MAPFY4400 Psychomotor Physiotherapy - Individual and Society Course description

Language of instruction: Norwegian

This course aims to enable the students to acquire specialised practical competence in the field of psychomotor physiotherapy. The trends in society are characterised by increasing ethnic, cultural and linguistic diversity, and an increase in illness and physical complaints among adolescents. This course therefore has a focus on topics such as identity, language and culture and relates these to the body and various physical complaints. Practical training period 2 is completed 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.The student must have passed the courses MAPFY4100 and MAPFY4200.

It is assumed that the student has access to a practical training establishment/own place of work where psychomotor physiotherapy treatments are performed 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 interpret physical reactions to major life events   
• can analyse clinical problems from a cultural perspective
• can discuss the relationship between identity, culture and health  
• can discuss the relationship between adolescents, identity, the body and health

Skills 

The student

• can assess and adapt psychomotor physiotherapy to patients of different ages and from different cultural backgrounds
• can apply psychomotor physiotherapy to patients going through major life events
• can communicate independent assessments as part of interdisciplinary cooperation on treatment and assessments relating to social security/national insurance schemes 

General competence   

The student  

• can contribute to improving the quality of today’s health services
• can contribute in interprofessional cooperation concerning patients from different cultural backgrounds
• can analytically reflect on the patient’s participation in interprofessional cooperation
• can analyse and assess professional and ethical aspects of their own professional practice

Work and teaching methods vary between lectures, digital teaching sessions in the form of 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.

The last part of practical training period 2 is taken and concluded in this course.

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

Coursework requirements for examination part 1:

• completed a minimum of 52 hours of group supervision. Practical training periods 1 and 2 comprise 72 hours in all.
• completed a minimum of 120 patient treatments, and, in all, a minimum of 200 patient treatments 
• individual patient journal 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
• an oral presentation in the seminar group

Combined assessment:

Part 1) Assessment of practical training.

Part 2) A practical and oral examination is taken in the fourth semester over two days:

• Day 1: Examination and assessment of patient, write a patient journal
• Day 2: Submission of the journal  and demonstration of treatment performed on the patient who was examined the previous day

The student must pass part 1 to be able to take part 2.

Part 1) Not relevant

Part 2) All aids are permitted, as long as the rules for source referencing are complied with.

Language of instruction: Norwegian

In this course, the students will acquire knowledge and competence in clinical research and professional development, including in the critical assessment of nursing practice. Key areas of nursing research will be elucidated and the consequences of different concepts and forms of knowledge analysed on the basis of clinical practice. The relationship between theory and empirical data will be explored and discussed by examining different positions in science and research.

Students will acquire knowledge of the main approaches to evidence-based practice, and the relationship between clinical experience, user participation and research will be discussed. The student is expected to develop competence that enables them to perform independent and thorough literature searches on the basis of relevant topics. Critical assessment of sources and academic writing and argumentation are also emphasised in the course.

;The course also addresses educational and organisational challenges relating to the implementation of new practices on the basis of research and professional development. This includes highlighting key functions such as supervising and teaching colleagues and students, as well as initiating and leading professional change processes.

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

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

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Knowledge

The student

• can describe nursing as a profession and a science
• can critically assess different views of knowledge and the importance of contextual relationships for research and professional development
• can analyse evidence-based practice and the values and perspectives on which such practice is based

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Skills

The student

• can perform systematic literature searches, critically assess available knowledge and use findings to analyse clinical issues
• can analyse and take a critical approach to various sources of knowledge and use the sources in academic argumentation
• can use knowledge of educational approaches in supervision and dissemination

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General competence

The student

• can initiate, participate in and conduct change and development work
• can create engagement in order to initiate research and professional development
• can analyse and critically reflect on issues relating to the field of nursing
• can communicate with colleagues and the general public about problems, argumentation and conclusions relating to the field of nursing