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Advanced neurological physiotherapy (5 cr)

Code: FT00DW21-3001

General information


Enrollment

08.11.2021 - 21.11.2021

Timing

17.01.2022 - 25.03.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

5 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Ecampus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Elina Päykkönen

Teacher in charge

Elina Päykkönen

Groups

  • FTSA20KP
    Physiotherapy, full-time studies
  • FTSA20SM
    Physiotherapy, part-time studies

Objective

You can take into account and support clients' participation and agency in physiotherapy processes.
You can assess reliably and in a versatile way the functional and mobility capabilities of clients taking into account individuals' resources and operational strategies.
You can plan and guide therapeutic exercises supporting individuals' motor learning and taking into account the special features of central and peripheral nervous system disorders as well as the individual resources and operational strategies.
You are able to apply the most influential methods of neurological physiotherapy, taking into account individuals' resources and the living environment.

Content

How do you take into account and support clients' participation and agency in physiotherapy processes?
How do you choose, justify, and use different assessment methods for functional ability to take into account individual resources, operational strategies, and supporting clients' participation in physiotherapy processes?
How do you design and guide progressive, task-oriented training for neurological rehabilitation, taking into account the special features of central and peripheral nervous system disorders, the individual resources, operational strategies,and habitat?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Qualifications

Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the first and second academic year studies have been achieved.