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Foundations of Rehabilitation
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:20.10.2022 11:06:02
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LF_330 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Dina Berloviene | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | RSU Liepāja Branch | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Liepaja, 24/26 Riņķu Street, lf rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 63442118, +371 63442119, +371 63484632 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | In normal anatomy, physiology, clinical medicine, pathological physiology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To promote the acquisition of knowledge about the basic concepts of rehabilitation and the application of rehabilitation technologies, to develop an understanding of the course of the rehabilitation process, to introduce students to aquatic therapy as one of the rehabilitation methods. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organisation of rehabilitation care; rehabilitation team, functional specialists, professional competence; the role of a masseur in rehabilitation care. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Assessment of the client’s functional abilities. Basic principles of rehabilitation in paediatrics; postural disorders. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Assessment of functional abilities. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Basic principles of rehabilitation, methods and exercises for patients of different profiles. | Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Rehabilitation methodology for postural disorders and back problems. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with study materials, special literature, Internet resources, evaluating novelties in rehabilitation care and functional health assessment. Development of independent work (a diagram/presentation) on the assessment of the client’s functional abilities, assessment of posture and possible problems in the care of rehabilitation patients. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Mandatory attendance of lectures and practical classes. Students’ ability to describe the basic principles of rehabilitation to patients of various profiles and to assess the patient’s functionality is assessed, successfully passed course tests - 50%. Examination (test) - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | As a result of completing the study course, students are able to describe the organisation of rehabilitation care, the stages of rehabilitation and the rehabilitation team; define the masseur’s role in rehabilitation care; recognise the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health; describe the assessment of functional abilities; physical therapy methods; indications and contraindications for the use of cold and heat therapy; recognise the characteristics of posture; outline the basic principles of rehabilitation and possible problems for patients of different profiles. | ||||||||
| Skills: | As a result of completing the study course, students know how to perform simple tests for assessing the client’s physical functional abilities and activities needed on a daily basis; demonstrate simple exercises to clients of various profiles; apply the basic principles of cold and heat therapy methods; illustrate the characteristics of posture; recognise posture disorders and correct them using massage procedures. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | As a result of completing the study course, students are able to assess possible problems in rehabilitation care; perform a posture assessment; apply simple exercises and the foundations of rehabilitation in the work of a masseur in rehabilitation care; use the acquired theoretical and practical knowledge in professional activities. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Aberberga-Augškalne L. Fizioloģija rehabilitologiem un veselības sporta speciālistiem. Rīga: Nacionālais Medicīnas Apgāds, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Gūtenbrūners K., Glēzeners Ž. Ž. Rehabilitācija, fizikālā medicīna un dabas dziedniecība. Rīga: 2. Nacionālais Medicīnas Apgāds, 2008. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Starptautiskā funkcionēšanas, nespējas un veselības klasifikācija. Rīga: Pasaules Veselības organizācija, 2003. 299 lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Edited by Randall L. Braddom. Elsevier/Saunders 2020. 1506 p. | ||||||||
| 3 | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Studiju materiāli | ||||||||
