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Clinical practice I (5 cr)

Code: FT00DU87-3002

General information


Enrollment

12.04.2021 - 25.04.2021

Timing

29.11.2021 - 19.12.2021

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Johanna Vesanto
  • Miia Kierikki
  • Elina Päykkönen

Teacher in charge

Ville Virta

Groups

  • FTSA20SM
    Physiotherapy, part-time studies

Objective

You can describe the objectives, contents and importance of physiotherapy in a multi-professional social and health care environment.
You can encounter other human beings in health care environments and establish therapeutic interaction with them.
You know how to identify and assess movement and functional ability of different age groups.
You are familiar with factors affecting human movement and functional ability.
You know how to operate in a client-oriented way and account for patient safety in physiotherapy situations.
You know how to use physiotherapy methods in guiding individuals and groups.

Content

What is it like to work as a physiotherapist in social and health care work communities?
Which factors of human encounters do you take into account in health care interaction?
How do you identify and assess human movement and functional ability and factors affecting them?
How do you promote human movement and functional ability with physiotherapy methods?
How do you account for the client-centered approach and patient safety in physiotherapy?
How do you evaluate your own actions in health care environments?

Evaluation scale

1-5

Qualifications

Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st academic year studies and the course of Physiotherapy interventions III have been achieved.