Clinical Practice in Adult Physiotherapy

Structure Type: Course
Code: KG10BPE22
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 15.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Kiili, Riitta
Teacher Team: Haapala, Pia ; Mäntykivi, Pirkko ; Svahn, Tarja ; Hautamäki, Minna ; Koivisto, Marjut
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
FYSTER-2013   2 autumn   7.0   2014-09-01   2014-12-31  
FYSTER-2013   2 spring   8.0   2015-01-02   2015-07-31  
FYSTER-2014   2 autumn   7.0   2015-08-01   2015-12-31  
FYSTER-2014   2 spring   8.0   2016-01-01   2016-07-31  

Learning Outcomes

Students will
- practise the assessment of the working population to learn to detect dysfunction,
- learn to plan and use various physiotherapy tools to maintain and promote functional capacity
- evaluate their own actions in individual and group therapy,
- gain further practice in therapeutic training to be able to evaluate the appropriateness of the exercises and, if necessary, to choose a different approach,
- advance their collaboration and interaction skills with patients, families and other staff members,
- learn to use various techniques for acquiring information, and
- pay attention to ergonomics in all areas of their work.

Student's Workload

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

Contents

To be announced at the beginning of the course.

Recommended or Required Reading

To be announced at the beginning of the course

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Practical training in the working world + report
- Online learning

Assessment Criteria

Pass
Students return and pass their assignments on time. They manage the (group or individual) client situations assigned to them with help of theoretical knowledge they have learnt. Students attend to personal and patient safety. They know how to receive feedback and are mostly able to change their action accordingly. In their interaction they take other people into consideration.

Fail
Students are unable to justify their action with theoretical knowledge and their work is inconsistent. Their personal and patient safety may be jeopardised. Students avoid counselling situations, they do not make use of feedback and their study motivation is poor. Their interaction is clumsy and they fail to follow common rules. Students are engaged in other activities, which affects their studies. They fail to deliver some assignments and they are often absent.

Assessment Methods

- Thematic journal as part of a portfolio
- Writing assignments on the achievement of the desired learning outcomes
- Feedback from the clinical supervisor and physiotherapy teacher
- Group discussion at the end of the course based on the themes of the learning journal.

Work Placement

Practical training in health and social care organizations

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