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Pain Physiology (5 cr)

Code: 505500214-3001

General information


Enrollment

20.08.2018 - 07.09.2018

Timing

01.08.2018 - 31.05.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

2.5 - 5

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Kotka Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Naprapathy

Teachers

  • Opettaja Kuntoutus- ja terveysala
  • Marja Turkki

Groups

  • NA16S

Objective

The objective of the course is to familiarize the student with the origins of pain mechanisms, its appearance and experiece in various body structures and pathological states. The student is capable of assessing pain mechanisms while examining a patient. The student knows the most common methods of pain treatment and can use them at work.

Content

Multiprofessional pain treatmentKnowledge of international pain concepts and treatment ways