In this course, students will be introduced to interprofessional collaboration as they learn and practice skills for safe client care. This course will emphasize the assessment of vital signs, appraisal of lab values, standard precautions and infection control, client positioning and draping, bed mobility, transfers, and body mechanics. Students will begin to develop problem solving and clinical reasoning skills applied primarily in the acute care and inpatient rehabilitation settings to facilitate effective interprofessional dynamics. This course contains a laboratory component. (Prerequisites - OTD 710)