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Assistive Technologies in Rehabilitation
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:01.10.2020 09:59:58
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_096 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Gundars Rusovs | ||||||||
| 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) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Subjects of physiotherapy program at the Bachelor's degree level. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To acquire basic knowledge of compensator technology in rehabilitation, their classification, use and manufacturing. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Compensatory technology types, classification | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Compensatory technology – application principles | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Orthotics as assistive technology | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Orthotics as assistive technology – bracing of spine | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Prosthetics as assistive technology | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Prepare a presentation on a specific clinical case objectives, using assistive technology, give the support for specific aids being required, to compare it with the alternatives and describe the benefits and analyze the shortcomings. Define the ideal and optimal operation of the equipment at the level of concept. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Understands the compensator technology product range, is able to assess the need for products and justify the choice of products. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in compensatory technologies in rehabilitation. Upon completion of the study course, students will recognize cases in which there is need to use compensatory technology, know compensatory technology classification principles, will determine the most commonly used technologies. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After completing the course, students will be able to identify cases in when there is need to apply the compensatory assistive technology, will be able to choose appropriate assistive technology, will be able to provide arguments to justify the choice of it. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to use the acquired knowledge to be able to analyze and interpret it for the needs of patients for compensator technology, to offer technological solutions and justify their choice. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Assistive Technologies: Principles and Practice, 4e 4th Edition by Albert M. Cook PhD PE (Author), Janice Miller Polgar PhD OT (Author) Publisher: C.V. Mosby Co, 2015 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Prosthetics & Orthotics in Clinical Practice: A Case Study Approach, May, B.J. A Lockard, M.A. 9780803622579 F.A. Davis 2011 | ||||||||
| 2 | Orthotics and prosthetics in rehabilitation; Michelle M. Lusardi, Caroline C. Nielsen; Saunders Elsevier, 2007 | ||||||||
