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Clinical Physical Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:10.03.2022 16:00:38
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_085 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Daiga Pulmane | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | General physical medicine, internal, neurological and pediatric diseases. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Gain knowledge of the most effective, scientifically proven methods of physical medicine and their application in rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Treatment of internal diseases. Treatment of musculoskeletal disease. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 2 | Physical medicine in paediatrics. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 3 | Physical medicine in the treatment of lung diseases. Compatibility of pfysical agents in treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 4 | Clinical case analysis. Effectiveness of FM in case of specific diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Treatment of internal diseases. Treatment of musculoskeletal disease. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 2 | Physical medicine in paediatrics. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 3 | Physical medicine in the treatment of lung diseases. Compatibility of pfysical agents in treatment. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 4 | Clinical case analysis. Effectiveness of FM in case of specific diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Prepares and presents a presentation on the latest research in physical medicine, conducts in-depth research of the method of physical medicine for a specific disease. 1. A study of the last 7 years, on the effectiveness of the application of the method of physical medicine in the case of a disease, from the European Union, the USA, Canada, Australia. 2. Describe the specific disease (visual material may be used). 3. Describe the aim of the research, participants and their division into groups, research methods, tools, results, conclusions. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Examination method: oral or written exam, situation task analysis. Answer to one theoretical question in a written exam, answer to two theoretical questions in an oral exam, full answer receives 4 points. The analysis of the situation task includes - a description of the period of illness, the formulation of treatment goals, the choice of physical medicine methods, in accordance with the set goals, the development of a treatment course for 10 days, a full answer receives 6 points. The total evaluation of the theoretical and practical part of the exam is 10 points for a full answer. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student will gain knowledge about the most effective, scientifically proven methods of physical medicine and their application in rehabilitation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | To choose the method of physical medicine according to the state of health of the patient, evaluating the indications and contraindications, to adequately include the methods of physical medicine in physiotherapy. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to select and apply appropriate, evidence-based physical medicine methods in the planning of physiotherapeutic treatment, adapting it to the individual needs of the patient. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Cameron H. M. Physical Agents in Rehabilitation. 2015. | ||||||||
| 2 | Zeidlers I. Klīniskā fizikālā medicīna. Rīga, ‘’Nacionālais apgāds”, 2004, 396 lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | Singh Jagmohan. Textbook of Electrotherapy. Jaypee Brothers. New Delhi, 2005, 301 p. | ||||||||
| 4 | Под ред. Г.Н. Пономаренко. Частная физиотерапия. Москва, «Медицина», 2005, 744 стр. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Belanger A-Y, gads?, Therapeutic Electrophysical Agents. 3rd edition. Wolter Kluwer Health | ||||||||
| 2 | L. Braddom Randall. Physical medicine and rehabilitation. Philadelphia, 2007, p. 1472 | ||||||||
| 3 | J. Crebbin-Bailey. The spa book: the official guide to spa therapy. London, 2005, p.490 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Uz pierādījumiem balstītas fizikālās medicīnas metodes zinātniskajos pētījumos, kas atrodami RSU Bibliotēkas piedāvātajās datubāzēs. | ||||||||
