MAELD4200 Physiotherapy for Elderly People with a Disability Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The subject includes healthy aging and aging in place for older individuals with geriatric challenges, a group that is more complex and frail. There is a desire to increase efforts to provide services in the home, and the subject covers both physiotherapy for older people living at home and interventions during short- or long-term stays in institutions, including nursing homes. The subject addresses the geriatric patient and examples of relevant patient groups, with a main focus on assessment, treatment, health promotion, and rehabilitation. Furthermore, the subject is based on various theoretical perspectives and emphasizes critical analysis of the evidence base for examination, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention. It also covers principles for development and quality improvement work, as well as research in physiotherapy practice.

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

The student must have been admitted to the Master’s Programme in Health Sciences and hold authorisation as a physiotherapist.

It is assumed that the student has or will obtain access to physiotherapy work with older adults when taking the course.

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 analyse theories, principles and concepts related to evidence-based practice with respect to older adults with a disability
• can analyse their own professional role and function in treatment and rehabilitation of older adults with a disability

Skills

The student

• can assess the physical function, activity and participation of older adults living in healthcare institutions
• can prioritise, plan, execute and evaluate different interventions for older adults with a disability
• can analyse scholarly and professional problems related to evidence-based practice
• can integrate knowledge from research with clinical experience and the older adult´s experience and preferences
• can critically analyse challenges and barriers related to the implementation of evidence-based interventions in clinical practice

General competence

The student

• can contribute to professional development in physiotherapy for the older adults
• can analyse scholarly, professional and ethical problems related to evidence-based practice in physiotherapy for the older adults
• can communicate with colleagues, patients and next of kin about specific problems related to physiotherapy for the older adults

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.

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

• a minimum of 80% attendance at seminar and sessions

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.

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

Grade scale A-F.

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.

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