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Basics of Rehabilitation
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:07.08.2020 14:14:45
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | REK_008 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medicine | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Illa Mihejeva | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkrsu[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) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
Study course description | |||||||||
Preliminary Knowledge: | Human anatomy and physiology, medical ethics. | ||||||||
Objective: | To gain knowledge of the contemporary holistic approach to health issues, human functioning and functional impairment at different levels (body functions and structures, activities and participation), goals of physical and rehabilitation medicine in medical and social aspects. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | Introductution and principles of Physical and Rehabilitation medicine (PRM). ISF. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Individual tasks – preparing for seminars; independent work with reading sources. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | • active participation in seminars; • quality of answers; • a test of theoretical knowledge during the course (oral and in writing); • a written test and oral presentation (clinical) at the end of the course. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | As a result of successful course completion the students will be able to: • list goals and tasks of physical and rehabilitation medicine and to describe human functioning; • evaluate functioning in accordance with International Classification of Functioning; • enumerate classification of technical aids and explain the principles of prescription; • explain and distinguish between the normal posture and gait and abnormalities. | ||||||||
Skills: | As a result of successful course completion the students will be able to: • assess the patients’ health problems and functioning, using ICF; • assess the gait and posture abnormalities. | ||||||||
Competencies: | As a result of successful course completion the students will be able to use knowledge and practical skills in functional assessment of patients using clinical measurements (tools) at different levels of functioning (body functions and structures, activities). | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | Starptautiskā funkcionēšanas, nespējas un veselības klasifikācija: SFK. Pasaules Veselības Organizācija, 2001. | ||||||||
2 | White Book of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in Europe, 2007. | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (www.medicaljournals.se/jrm) | ||||||||
2 | Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (www.archives-pmr.org) | ||||||||
3 | www.who.org |