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Physiotherapy and Mental Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2021 10:23:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_199 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Daina Šmite | ||||||||
| 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) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 36 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 36 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge and skills acquired to obtain a professional qualification of a physiotherapist and a bachelor's degree in health care. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To deepen and expand theoretical knowledge and integrate the latest scientific findings in the comprehension of body and psyche interaction in the context of physiotherapy. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Anxiety, fear and body: clinical manifestation and body-psyche interaction, its underlying biological mechanisms; recognition and interpretation during the patient's communication and assessment, inclusion in the clinical reasoning; physiotherapy interventions and modifications (pathogenetic justification, methodology, level of evidence). | Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 2 | Depression, exhaustion and body: clinical manifestation and body-psyche interaction, its underlying biological mechanisms; recognition and interpretation during the patient's communication and assessment, inclusion in the clinical reasoning; physiotherapy interventions and modifications ((patho)physiology of action mechanisms, methodology, level of evidence). | Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| 3 | Interaction of cognitive and physical functions: cognitive disorders, their neurobiology and interaction with physical functions; physiotherapy interventions (types, methodology) for the promotion, improvement and maintenance of cognitive functions (level of evidence, (patho)physiology of action. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Physiotherapy in patients with mental health disorders (seminar). | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Communication between physiotherapist and patient: verbal and non-verbal communication; first consultation, purposeful issues from a bio-psycho-social perspective; explanation of bio-psycho-social concept to the patient; providing support (in emotional and cognitive level); the patient as a personality in the process of physiotherapy (individual needs, values, beliefs). | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Body awareness in the process of physiotherapy: body awareness as a resource, the concept of lived body and embodiment. | Classes | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Systematic search, selection and critical reading of the latest scientific publications. Collection of the latest scientific evidence on particular topic. Solving clinical case problems in small groups. Preparation for the seminar. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Final assessment is performed as cumulative assessment, which includes assessment of the seminar report (30%) and assessment of the written examination (analysis of a simulated clinical case) (70%). Evaluation criteria (4) for seminar report include following: summary and synthesis of the results of the indicated literature sources; finding and adding additional scientific publications, logically deepening or broadening the analysis of the topic; visual-audial presentation (perceptibility, clarity of the presentation of the topic, binding of the message); creating and leading a discussion involving colleagues (students, lecturers). Each of the criteria is scored on a 10-point scale and gives 25% of the total score. Evaluation criteria for written examination (a simulated clinical case) include following: definition of the patient's functional problem, reflecting the clinical reasoning process (summary); defining goals using the SMART principle; explanation and justification of the applied physiotherapy concept. Each of the criteria is scored on a 10-point scale and gives 33,3% of the total score. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Describes and explains the physiological and patho-physiological nature of the body-psyche interaction, based on evidence from recent research. Describes the conceptual models of physiotherapy that integrate the bio-psycho-social model and the unity of the body-psyche and the latest scientific evidence that allow them to be justified. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Recognizes and analyzes the influence of mental factors on the results of physical functional assessment, integrates them in the process of evaluation and clinical reasoning in various complex situations in physiotherapy. Identifies and analyzes the interaction of psychosocial factors with activity limitations and patient complaints in various complex situations in physiotherapy. Applies the bio-psycho-social model in the clinical reasoning process in various complicated situations in physiotherapy. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Creates and develops the professional competence in physiotherapy by integration comprehension of body-psyche interconnection, the latest evidence and creative, innovative solutions for various target groups. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | E-studijās norādītie obligāties literatūras avoti pie katras tēmas | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | E-studijās norādītie papildus literatūras avoti pie katras tēmas | ||||||||
| 2 | RSU Elektroniskās datu bāzes | ||||||||
