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Health Promotion and Prevention in Physiotherapy

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2022 10:18:06
Study Course Information
Course Code:REK_029LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:2.00ECTS:3.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and RehabilitationTarget Audience:Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Māra Kuļša
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)4Total Contact Hours of Classes24
Total Contact Hours32
Part-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)4Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures8
Classes (count)6Class Length (academic hours)3Total Contact Hours of Classes18
Total Contact Hours26
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Basic Physiotherapy, Sports for Health, Sports Medicine, Physiotherapy in Orthopaedics, Neurology and other diseases.
Objective:
To get to know health promotion and prevention possibilities in physiotherapy practice for people at different age, with different occupation and activity level, and different health risk factors.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Health promotion and prevention – place and role at physiotherapist's daily work.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Health promotion and prevention in physiotherapy and physical activities.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Health promotion and prevention possibilities in physiotherapy for people in different age.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Educational programmes in physiothepist's work.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Health promotion and prevention activity planning in physiotherapy.Classes2.00auditorium
6Seminar: health promotion and prevention and physical activities, physical activity recommendations.Classes1.00auditorium
7Seminar: Physical activity recommendations and chronic health problems.Classes1.00auditorium
8Seminar: health promotion and prevention for working physiotherapists.Classes1.00auditorium
9Health promotion and prevention activity presentation and assessment.Classes1.00auditorium
Topic Layout (Part-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Health promotion and prevention – place and role at physiotherapist's daily work.Lectures1.00auditorium
2Health promotion and prevention in physiotherapy and physical activities.Lectures1.00auditorium
3Health promotion and prevention possibilities in physiotherapy for people in different age.Lectures1.00auditorium
4Educational programmes in physiothepist's work.Lectures1.00auditorium
5Health promotion and prevention activity planning in physiotherapy.Classes2.00auditorium
6Seminar: health promotion and prevention and physical activities, physical activity recommendations.Classes1.00auditorium
7Seminar: Physical activity recommendations and chronic health problems.Classes1.00auditorium
8Seminar: health promotion and prevention for working physiotherapists.Classes1.00auditorium
9Health promotion and prevention activity presentation and assessment.Classes1.00auditorium
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Preparation for seminar classes, according to the topic; independent work topic selection, work planning and development; preparation of written independent work and its presentation.
Assessment Criteria:
• active participation in all seminars, demonstrating ability to analyse seminar texts (20%); • presentation of independent group work (20%); • group work analysis in written form and oral presentation (20%); • submitted group work (project) in written form (40%);
Final Examination (Full-Time):Exam
Final Examination (Part-Time):Exam
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Understands health promotion and prevention possibilities in physiotherapy, basic principles and assessment of needs from PT point of view, recognises, can describe and knows how to reduce health risk factors in physiotherapy everyday practice with physiotherapy methods, understands and can explain patient's role in health promotion and prevention, can explain the role of physical activity and knows how to select the appropriate one.
Skills:Can recognise and assess positive and negative, internal and external factors influencing musculoskeletal and other body systems in particular situation; is able to plan and realise health promotion and prevention activities and to control realisation for groups or individuals at different age with different occupation and use physiotherapy methods for it.
Competencies:Is able to analyse and explain health promotion and prevention role in physiotherapist's everyday work, is able to create health promotion and prevention activities in physiotherapy practice.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1WHO Guidelines on physical activity and sedentary behaviour. WHO, 2020
2Talbot L. Verrinder G. Promoting Health: the Primary Health Care Approach. Elsevier, 2018
3ACSM's behavioral aspects of physical activity and exercise. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014
4Kisner C., Colby L.A. Therapeutic Exercise, Foundations and Techniques - 6th ed., F. A. Davis Company, 2018.
Additional Reading
1Eglīte M. Darba medicīna. Rīga, 2012
2Ewles L. Key Topics in Public Health. Elsevier, 2005
Other Information Sources
1RSU pieejamās datu bāzes.
2http://estudijas. rsu.lv