Clinical practice I (5 cr)

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

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with clients, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

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.