COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PREVENTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 5036 PREVENTIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR DIDEM KARADIBAK

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

To discuss the public health problems related to prolongation of human life and changes of life styles, and to learn the applicable physiotherapy programs in all ages.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   knows the normal structure, development and changes with ageing of human body.
2   Knows the general principles of assessment and physiotherapy of preventive physiotherapy.
3   Knows the preventive physiotherapy methods and applies in women and elderly.
4   Knows the preventive physiotherapy methods and applies in children and adults.
5   Knows the preventive physiotherapy methods and applies in work and environment related musculoskeletal diseases
6   Performs research projects intended for public health.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction of the lecture
2 Typical human body structure, development
3 The changes with age in human body
4 General principles of conservative physiotherapy
5 General assessment principles in conservative physiotherapy
6 Common musculoskeletal diseases
7 Approaches of conservative physiotherapy in children
8 Approaches of conservative physiotherapy in adult
9 Approaches of conservative physiotherapy in elderly
10 Approaches of conservative physiotherapy in women
11 Conservative physiotherapy in musculoskeletal diseases related to work and environment
12 Research projects about public health
13 Research projects about public health
14 Literature search

Recomended or Required Reading

1 Joint, Structure, Function. Norkin FA
2 Preventive Medicine. Howard J.
3 Preventive medicine and public health [electronic resource] : PreTest self-assessment and review. Ratelle S.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference
2. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF


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)

Sema Savcı, Prof. Dr. DEU SPTR

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 2 3 6
Field study 2 2 4
Preparing presentations 14 2 28
Project Assignment 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 99

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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