COURSE UNIT TITLE

: FUNCTIONAL NEUROANATOMY AND NEUROPHYSIOLOGY IN PHYSIOTHERAPHY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

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 General assessment
10 Task presentation-1
11 Task presentation-2
12 Task presentation-3
13 Task presentation-4
14 Task presentation-5

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

The midterm grade will be given from the homework/presentations prepared by the groups, the final/ make-up grade will be given by the exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Attendance to at least 70 per cent of the courses is compulsory.
It is compulsory to do the homework / performance determined as success criteria.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Özge ERTEKIN, PhD PT, Assoc.Prof.
24932

Office Hours

Monday 13:00-13:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 4 2 8
Student Presentations 10 2 20
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing presentations 10 4 40
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

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

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