Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Sports for People with Disabilities
Course Code
RSP_017
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
ECTS
9.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Sandra Rozenštoka
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Sport Medicine Doctor
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Sandra Rozenštoka
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in sports for people with disabilities according to the requirements of sport medicine physicians’ specialty.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Knowledge about possibilities to do sports and restrictions for people with disabilities which is an issue falling within the scope of sports medicine as a multidisciplinary field of medicine. Theoretical and practical knowledge of the impact of physical load of different kinds of sports on a human body, different movement and other disorders and adaptation of the body thereto, recommendations regarding individually adjusted physical load and physical activity restrictions.
Skills
1.Ability to reasonably select the most suitable examination methods for people with disabilities, assess results of examinations and prepare a treatment and activity plan for patients.
Competences
1.Competence in solving different clinical cases, their diagnostics, etiopathogenesis, treatment, prevention and care.
Assessment
Individual work
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Theoretical knowledge is acquired in 3 seminars and individual literature studies. During practical classes students control patients under the supervision of a physician eligible to provide such training, participate in examination and treatment of a patient by mastering patient examination, as well as diagnostics and medical manipulations. A medical resident acquires different medical diagnostic methods, methodology of the manipulations to be made and medical sports classification technologies also applied in sports medicine physicians practice.
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Examination
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At the end of the study course a head of the residency programme shall assess the theoretical knowledge obtained by a medical resident in writing and verbally. The written test shall be assessed according to the 10-point grading system.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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On site
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Specialized room
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Topics
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Sport for people with disabilities. Paralympic sport in Latvia, Europe and the World. Paralympic sports.
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Seminar
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Specialized room
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Primary and combined physical disability, which allows to participate in Paralympic sports (10 types). Adjusted physical activity.
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Seminar
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On site
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Specialized room
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Basics of classification in Parasports, assessment methods.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
9.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
3
Length (weeks):
8
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Chiu K., et al. Orthotics and Prosthetics in Rehabilitation. 4th Edition, Elsevier Inc, 2019.
2.
Vanlandewijck Y.C., Thompson W.R. Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science: Training and Coaching the Paralympic Athlete. Wiley, 2016.
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Winnick, J. P., PorrettaD. L. Adapted Physical Education and Sport. Human Kinetics, 2016.
4.
Vanlandewijck Y., Thompson W. The Paralympic Athlete Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science. John Wiley& Sons, 2011.