Support and guidance of human mobility and functioning

Structure Type:	Course
Code:	KG10BP15
Type:	Compulsory
Level:	Bachelor
Credits:	15.0 points
Responsible Teacher:	Kiili, Riitta
Teacher Team:	Lähdesmäki, Liisa ; Finne, Merja ; Svahn, Tarja ; Hautamäki, Minna ; Mäntykivi, Pirkko ; Haapala, Pia
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Learning Outcomes

The students will be able to name the current national and the most significant international recommendations on health promotion (exercise, nutrition, clinical practice guidelines) and know how to apply them when counselling/guiding people of all ages on health promotion; they will become aware of principles and methods pertaining to health counselling and guidance and
learn to use a motivating approach to health counselling situations. They will understand the concepts and principles in sports didactics and apply various methods to promote the health and functional capacity of their clients, whether individual or groups, in a goal-oriented manner; know theories of motor learning and apply them when counselling groups and individual clients; with help of videos, study and assess their own counselling skills and client's ability to change motor function with help of training; know the basics of massage and learn to apply basic massage grips in various situations; become familiar with the principles of limb joint mobilization and stabilization and learn to apply these methods to physiotherapy situations in an appropriate and justified manner; know the basic principles of therapeutic exercise and know how to apply methods of therapeutic exercise in their work with individual clients or groups.

Student's Workload

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

-Selected national and international recommendations on health promotion
-Counselling and guidance methods for health promotion
-Motor learning and sports didactics
-Principles of individual and group guidance and planning and implementation of an exercise programme with help of various tools
-Therapeutic exercise
-Massage
-Joint and spine mobilization and stabilization

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Independent study
- Exercises
- Project learning
- Seminars
- Online learning

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Assessment Methods

Theoretical and practical exams, seminar assignments

Further Information

Courses: Science of education and motor learning 1.5 cr, Sports didactics 1.5 cr, Biomechanics 1 cr, Therapeutic exercises 4 cr, Manual therapy 5 cr, Health promotion 2 cr.

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