Professional Swedish for Physiothrapists, writing skillsLaajuus (1 cr)

Objectives

Students
- are able to write down in an interview information important to a person’s present and previous functionality and wellbeing,
- can instruct various clients in the most important therapeutical exercises in writing,
- are able to communicate in writing in a multi-professional work communities in situations common to physiotherapists,
- know the most important professional vocabulary of their field,
- know how to find information from professional and research sources and use that to improve their expertise,
- can maintain, develop and evaluate their language skills and language learning skills as well as adopt language skills as a part of their professional identities.

Content

- interview
- guidance and advice situations
- symptoms and treatment of pain and various conditions
- important physiotherapy vocabulary
- important anatomical vocabulary
- authentic texts from the students’ own field