MAPFY4100 Psychomotor Physiotherapy - Examination and Treatment Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The purpose of this course is to enable students to perform examination and professional assessments in accordance with the principles of psychomotor physiotherapy. The examination form the basis of the physiotherapist's understanding of the body as a functional, interacting whole. This entails assessing physical complaints and symptoms in light of muscle tensions and mobility in the whole body, as well as the patient’s history and present situation. The course provides a theoretical and practical basis for psychomotor physiotherapy. Practical training period 1 is started during this course.

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences - Specialisation in Psychomotor Physiotherapy and hold Norwegian authorisation as a physiotherapist.

It is assumed that the student has access to a practical training establishment/own place of work where they can perform psychomotor physiotherapy treatments on patients.  

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• can describe and discuss the principles of psychomotor physical examinations   
• can interpret findings from the examination in light of  the patient’s history and relevant literature (clinical reasoning)
• can discuss aspects of clinical reasoning
• can assess relevant treatments
• can discuss different understandings of the body   

Skills

The student

• can perform a physical examination in accordance with the principles of psychomotor physiotherapy and make professional assessments of the patient’s problem
• can investigate the significance of complaints and symptoms for each individual patient
• can explore perform come up with come up with and perform relevant treatment measures in  interaction with the patient

General competence  

The student

• can analyse and assess complex clinical problems and make clinical decisions about treatment
• can communicate independent professional assessments of examination results and treatment processes based on the principles of psychomotor physiotherapy   

Work and teaching methods vary between lectures, flipped classroom, supervised skills training and student-active learning methods in the form of group work, seminars and presentations.

The students will perform psychomotor physiotherapy on patients at their own place of work/practical training establishment. The course is session-based.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the examination: 

• A minimum of 80% attendance in skills training and scheduled seminars and group work, and supervision of the student’s practical training in groups

An individual oral examination, up to 20 minutes.

None

Pass/fail

All examinations are assessed by two examiners. A minimum of 20% of the examination papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner’s assessment should benefit all students.

The course overlaps by 10 ECTS credits with PSYF6100 Psychomotor physiotherapy and different perspectives on health and illness (20 ECTS credits) in the topic examinations (10 ECTS credits).