COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSIOTHERAPY IN PEDIATRIC DISEASES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 6105 PHYSIOTHERAPY IN PEDIATRIC DISEASES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜLAY TARSUSLU

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Get knowledge about the advanced physiotherapy approaches to pediatric diseases by the
student and improve his/her ability of interpretation by integrating theoric and
practical knowledge

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can define basic concept and principles of pediatric diseases
2   Know indications and contraindications of pediatric rehabilitation
3   Know pediatric rehabilitation and medical treatment approaches
4   Know and apply evidence based assessment and physiotherapy methods in different pediatric disease
5   Know and can organize rehabilitation team work

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction
2 Normal development, factors influencing, developmental teories and therapies
3 Muscular dystrophies, evidence based physiotherapy
4 Early rehabilitation, evidence based physiotherapy
5 Cerebral palsy, evidence based rehabilitation
6 Pediatric rheumatologic diseases, evidenced based rehabilitation
7 Alternative and completary therapies in childhood diseases, evidence based approaches
8 Alternative and complemantary therapies in childhood diseases, evidence based approaches
9 Obstetric brachial plexus palsy, evidence based approaches
10 congenital muscular tortikollis, evidence based approaches
11 Intellectaul developmental defiencies, otizm, evidence based approaches
12 Family education in pediatric rehabilitation
13 Evidence based approaches
14 Evidence based approaches

Recomended or Required Reading

Jan Stephen Tecklin. Pediatric Physical Therapy.2007
Tülay Tarsuslu Şimşek. Pediatrik Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitation. 2019

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Face-to-face

Assessment Methods

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Evaluations consists of presentation, final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Proff. Tülay Tarsuslu Şimşek

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Clinical Practice 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing presentations 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 1 5 5
Project Final Presentation 1 5 5
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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