Clinical practice IVLaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

You can work professionally in different physiotherapy contexts.
You apply evidence-based physiotherapy methods both in assessment and therapy situations.
You can solve problems in dialogue and in interaction in multi-professional teams.
You can evaluate your own working knowhow critically and promote your own professional practice.
You can evaluate and develop your own competence in applying your knowhow and skills in different work situations.

Content

How do you assess and make decisions based on clinical reasoning and physiotherapeutic differential diagnosis in different problem-solving situations?
How do you support clients’ functions advising them to take advantage of different assistive devices, technological solutions, and environmental possibilities?
How do you motivate clients to promote their health and functions with an empowering approach?
How do you work as a representative of physiotherapy in multi-professional environments?
How do you evaluate and develop your own expertise in applying physiotherapy in relation to your own and course objectives?

Qualifications

Attending the course requires that the 1st and 2nd academic year studies and Clinical practice training III have been successfully completed.

Materials

Establishing a company 3 ECTS credits
Social and health care legislation 2 ECTS credits
Supporting the functional ability of the elderly 5 ECTS credits
Bachelor's thesis: implementation 5 ECTS credits

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. evaluate information sources critically.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d. evaluate operations in client, user and target group situations.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.