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Advanced physiotherapy for children and adolescents (5 cr)

Code: FT00DW24-3001

General information


Enrollment

06.04.2022 - 22.04.2022

Timing

06.09.2022 - 09.12.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

40 % Contact teaching, 60 % Distance learning

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

20 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Miia Kierikki
  • Elina Päykkönen

Teacher in charge

Elina Päykkönen

Groups

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

Objective

You can identify and assess motor development and common impairments of children and young people.
You can take into account disease-specific features in the planning, implementation and guidance of physiotherapy for children and adolescents.
You can apply therapeutic exercise individually for promoting the functional ability of children and adolescents.
You can design and implement different therapeutic exercises and applied exercises for children and adolescents with special needs, both individually and in groups.
You can work in multi-professional teams and with families and take into account their psychosocial resources and environmental possibilities.

Content

How do you assess and support motor development and functional ability of children and adolescents in different age groups?
How do you take into account the specific features of diseases in physiotherapy?
How do you take into account the families and living environments of children and adolescents in physiotherapy?
How do you apply therapeutic exercises and applied group exercises in a client-centered way with children and adolescents needing special support?
How do you show your expertise of physiotherapy in multi-professional teams?

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed

Qualifications

Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st and 2nd academic year studies have been achieved.