Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Rehabilitology (Cardiological, Neurological, Paediatric)
Course Code
RFR_017
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
63.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Anita Vētra
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Physical and rehabilitation medicine doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Anita Vētra
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To provide medical residents with opportunities to acquire and improve theoretical knowledge and practical skills in order to prepare them to successfully pass the certification examination in the specialty of a doctor of physical and rehabilitation medicine, in accordance with laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Theoretical knowledge of the principles of cardiological and internal medicine, as well as paediatric neurological rehabilitation, aetiology of diseases, prevalence, clinical manifestations, rehabilitation interventions, indications and contraindications thereof. The medical resident will be able to name, define, classify and describe the most common cardiological and internal medicine, paediatric neurological diseases that result in permanent and disabling health impairments in patients.
Skills
1.The medical resident will be able: to assess cardiological and internal medicine rehabilitation and paediatric neurological rehabilitation patients from the perspective of a physical and rehabilitation medicine physician; to analyse and interpret assessment results; to predict late outcomes; to develop an individual rehabilitation plan and evaluate outcomes achieved, using objective assessment tools; to identify risk factors for complications and develop a complication prevention plan; to assess the duration, content of the patient’s rehabilitation, outcomes achieved, and the need for dynamic monitoring; to use the International Classification of Functioning.
Competences
1.The medical resident will be able: to use the acquired knowledge planning the necessary rehabilitation and dynamic monitoring in the future; to develop a comprehensive rehabilitation plan starting from the acute stage of treatment; to predict late treatment and rehabilitation outcomes; to lead the multiprofessional rehabilitation team; to develop a plan of preventive measures.
Assessment
Individual work
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Individual work |
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Daily work of a resident doctor with cardiological and internal rehabilitation and paediatric neurological rehabilitation patients in an inpatient setting under the supervision of a certified physician specialising in physical and rehabilitation medicine.
Acquisition of theoretical knowledge and improvement of skills, according to the content of the study course.
Studies in depth the aetiology, prevalence, clinical manifestations, treatment of and rehabilitation after cardiological diseases that can lead to permanent health impairments that limit patient functioning and disability.
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Examination
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Examination |
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100% attendance of theoretical seminars.
Regular work with patients at the place of implementation of the study course under the guidance of a certified physician specialising in physical and rehabilitation medicine.
Presentation of a patient or clinical case at the end of the study course.
Answering the questions prepared by the study course leader and teaching staff or passing tests in accordance with the Academic Regulations.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Kinesiology: history, definitions, branch of science.
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Theoretical basis of kinesiology, basic principles of assessment.
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Gait and movement analysis
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Technical aids: orthoses, shoes.
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Orthoses: definitions, classification, types.
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Principles of orthoses, future perspective.
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Technical aids: prostheses.
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Prostheses: definitions, classification, types.
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Prosthetics, materials, future perspective.
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Technical aids: definitions, classification, types.
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Mobility technical aids. Wheelchairs
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Self-care technical aids.
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On site
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Rehabilitation and sports medicine
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Disabled sports, Paralympic movement.
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Rehabilitation technologies.
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Robotic devices: definitions, classification.
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The place of robotics in the rehabilitation process.
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Alternative and complementary medicine: history, definitions, types.
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Scientific evidence of alternative medicine.
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Clinical examples.
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Nature's healing factors.
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Balneology: definitions, history, types.
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Balneology in a European and global context.
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Research in rehabilitation: research designs, types.
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Research in Rehabilitation: Quantitative Methods.
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Research in rehabilitation: qualitative methods.
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Neuromuscular functional electrostimulation.
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Feedback principle.
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Indications and contraindications of methods.
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On site
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Current affairs of rehabilitation
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On site
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Current affairs of rehabilitation
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Current affairs of rehabilitation
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
63.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
33
Length (weeks):
46
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 5th edition. ed. by R. L. Braddom, Saunders Elsevier, 2016.
2.
DeLisa’s physical medicine and rehabilitation : principles and practice / editor-in-chief, Walter R. Frontera ; editor emeritus, Joel A. DeLisa ; editors, Jeffrey Basford [un vēl 11 redaktori]. 6th edition. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2019], 2020.
3.
Rehabilitation goal setting : theory, practice, and evidence / edited by, Richard J. Siegert, AUT University, Auckland, New Zealand and William M.M. Levack, University of Otago, New Zealand Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, 2015.
4.
Pediatric rehabilitation : principles and practice / editors, Michael A. Alexander, Dennis J. Matthews ; associate editor, Kevin P. Murphy. 5th edition. New York: Demos Medical Publishing, LLC, 2015.
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Physical agents in rehabilitation : from research to practice / Michelle Cameron. 4th edition. St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Saunders, 2013.
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Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity. 1st edition. ed. By M. P. Barnes and G. R. Johnson, Cambrige University Press, 2001.
7.
Rehabilitation research: principles and applications / Russell E. Carter. 5th edition. St. Louis, Missouri : Elsevier, 2016.
Additional Reading
1.
RSU bibliotēkas abonētās datu bāzes
Other Information Sources
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www.euro-prm.org
2.
www.who.com