MAPFY4200 Psychomotor Physiotherapy - Individual Approaches Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

The purpose of this course is to develop the students’ practical competence in individually-adapted psychomotor physiotherapy. The students’ treatment skills are the main focus of the course, where it is important that the physical and verbal ways in which they approach the patient complement each other. The current clinical picture shows an increasing proportion of patients with chronic and complex conditions. The course has a focus on patient-oriented treatment and what treatment and improvement can mean to this group of patients. Students will also look at the body-mind dualism. The physiotherapist’s role in mental health work is highlighted through observation training.

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.

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 physiotherapy;
• can discuss key aspects of patient-oriented treatment
• ;can critically assess physical aspects of mental health issues;

;Skills

The student

• can apply principles of psychomotor physiotherapy in an independent manner in clinical practice
• can critically assess and apply different treatment approaches adapted to the individual patient
• can analyse and assess individual treatment processes

General competence ;

The student

• can analyse problems related to psychomotor physiotherapy at a professional level
• can communicate professional assessments to relevant partners and contribute constructively to interdisciplinary cooperation

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 course is session-based.;

The students will perform psychomotor physiotherapy on patients at their own place of work/practical training establishment.

Practical training period 1 starts after the first;teaching session in the course MAPFY4100 and is concluded during this course. The students will also have three days of observation training.;

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

Coursework requirements that must be approved by the practical training supervisor:;

• completed a minimum of 20 hours of group supervision
• completed 80 patient treatments
• individual records in accordance with specified criteria

Coursework requirements that must be approved by the lecturer:;

• a minimum of 80% attendance in skills training and scheduled seminars and group work, and group supervision
• three days of observation training and an individual reflection note based on experience from practical training of up to 700 words

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Assessment of practical training.

Part 2) Individual project examination in the form of a given topic that is developed during the course. Scope: up to 3,000 words.

Part 1 and part 2 are taken independently of each other.

Resit examination: Part 2) 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.

Grunnleggende forståelse i organisasjonspsykologi er viktig både som ansatt og som leder i arbeidslivet. Kunnskap om individer og grupper i en organisasjonskontekst er vesentlig for å kunne iverksette strategier og beslutninger fordi dette vil involvere menneskene i organisasjonen. Kunnskaper og ferdigheter opparbeidet i emnet gir grunnlag for senere emner i organisasjon, ledelse og strategi.

Ingen forkunnskapskrav.

Studenten skal etter å ha fullført emnet ha følgende totale læringsutbytte definert i kunnskap, ferdigheter og generell kompetanse:

Kunnskaper

• kunnskaper om motivasjon og belønning, kommunikasjon
• kjennskap til betydningen av personlighet, kognisjon, emosjoner, jobbholdninger og arbeidsmiljø
• grunnleggende kunnskap om makt, innflytelse og konflikter, ledelse, beslutninger
• organisasjonskultur, læring og endring fra et organisasjonspsykologisk perspektiv.
• mer inngående kunnskap i et fordypningstema innenfor fagfeltet som varierer fra år til år

Ferdigheter

• bruke ulike teoretiske tilnærminger og perspektiver fra faget for å forstå og analysere utfordringer og dilemmaer knyttet til menneskers atferd i organisasjoner
• benytte kunnskap fra organisasjonspsykologien når de skal fatte og iverksette beslutninger i organisasjoner.

Generell kompetanse

• oppøvet ferdighet i kritisk refleksjon om fagets muligheter og begrensninger