Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Rehabilitation (Chronic Pain, Neuorological)
Course Code
RFR_018
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation
ECTS
54.00
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 neurological rehabilitation, especially in the context of patients whose future treatment is expected to improve their state of health as a result of the professional activity of specialists in the field of rehabilitation medicine. The medical resident will be able to name, define, classify and describe the most common neurological conditions that result in permanent and disabling health impairments in patients.
Skills
1.The medical resident will be able to: assess neurological rehabilitation and chronic pain patients; analyse assessment results; predict late outcomes; develop an individual rehabilitation plan; identify risk factors for complications and develop a complication prevention plan; assess the duration, content of the patient’s rehabilitation and the need for dynamic monitoring; 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, work in an interdisciplinary 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 neurological rehabilitation and chronic pain 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, treatment of and rehabilitation after neurological diseases that can lead to permanent health impairments that limit patient functioning.
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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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Rehabilitation service providers, finance.
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Management of the field of rehabilitation.
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Rehabilitation services: multiprofessional, monoprofessional.
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On site
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Current affairs of rehabilitation
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Rehabilitation service quality principles, criteria, indicators.
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Rehabilitation as a branch of medicine.
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Types of scientific research.
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Ethics and morals - branches of science.
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Rehabilitation team: definitions, history, types.
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"Community Based Rehabilitation" - concept, translations, definitions.
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Standards, algorithms, clinical pathways. Auditing.
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Continuity, quality of the rehabilitation service.
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Current affairs of rehabilitation
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Ethical principles of scientific research, legislation.
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Ways of providing rehabilitation services.
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Guidelines: definitions, classification, history.
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Practical work in research databases.
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Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine - International Network.
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Rehabilitation outcomes research.
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Rehabilitation service quality management in the long and short term.
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Rehabilitation team: members, roles, responsibility. Legal aspects.
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The rehabilitation team: a multiprofessional approach.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
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Public community: description, rehabilitation service.
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Physical and rehabilitation medicine as a specialty of doctors
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Evaluation methods of service quality indicators, results.
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Health care organization systems.
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Rehabilitation interventions, their effectiveness.
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On site
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Current affairs of rehabilitation
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Medical ethics, professional aspects, ethical dilemmas.
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Clinical research: definitions, quality assessment.
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Evaluation system for the quality of interventions.
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Regional aspects of the rehabilitation service delivery network.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
54.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
33
Length (weeks):
40
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 research : principles and applications / Russell E. Carter. 5th edition. St. Louis, Missouri: Elsevier, 2016.
4.
Physical agents in rehabilitation : from research to practice / Michelle Cameron. 4th edition. St. Louis, Mo.: Elsevier/Saunders, 2013.
5.
Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity. 1st edition. ed. by M. P. Barnes and G. R. Johnson, Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Additional Reading
1.
RSU Bibliotēkas abonētās datu bāzes
Other Information Sources
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www.euro-prm.org