Entry requirements

Admission to semester 5 requires

* a pass in all compulsory components/examinations/assessments from semester 1, 2, 3.

*a pass in all except one compulsory component/examination/assessment from semester 4.

* passed clinical placement from semester 4

* at least 115.5 credits.

Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes

On completion of the course, the student should be able to:

1. Account for aetiology and clinical guidelines with respect to pain and commonly occurring neuromusculoskeletal disabilities as well as mental illness.

2. Independently analyse, evaluate, plan and implement physiotherapeutic measures from a biopsychosocial perspective for pain, neuromusculoskeletal disabilities as well as mental illness.

3. Explain, identify and evaluate biomedical and psychosocial prognostic risk factors and also examine life style factors.

4. Apply basic manual methods and technologies for examination and treatment of patients with pain and neuromusculoskeletal disabilities.

5. Independently analyse and evaluate physiotherapeutic measures through clinical reflection and also identify and justify the need for additional knowledge.

6. Reflect on own values and attitudes as well as apply a basic professional approach considering age and diversity.

7. Apply a risk preventive, patient safe and ergonomic working method.

8. Analyse and evaluate physical and psychosocial work environment on individual and organisational level.

9. Interact and communicate with the patient/client, the relatives and other health care providers, and also identify the need for efforts from other health care providers.

Content

Content

Aetiology and clinical guidelines regarding pain, common neuro-musculoskeletal disabilities as well as mental illness

Methods and manual technologies for examination and treatment of pain and commonly occurring neuromusculoskeletal disabilities

Application of the Physiotherapy model for clinical reasoning on individuals with pain, neuromusculoskeletal disabilities as well as mental illness

Biomedical and psychosocial prognostic risk factors

Clinical placement

Written report on clinical placement education

Work place visits, risk and repetitive strain analysis as well as action plan

Advanced assignment on exercise when having a specific neuromusculoskeletal pain condition and/or mental illness.

Instruction

The course is given in the form of lectures, workshops, seminars, own work and individual supervision in clinical placement.

The contents of the lectures constitute basis for examination, also in those cases when the lectures do not require compulsory attendance.

Assessment

Passing the course requires:

Active participation in seminars (assess aims 1.2, 3 and 4), 4 credits

Passed written examination (assesses aims 1, 2 and 3) 4 credits

Passed oral, practical examination (assesses aims 1, 2 and 4) 4 credits

Passed written reports (assess aims 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8) 1.5 credits

Clinical placement (assesses aims 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9), 7.5 credits

Students who have not passed the examination have a right to make 4 additional examination attempts (i.e. 5 examination attempts in total). If special circumstances apply, the programme committee can admit additional examination. Every time the student participates in an examination is counted. Submission of a so-called blank examination counts as an examination attempt. The student has the right to request a change of examiner after two failed examinations.

If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.