Study Guide

Objective

Students

- the student knows the responsibilities and rights of a legal professional
- can explain what a physiotherapeutic examination involves as part of clinical reasoning
- is able to apply the ethical principles of a physiotherapist in his / her profession
- knows what physiotherapy can be measured and what is reliable measurement
- can explain what is meant by evidence-based physiotherapy and
is able to justify with examples the positive results of exercise training in relation to surgical
treatments (perspective of economic sustainable development)
- use scientific and evidence-based knowledge in various physiotherapy situations and is able to use evidence-based information when working in different physiotherapy situations and combines a sustainable development perspective with evidence-based work (eg promoting well-being, health and functional capacity from a social, cultural and economic perspective).
- can search for research and recommendations/guidelines in the field of physiotherapy

- will be able to name and palpate parts of bones in a skeleton and in a human body
- will be able to name and palpate joints and describe their structure and function
- will be able to name muscles and their attachment sites and analyse their function in human mobility
-will know how to measure muscle strength and joint mobility in a reliable and replicable way, using various methods and instruments; will know how to interpret and explain the results
-will know how to measure and analyse positions, movement and mobility using a variety of examination methods

Content

- Valvira, Avi, Julki-Terhikki
- Ethical principles of physiotherapist
- Measurement in Physiotherapy, TOIMIA Database
- Evidence-based physiotherapy, effectiveness in physiotherapy, sustainable development
- Measurement reliability and validity
- Evidence-based clinical decision-making throughout the physiotherapy process
-The ICF classification
- Important physiotherapy databases and guidelines

- Anatomy and physiology of the musculoskeletal system
- Muscle testing
- Testing joint mobility
- Examining posture

Qualifications

Communication Skills (YPO3A3)
ICT Skills (YPO4A3)

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

- Students know the theoretical model of the physiotherapy process and are partly able to explain its components.
- Students are able to approximately define evidence-based physiotherapy.
-Students know some good practices in physiotherapy, which combine work practices based on evidence and the development of physiotherapy competence and sustainable development.
- Students are able to a limited extent to summarize research articles and partly understand the role of scientific thinking in physiotherapy.
- Students use some of the current national guidelines and physiotherapy recommendations to determine the client's need for therapy
- Following the examination, students are with support able to implement evidence-based therapy based on a plan and evaluate the therapy's success together with the supervisor
- They are able to name and palpate most human musculo-skeletal structures in familiar situations.
-They apply anatomical theoretical knowledge to some extent to assess musculo-skeletal function in various movements.
- With help of instructions, students know how to examine positions, movement and mobility using physiotherapeutic assessment methods and partly how to interpret and explain the results to support clinical reasoning.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

- Students know the theoretical model of the physiotherapy process, including its components.
- Students are able to approximately define evidence-based physiotherapy.
-Students know some good practices in physiotherapy, which combine work practices based
on evidence and the development of physiotherapy competence and sustainable
development.
- Students are able to summarize research articles and partly understand the importance of
scientific thinking in physiotherapy.
- Students know how to use the current national guidelines and physiotherapy recommendations to determine the client's need for therapy
-Following the examination, students are able to implement evidence-based therapy based on a plan and evaluate the therapy's success together with the supervisor
- They are able to name and palpate human musculo-skeletal structures in familiar situations
- They apply anatomical theoretical knowledge relatively well to assess musculo-skeletal function in various movements.
- Students know how to examine positions, movement and mobility using physiotherapeutic assessment methods and how to interpret and for the most part explain the results to support clinical reasoning.
- Following instructions, students know how to summarize research articles and they partly understand the role of scientitic thinking in physiotherapy.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

- Students know the theoretical model of the physiotherapy process, including its components.
- Students are able to comprehensively define evidence-based physiotherapy.
-Students know how to make use of good practices in physiotherapy, which combine work practices based on evidence and the development of physiotherapy competence
- Students carefully summarize research articles and understand the importance of scientific thinking in physiotherapy and sustainable development.
- Students use the current national guidelines and physiotherapy recommendations confidently to determine the client's need for therapy
-Following the examination, students are able to implement evidence-based therapy based on a plan and to independently evaluate the therapy's success
- They are able to confidently name and palpate human musculo-skeletal structures across various situations
- They confidently apply anatomical theoretical knowledge to assess musculo-skeletal function in various movements.
- Students confidently examine positions, movement and mobility using physiotherapeutic assessment methods and interpret and explain the results to support clinical reasoning.
- Following instructions, students know how to summarize research articles and understand the role of scientitic thinking in physiotherapy.