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Assessment of FunctioningLaajuus (10 cr)

Code: TF00BT16

Credits

10 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Raimo Kääriäinen

Learning objectives

After completing the course, student
- Can answer for his own actions and their consequences and reflect on them in accordance with the professional ethical principles and values ​​of his field.
- Recognizes the need for physiotherapy and knows how to choose and justify appropriate and reliable physiotherapy assessment methods (observation, interview, palpation, measurement).
- Can draw conclusions and physiotherapeutic diagnosis based on the assessment. Can document the results of physiotherapeutic examination and can prepare customer-oriented and measurable goals.
- Can explain the factors affecting a person's workload.
- Can choose appropriate physical performance measurement methods. Also takes into account the individual's psychological, social and cognitive performance.
- Can explain results and draw some conclusions about a person's physical performance and use them in physiotherapeutic guidance.
- Can evaluate and develop their skills and learning methods.
- Can make justified study choices and combine the perspective of internationalization, professional options in the field and career planning

Content

Physiotherapy examination and evaluation methods
- Conclusions and physiotherapeutic diagnosis
- Documentation
- Setting a physiotherapy goal

Measuring physical performance
- Exercise physiology
- Physical performance measurement methods
- Interpretation of physical performance measurement methods

- Personal study plan, personal learning environment and reflection of own learning
- Culture and physiotherapy in different countries, group discussion