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Rehabilitation Organization, Integration and Types of Services; Health Tourism and Marketing
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:19.08.2022 13:34:48
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_193 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Signe Tomsone | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anniņmuižas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 40 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Anatomy, physiology, basics of physical and rehabilitation medicine, natural sciences, basics of economics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To develop a holistic and contemporary perspective on human health issues; to gain a comprehensive understanding of the medical and social rehabilitation goals, objectives and practical use in medical and social aspect in Latvia, Europe and globally. To develop an understanding of rehabilitation services marketing organization. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | History of rehabilitation and future perspectives. Rehabilitation philosophy and ethics. Actual legal frame of health care and social services, including rehabilitation. | Lectures | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||||
| 2 | Most important concepts in rehabilitation: functioning, disability, quality of life, rehabilitation outcome, work ability, etc. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Integration and continuity of different rehabilitation services. Client/patient centered approach in rehabilitation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Documentation in rehabilitation process. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Health tourism, development and tendencies in economics. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Organization of health tourism, service types and legal frame. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Strategic marketing – choice and development. Channels for rehabilitation services marketing. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | To repeat the lectures material, by reading the course literature and the actively participate in seminars; analyse case studies. Individual or group work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in practical classes; the written assignments handed in a timely manner and meeting high quality, quality of oral answers. At the end of the course a written cumulative test based on several course assignments: -credit for the essay; - individual assignment related to health tourism- 40%; - written test at the end of the course - 60%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will understand, will be able to name and describe the types and services in rehabilitation, and understand the regulatory and economic environment for rehabilitation services. Students will orient in services (health tourism products) preparation and will be able to define the place for selected business or service in the market, to navigate in a market economy and to apply the appropriate marketing strategies. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to describe human functioning and to choose the appropriate rehabilitation services for different types of rehabilitation periods. Will be able to assess market demand, to prepare appropriate health tourism products (rehabilitation) and prepare their marketing strategies, as well as to assess customer satisfaction with the service provided. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to evaluate interaction of the patient's/ client's health status and functional limitations and to plan a rehabilitation process accordingly, by integrating a variety of services. Will be able to make decisions about selecting rehabilitation service marketing strategies and to develop strategies as a document. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Rehabilitation in health systems. WHO, 2017. | ||||||||
| 2 | The Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action. WHO, 2019. | ||||||||
| 3 | Rehabilitation Competency Framework. WHO, 2021. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | Rehabilitation in health systems. WHO, 2017. | ||||||||
| 6 | The Rehabilitation in health systems: guide for action. WHO, 2019. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Barnes P., Ward A. Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019. | ||||||||
| 2 | Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 5th ed. Saunders, 2021. | ||||||||
| 3 | International classification of functioning, disability and health. World Health Organization, 2001. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 5 | Barnes P., Ward A. Oxford Handbook of Rehabilitation Medicine, 2019. | ||||||||
| 6 | Braddom's Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 5th ed. Saunders, 2021. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Elektroniskie informācijas resursi. | ||||||||
