COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY IN PHYSIOTHERAPHY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 3063 FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY IN PHYSIOTHERAPHY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR ÖZGE ERTEKIN

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

to know the structure, functions and organizations of nervous system.
to differentiate the affected nervous system structures in physiotherapy practice.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   to know the anatomic structure and functions of nervous system.
2   to know the affected systems and functions after neurological damage
3   to describe the physiotherapy methods after neurological damage
4   to know the effects of the physiotherapy methods on neurological system after neurological damage
5   to know the structure of healed nervous system after physiotherapy practice

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Course Presentation and Determination of working groups and topics
2 Nerve physiology-1
3 Nerve physiology-2
4 Synaptic transmission
5 Sensory and motor systems physiology-1
6 Sensory and motor systems physiology-2
7 Higher cortical functions
8 Task assignments
9 Middle year examination
10 Task presentation-1
11 Task presentation-2
12 Task presentation-3
13 Task presentation-4
14 Task presentation-5
15 final assessment

Recomended or Required Reading


Functional Neuroanatomy: Text and Atlas, 2nd Edition (LANGE Basic Science)
by Adel Afifi and Ronald Bergman

Neuroscience: Fundamentals for Rehabilitation, 4e
by Laurie Lundy-Ekman PhD PT

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture presentations and student preparations in groups

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE ASG * 0.40 + FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Özge ERTEKIN, PhD PT, Assoc.Prof.
24932

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Student Presentations 14 1 14
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 14 2 28
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 88

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.4
LO.5