Occupational Physiotherapy (3cr)

Objective

Students will learn to:
- understand that expertise in occupational physiotherapy is part of multiprofessional collaboration in occupational health services
- define the laws that regulate occupational health services
- summarize and report, together with other occupational health care staff or alone, the main aspects of a work place survey related to ergonomics and physical work strain.
-assess and analyse ergonomic and/or work-related stress problems and propose improvements.
- define the multidimensional work ability concept and maintenance of work ability

Content

- occupational health services and the relevant legislation, collaboration in occupationa health services
- the concept of ergonomics
- work place survey and ergonomic survey as a part of it and the associated reports
- physical stress at work
- the multidimensional work ability concept and maintenance of work ability

Materials

Teacher's Material,
online material

Teaching methods

Tutorial sessions, Expert lectures
Practical training lessons, reports
workplace health survey
E-learning
small-group work, practical work, seminar presentations

Student workload

tutoring sessions, lectures
Practice Exercises
Exam
Independent work
Contact lessons 40%, e-learning and independent work 60%

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Students:
-use professional concepts related to ergonomics and well-being at work and justify their choices based on the client's needs, but using a limited knowledge base.
-work in various settings, partly supervised, partly independently and apply work and examination methods appropriately and safely.
-under supervision, take into account ergonomic aspects
-evaluate their own action to some extent
-work with commitment, promoting the activities of the group and know how to report the results of an ergonomics survey.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Students:
-use professional concepts related to ergonomics and well-being at work and justify their choices based on the client's needs, using an extensive knowledge base.
-work in various settings independently and apply work and examination methods appropriately and safely.
-take into account ergonomic aspects
-systematically evaluate and develop their own action
-work with commitment, promoting the activities of the group and know how to report and give reasons for the results of an ergonomics survey.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Students:
-use professional concepts related to ergonomics and well-being at work and justify their choices based on the client's needs, using an extensive knowledge base in changing settings
-work in various settings independently and professionally and apply work and examination methods appropriately and safely.
-extensively take into account ergonomic aspects in changing, unanticipated settings
-systematically and critically evaluate and develop their own action
-work with commitment, promoting the activities of the group and reforming professional practices
-know how to report and give reasons for the results of an ergonomics survey and propose improvements