Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)

Course Description Status: Approved

Course Description Version: 25/26.R.1.00

Description Period: 2025./26 academic year rudens semestris

Study Course Accepted: -

Study Course Description

Rehabilitation (Musculoskeletal, Neurological)

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
RFR_001
Branch of Science
Anatomy; Clinical medicine
ECTS
58.05
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
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About Study Course

Objective

To provide residents with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills acquisition and opportunities for the development. To prepare residents for certification exam in Physical and rehabilitation medicine specialty according to Latvian Republic normative documents.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Theoretical knowledge of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular rehabilitation principles Traynee will be able to name, define, classify and characterize the most common neurological diseases, as a result, patients can gain permanent and disabling health problems.

Skills

1.Traynee will evaluate and assess musculoskeletal and neuromuscular rehabilitation patients Will be able to analyze the results of the evaluation Will be able to predict the results of outcomes Will be able to create an individual rehabilitation plan Will be able to identify risk factors for complications Will be able to draw up a plan for the prevention of complications Will be able to determine the patient's rehabilitation time, content and follow-up is needed Will be able to use the International Classification of Functioning

Competences

1.Traynee will be able to use the acquired knowledge and to plan future rehabilitation Will be able to develop a longterm rehabilitation plan starting from the acute phase of treatment and predicted late in treatment and rehabilitation outcomes Traynee will be able to manage and lead multidisciplinary rehabilitation team Will be able to develop prevention plans

Assessment

Individual work

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Traynees daily work with musculoskeletal and neuromuscular rehabilitation patients in hospitals under the guidance of a teaching specialist doctor (trainer) Theoretical knowledge and clinical skills development according to the course content Traynees carry out in-depth research on the subject of such musculoskeletal and neuromuscular disease etiology, prevalence, treatment and rehabilitation, which led patients to gain chronic, functioning restrictive health disorders.

Examination

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Participation in the theoretical seminars - 100% Regular work with patients in the location of study course under a trayner supervision Patient or clinical case presentation at the end of study course Pass the examination in accordance with the rules of procedure of the study

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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
58.05
Number of Residency Seminars:
33
Length (weeks):
44
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Fifths edition 2016, ed. By R. L. Braddom, Saunders Elsevier;

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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]. Sixth edition. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer, [2019], 2020.

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Rehabilitation Medicine, Principles and Practice, Forth edition 2008, ed. By J. A. DeLisa, Lippincott – Raven;

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Essentials of Musculosceletal Care, Third edition 2007, ed. By L. Y. Griffin, American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgerons;

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Trauma Rehabilitation, First edition 2006, ed. By L. R. Robinson, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;

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Designing Clinical Research, Third edition 2007, ed. By S. B. Hulley et al., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins;

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Upper Motor Neurone Syndrome and Spasticity first edition 2001, ed. By M. P. Barnes and G. R. Johnson, Cambrige University Press.

Additional Reading

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RSU bibliotēkas abonētās datu bāzes

Other Information Sources

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www.euro-prm.org

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www.who.com