The PT Management tools enable you to control who gains access to a PT case or cases and what the users see when they enter a PT case. You can edit patient data, edit evaluation criteria, or decide to proceed without changing the data and/or evaluation criteria that the case author created. The criteria set by the instructor and/or case author form the basis for evaluating student performance. The student will be evaluated on his/her performance in creating a problem list and a hypothesis list, making a diagnosis, establishing a prognosis and goals, and selecting appropriate
interventions for the patient. The instructor will be able to review how well the student was able to link problems and hypotheses to the case or management selections. The PT Management tool also includes a tools for maintaining files for students who are assigned to work through a case.

The VirtualPT Clinician cases consist of data collected by our case authors based on real patient encounters. Rather than conducting an in-person investigation, students will open a Virtual PT case and will begin a simulated case investigation using the tools available in the VirtualPT Clinician case. Students will have access to the same basic investigative techniques that are available to a physical therapist dealing with an actual patient. Using the VirtualPT Clinician case information, students will be able to question the patient, conduct a simulated physical exam, and order diagnostic tests. The student will also be able to see and review the results or responses before making a diagnosis, a prognosis, writing goals, and ordering interventions. At the end of the case, the student will be able to access an initial assessment of his or her performance compared to the instructor’s expected responses.

The PT Record Utility is a web-based tool that allows an instructor to evaluate student and group performance on a PT case. The Record Utility also allows instructors to change certain evaluation criteria set earlier in PT Management or override the computer’s evaluation. The Record Utility is also the only place that instructors can evaluate the student’s management plan. Data from the Record Utility can be printed for student or faculty use.