Clinical Practice in Physiotherapy of Elders

Structure Type: Course
Code: KG10BPE61
Type: Compulsory
Level: Bachelor
Credits: 9.0 points
Responsible Teacher: Svahn, Tarja
Teacher Team: Haapala, Pia ; Kiili, Riitta ; Koivisto, Marjut ; Mäntykivi, Pirkko
Language of Instruction: Finnish

Course Implementations, Planned Year of Study and Semester

Curriculum  Semester  Credits  Start of Semester  End of Semester
FYSTER-2013   3 autumn   9.0   2015-08-01   2015-12-31  
FYSTER-2014   3 autumn   9.0   2016-08-01   2016-12-31  
FYSTER-2015   3 autumn   9.0   2017-08-01   2017-12-31  
FYSTER-2016   3 autumn   9.0   2018-08-01   2018-12-31  

Learning Outcomes

The students will:
- use various methods to examine and assess the functional capacity of ageing people
-know how to draw conclusions based on their examination of client's function
- appropriately plan and implement various physiotherapy methods with ageing clients
-apply various forms of physical exercies in practical counselling situations with ageing clients
-counsel ageing clients on how to choose, acquire and use assistive aids
-act as experts of their field in multi-professional rehabilitation teams
-pay attention to universal access when planning environments and apply ergonomic methods to meet human needs
-make use of welfare technology when counselling aged clients and their families

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 objectives
- Feedback from the clinical supervisor and physiotherapy teacher
- Group discussion at the end of the course based on the journal's themes

Work Placement

Practical training in health and social care organisations

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