Clinical Rehabilitation (REK_095)
About Study Course
Objective
Disease management is a team-based aspect of medical practice that is patient centred, goal directed and aims to optimize patient function and quality of life, prevent complication and increase community participation. Medical students will be responsible for the care of patients with disabilities regardless of what field they choose to enter, because, in the present time, patients treated by virtually all specialities express rehabilitation needs. Students need to gain a basic knowledge of rehabilitation, assessment, recognising disabilities.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of main medical fields such as neurology, cardiology, orthopedics.
Learning outcomes
On course completions students gain knowledge about:
• principles of rehabilitation medicine in different stages of health care;
• main clinical courses of rehabilitation medicine;
• prevention of disability and handicap;
• risk assessment of medical complications for patients with sedentary lifestyle;
• individual rehabilitation plans.
On course completions students will be able to:
• identify the patient's medical and rehabilitation problems in different health conditions;
• choose and apply the tools for assessing functional abilities learned within the course (manual muscle strength assessment, muscle tone assessment according to the Ashworth scale).
Use knowledge and practical skills in assessment of the patients’ health problems and functioning.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine, MF | 10 | Master’s | Required | Aivars Vētra, Zane Dambe, Illa Mihejeva, Anna Lopatina | |
| Medicine, SSNMF | 10 | Master’s | Required | Zane Dambe, Anete Pētersone, Anna Lopatina | |
| Medicine, SSNMFz | 9 | Master’s | Required | Anete Pētersone, Anna Lopatina |
