2001, 2002 and 2003 should have a copy of the Guide as it was a required text in the MSPT curriculum.
Only available from APTA. Can order from www.apta.org
Order as soon as you begin Orientation as it will take several weeks for it to be delivered. - Interactive Guide to Physical Therapist Practice
* (CD-ROM version of the Guide/This is what is highly recommended the student purchase, if they don't have the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice, as it links to resources on the validity and reliability of various tests and measures.)
APTA member price = $99, Non-member price = $199 OR Text Version of the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice APTA member price = $49.95, Non-member price = $99
PPDPT 1601 Business Management
- Managerial & Supervisory Principles for Physical Therapists by Nosse, Friberg and Kovacek, Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins, 3rd edition, 2010.
PP DPT 1602 - Individual and Family Aspects of Care
- The Expanded Family Life Cycle:Individual, Family and Social Perspectives by Carter, C., & McGoldrick, M. Allyn and Bacon, 3rd edition, 1999 or 2005.
PP DPT 1603 - Clinical Decision Making
- PDQ Epidemiology by Streiner and Norman, B.C. Decker, Inc., 2nd edition, 1998.
PP DPT 1604 - Health Promotion and Prevention
Required Textbook:
- Wellness and Physical Therapy by Sharon Elayne Fair. Jones and Bartlett Publishers, LLC., 2011.
Recommended Textbooks:
- ACSM's Exercise Management for Persons with Chronic Diseases and Disabilities (3rd Ed) by Durstine, Moore, Painter, and Roberts. ACSM Publishers, 2009.
- ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, Eighth Edition. Healthy Learning, 2009.
PP DPT 1605 - Clinical Imaging and Pharmacology
- Pharmacology in Rehabilitation by Charles D. Ciccone, FA Davis, 4th edition, 2007.
- Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Imaging by Lynn McKinnis, FA Davis, 2nd edition, 2005.
PP DPT 1606 - Motor Control Theory and Analysis
- Motor Control:Translating Research into Clinical Practice by Shumway-Cook and Woollacott, Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 3rd edition, 2007.
PP DPT 1607 - Clinical Applications
No additional textbooks will be required for this course.
PP DPT 1608 - Clinical Medicine
- Goodman, CC, Fuller, KS,. Pathology: Implications for the Physical Therapist. 3rd ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2009.
- American Physical Therapy Association. Guide to Physical Therapist Practice. 2nd ed. 2001.
PP DPT 1609 - Manual Therapy Interventions
Lederman E. The Science and Practice of Manual Therapy, 2nd Ed. Elsevier Churchill Livingstone. Edinburgh, 2005. (ISBN 0 443 07432 1)
