FYBPRA1 Clinical Placement - I Course description

This practical training course constitutes the first of two modules in the third year of study. In this initial part, expectations regarding students’ independent judgment and autonomy are deliberately lower. The course builds upon and further develops the physiotherapist’s role within contemporary healthcare services. Students will engage with the current organisation of the healthcare system and examine key policy and regulatory documents that guide its future development. The course also addresses the integration of digital technologies as a means to innovate and improve health services. Through practical experience, students will deepen their understanding of rehabilitation processes, coordinate interprofessional collaboration, and critically reflect on power dynamics and professional autonomy in interactions with patients, users, and their families. Ultimately, the course aims to foster awareness of students’ present and future responsibilities as health professionals within a healthcare system characterised by continuous and rapid change.

The student must have passed first and second year of the programme or equivalent.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can account for the organisation of the health service and key governing documents and strategies for the health service
• has knowledge of culturally conditioned perceptions of health, illness and disabilities
• can recognise the risk of undesirable incidents and be familiar with methods for systematic follow-up
• has knowledge of other professions' areas of competence as a basis for cooperation

Skills

The students can

• plan, implement, adapt and evaluate measures in a treatment pathway, and assess the need for coordinated services
• apply knowledge about public health work, rehabilitation and habilitation in encounters with users, patients and next of kin
• apply knowledge about inclusion, equality and non-discrimination in encounters with users, patients and relatives from different cultural backgrounds
• include health literacy in meetings with users, patients and relatives to strengthen their opportunities for good health choices
• apply knowledge of digital technology and service innovation, both at the individual and system level
• take initiative, adapt to different situations and show independence in their work as a physiotherapist

General competence

The students can

• reflect on how their own and others' expertise can be used in interprofessional collaboration to develop a user-adapted service offering
• reflect on power relations, professionalism and one's own role as a professional in encounters with others, as well as assess and deal with ethical issues
• assess the risk of undesirable incidents and master methods for systematic follow-up of these

The work and teaching methods in the course include self-study, interprofessional collaborative learning and external supervised practice. Practical training is primarily carried out in the municipal or specialist health service.

The practical training will take place over a continuous period of nine (9) weeks, during which the student is in practical training five (5) days a week with a workload of up to 45 hours per week. During the practical training period, the student will have two demonstrations/practical implementation of examination and/or treatment, with the basis of clinical choices and reflection on their own professional practice.

As a general rule, the student will be in practice during the day, but rotations may occur. When carrying out practical training, students must comply with the current guidelines for clothing that apply at the individual practical training institution.

The following required coursework must be approved before a student can take the exam:

• Individual subject note according to given criteria, up to 700 words (+/- 10 %). The coursework requirement is subject to academic assessment.
• Two practical demonstrations: Carry out an examination and/or treatment, justify clinical choices and reflect on their own professional practice, as well as discuss choices together with the practice supervisor and contact teacher, and possibly fellow students. The first demonstration will be carried out ahead of the mid-term assessment. The second within the last two weeks of the practice period. Both with a duration of up to two hours, either physically or digitally.

Assessed practical training: The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, and the ongoing assessment made by the student throughout the practical training period.

In order to be able to assess the student in practical training, sufficient attendance (90 %) is required. For more information, see the general part of the programme description on assessment of practical training.

New assessment: "Failed" practical training normally means that the student must retake the entire practical training period.

Not relevant.

Pass/Fail

The midway- and final assessment is carried out by the clinical practice supervisor and, if applicable, the contact lecturer from the university. The final decision on whether to award a pass og fail grade is made by the university.