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 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

The purpose of this course is to make the students understand concepts, challenges and possibilities of digital health related to people in need of support in everyday life, or patients with chronic illness, in homecare or rehabilitation.

Digital health services comprise a complex set of technology solutions such as wearables, apps and decision support systems to assist health experts accomplish their tasks and support patients’ needs. Digital health services can be built for example for smart-homes, mobile smartphones, ambient intelligence and social networks.

Digital solutions can generate an enormous amount of data powered by platforms, algorithms, and AI technologies, providing a potent ecosystem for new digital service co-creation. AI-enabled digital health can assist healthcare experts in making individually tailored clinical decisions, enable predictive care provision, as well as facilitate efficient personalised support and improved quality of life for patients at home.

Emphasis of this course is placed on the patient's needs and how digital health services can be developed between all stakeholders (e.g. healthcare experts, individuals / patients and company representatives) in a real-life context.

Students will learn how digital healthcare has possibilities to reduce costs and create innovative and sustainable services. Ethical and regulatory aspects will be discussed.

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.

The course will use varied, student-active work methods. Work and teaching methods include lectures, activating workshops, independent group work, group work presentations and self-study. Two teaching periods are organised, each running over three to four consecutive days. Between the two periods, the students will work in groups on a written assignment that they will present during the final period. The students choose their assignment from a selection of topics given in the first period.

The following must be approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• Oral presentation in groups, up to 30 minutes. The presentation must be given in English if there are English-speaking students on the course.

Individual written home exam over one week, maximum 3,000 words.

The paper can be written in English or a Scandinavian language.

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