REH718 - PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAIN MANAGEMENT IN PHYSIOTHERAPY | REH718 | Spring | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
| Prequisites | ||||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Other: Literature screening, preparation of seminars, research, planning and making presentations. | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Edibe Ãœnal Ph.D, Prof. | |||||
| Course objective | It will be investigated regarding the physiological mechanism of pain, the role of the acute and choronic pain in varies disease and the approach to cope with the pain. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | Acut and chronical pain are the most common problems that physiotherapists confront with. It is an important symptom that pain appears following the acute injures and cronical diseases and it restricts the movement and function. The most of the physiotherapy and rehabilitation approaches are towards to pain inhibition and that is the point to be aimed to re-gain the movement and function sooner. Most common used methods applied with this aim is to develope the skill in comprehending the clinical decision with physiological mechanism and to learn the role of pain inhibition theoratically. | |||||
| References | 1. J.Physical therapy, 2. Archieves of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 3. Fizyoterapi Rehabilitasyon, | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Pain and physiological mechanisms |
| Week 2 | Acute and choronic pain |
| Week 3 | The role of exercise to determine in need of physiotherapy |
| Week 4 | Psychosocial direction of pain. |
| Week 5 | Midterm exam |
| Week 6 | The approaches used in coping with pain |
| Week 7 | Pain assessment methods |
| Week 8 | TENS and pain |
| Week 9 | Biofeedback and pain |
| Week 10 | Midterm exam |
| Week 11 | Hot and cold applications in pain |
| Week 12 | Manual therapies and pain |
| Week 13 | Exercise and pain |
| Week 14 | Alternative methods in pain(Tai Chi, Pilates, Alexander methods) |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 10 | 10 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 1 | 10 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 1 | 10 |
| Midterms | 2 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 60 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 40 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 10 | 5 | 50 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 12 | 9 | 108 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 4 | 10 | 40 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 1 | 10 | 10 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 20 | 20 |
| Total Workload | 44 | 72 | 300 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Produces new information, training and instructional materials to guide clinical practice and academic studies in the field of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, plans, makes, conduct original research, uses the appropriate statistical methods, analysis and reports. | X | ||||
| 2. Uses methods and technological tools required for his/her field. Transfers information obtained as a result of his scientific research at the level of evidence to the clinical practices. Publishes results in the national and international refereed journals. Makes presentations at scientific meetings. | X | ||||
| 3. Shows a commitment to ethical standards in research and publication process, conforms the principles of lifelong learning. | X | ||||
| 4. Uses the current knowledge in the field of physiotherapy and rehabilitation for the benefit of society, contributes to policies made for improving public health at national and international level. | X | ||||
| 5. Works with accumulation of qualified knowledge and skills as developing creative solutions in the field of education and counseling programs. | X | ||||
| 6. He/she could make plans, implement them and distribute tasks in a cross disciplinary academic and scientific environments, he/she is capable of solving conflicts. | X | ||||
| 7. Communicates at equivalent levels in academic and professional circles by using at least one foreign language as oral, written, and visually. | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest