Technology Competences in Rehabilitation (5 cr)
Code: NN00GN49-3001
General information
Enrolment period
19.08.2024 - 17.11.2024
Timing
18.11.2024 - 31.07.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
MD in Rehabilitation
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Master's Degree Programme in Rehabilitation
Teachers
- Heidi Peltolehto
- Toni Pippola
- Pipsa Tuominen
- Jukka-Pekka Pirhonen
Person in charge
Minna Törnävä
Groups
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24YMON
Objectives (course unit)
Student
• is able to plan, implement and develop needs-based use of technology in customer and network work
• knows the possibilities and benefits of technology in rehabilitation and is able to apply them critically in improving individuals' ability to function
• knows the possibilities of distance rehabilitation and is able to apply them
Content (course unit)
Defining customer-based needs of technology
Digitization in rehabilitation
Rehabilitation technology / technical assisted rehabilitation and its possibilities
Intelligent devices in supporting rehabilitation - well-being monitoring, safety, control
Robotics, big data, machine learning, artificial intelligence, assistive technology, sensor technology, virtual world, gaming, wearable technology
Distance guidance, distance rehabilitation
The capacity of the work community to utilize technology
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
The student
• can describe and explain the key concepts, contents, and methods of health technologies and user-centered design with customers, networks, and remote rehabilitation
• can describe methods to identify user needs and can explain the potential and benefits of needs- and user-oriented technologies in rehabilitation
• limited participation in the discussion on the capacity of the work community to use technology
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
The student
• can correctly apply critical concepts of well-being and health technologies and user-centered design and choose methods for different situations with customers, networks, and remote rehabilitation
• can describe appropriate methods for identifying user needs and can explain the benefits of technologies in improving the functional capacity of individual customer
• contributes to the discussion on the capacity of the work community to utilize technology
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
The student
• can describe health technology methods, applying and integrating them individually to meet the needs of users in client and network work, and remote rehabilitation
• can analyze, document, and critically evaluate research findings on the potential and benefits of technologies in improving the functional capacity of individuals
• can contribute constructively to discussions on the capacity of the work community to utilize technology and can ground their points of view
Assessment scale
0-5