Fall 2026

Foundations of Physical Therapy: Examination and Evaluation

A lab-based course teaching history taking, physical examination, and clinical decision-making for orthopedic and neurologic patients.

offering recorded4 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Colleen CobeyJennifer Doster

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.54 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.66 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 79.5% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Doctor of Physical Therapy program

  • Declared in Doctor of Physical Therapy program
PHYTHER 527

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  • Declared in Doctor of Physical Therapy program

Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.54 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.66 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 79.5% A/AB (n=39 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.54 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.66 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 79.5% A/AB (n=39 letter grades). Includes jointly taught sections.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

COLLEEN COBEY is recorded teaching in Fall 2010, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013, Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JENNIFER DOSTER is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction44 / 470
LAB 301Classroom Instruction22 / 240
LAB 302Classroom Instruction22 / 240

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Student experience

the class

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.54 GPA, 92.1% A/AB (n=38 letter grades); Fall 2024: 3.66 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=35 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.51 GPA, 79.5% A/AB (n=39 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

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Topics

  • Orthopedic and neurologic patient assessment
  • Examination tests and measures
  • Inpatient and outpatient clinical settings

Skills

  • History taking and physical examination skills
  • Clinical decision-making and documentation
  • Psychomotor application of exam skills

Grades

Latest available · Fall 2025— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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About this comparison

1320 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
PHYTHER 527 · Fall 2026

Foundations of Physical Therapy: Examination and Evaluation

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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