REH761 - PHYSIOTHERAPY and REHABILITATION IN DEMENTIA
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHYSIOTHERAPY and REHABILITATION IN DEMENTIA | REH761 | Fall | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Prequisites | None | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Field Trip Project Design/Management Other: Interactive education based lectures | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Filiz Can PhD, Prof., program lecturers | |||||
| Course objective | Dementia, chronic and often a significant statement on the reduction and limitation of activities of daily life as progressive memory and intellectual capacity. In patients with dementia to improve quality of life and functionality required to ensure understanding of the application for assessment and treatment program, to raise awareness on this issue and to develop problem-solving skills. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | The changes occurring in patients with dementia functional assessment Appropriate treatment approach for patients with dementia Training of caregivers of patients with dementia Projects and case studies | |||||
| References | 1. Ferri, CP. Prince , M. Brayne, C. Brodaty, H. Fratiglioni, L. Ganguli ? Global prevelence of dementia :a Delphi consensus study. Lanset, 366, 2112-2117, 2005. 2. Feldman, HH. Jacova, C. Robillard, A. Garcia, A.Chow, T. Borrie ?Diagnosis and treatment of dementia:2. Diagnosis. Canadian Medical Assosiation Journal,178, 825-36, 2008. 3. Gürvit, İH. ?Demans sendromu, Alzheimer hastalığı ve Alzheimer dışı demanslar. Öğe ,AE.(Ed.), Nöroloji. İstanbul :Nobel Tıp Kitapevleri, 2004. 4. Arıoğul S. ?Geriatri ve Gerontoloji? Ankara ,MN Medikal & Nobel, 2006. 5. Andrew AG., Rita AW., Dale A. ?Geriatric Physical Therapy ? 3rd Edition,2012. | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Cognitive disorders |
| Week 2 | Dementia and types |
| Week 3 | Clinical evaluation of patients with dementia |
| Week 4 | Alzheimer Dementia |
| Week 5 | Case studies |
| Week 6 | Project work |
| Week 7 | Midterm exam |
| Week 8 | Treatment of patients with dementia |
| Week 9 | Teamwork in demented patients |
| Week 10 | Physiotherapy and rehabilitation in patients with dementia |
| Week 11 | Quality of life and caregivers |
| Week 12 | Midterm exam |
| Week 13 | Management and organization in dementia patients |
| Week 14 | Project presentations |
| Week 15 | Project presentations |
| Week 16 | Final Exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 5 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 10 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 0 | 0 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 10 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 0 | 25 |
| Final exam | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 0 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 14 | 2 | 28 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 3 | 12 | 36 |
| Homework assignment | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 2 | 16 | 32 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 12 | 12 |
| Total Workload | 52 | 60 | 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