Professional Competence in Physiotherapy (compulsory)Laajuus (10 cr)

Objectives

Students

- evaluate and promote the children’s and young people’s ability to move and operate through physiotherapy
- design and implement physiotherapy in the everyday lives of the children and young people
- know the services aimed at the elderly in the service system and their contents
- apply evidence-based physiotherapy
- see the customer as a bio-psycho-social entity
- work as experts in physiotherapy in multiprofessional contexts
- plan and reflect on their own professional development and gain the skills needed to enter the working life
- know the possibilities of rehabilitation technology and can make good use of them in physiotherapy

Content

- special characteristics of physiotherapy for the children and young people
- changes brought upon by aging and their impact on a person’s ability to function
- evidence-based physiotherapy
- research-based effective physiotherapy and rehabilitation
- cost-effective physiotherapy and rehabilitation