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MAELD4200 Physiotherapy for Elderly People with a Disability Course description

Course name in Norwegian
Fysioterapi for eldre personer med redusert funksjon
Study programme
Master's Programme in Health Sciences - specialisation in Physiotherapy for the older adult
Weight
10.0 ECTS
Year of study
2025/2026
Curriculum
SPRING 2026
Schedule
Programme description
Course history

Introduction

To interne sensorer. Ekstern sensor brukes jevnlig.

Recommended preliminary courses

Completed the course MAELD4100 Physiotherapy for Home-dwelling Older Adults.

Required preliminary courses

Eva Kristin Nancke Øvreness

Learning outcomes

For lærere som jobber i grunnskolen og/eller i kulturskolen.

Teaching and learning methods

Emnet vil benytte varierte, studentaktive arbeidsformer. Arbeids- og undervisningsformene består av forelesninger, seminarer, selvstudier, arbeidsoppgaver og veiledning. Undervisning gjennomføres samlingsbasert med 2 samlinger hver på 5 dager, hvorav 1 dag settes av til selvstudier med veiledning.

Course requirements

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

  • a minimum of 80% attendance at seminars where students present their assignments, and in group supervision.

Assessment

Individual project examination in the form of a given topic that is developed during the course. Scope: 2500 words (+/- 10%).

Resit examination: If the student is awarded the grade F (fails the written assignment), he/she will be given one (1) opportunity to submit a reworked version.

Permitted exam materials and equipment

All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Grading scale

Grade scale A-F.

Examiners

All answers are assessed by one examiner.

An external examiner is used regularly, at a minimum of every third completion of the course. When selecting answers for external evaluation, a minimum of 10 percent of the answers shall be included, with no fewer than 5 answers. The external examiner’s assessment of the selected answers shall benefit all students.

Overlapping courses

10 ECTS credits overlaps FYSEL6010 Geriatric physiotherapy - knowledge-based 1 (20 ECTS credits) in the topics measures and treatment.