COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOTHERAPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 1021 INTRODUCTION TO PHYSIOTHERAPY COMPULSORY 1 0 0 2

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR DIDEM KARADIBAK

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

The aim of this course is to introduce physiotherapy as a profession, identify the role of physiotherapy among health professionals, physiotherapy fields and its major organizations.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describe physiotherapy
2   Identify status of physiotherapy among other professions
3   Basicly understand and compare ducation and field practice in national and int.national level
4   Basicly describe work fields of physiotherapy
5   Have knowledge on major physiotherapy organizations

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 description of physical therapy
2 historical events effective to development of physical therapy
3 development of physical therapy in Turkey and world
4 development of physical therapy in Turkey and world
5 Education in physical therapy national and global examples
6 Education in physical therapy national and global examples
7 physical therapy in health care service
8 physical therapy in health care service
9 the role of physiotherapist in reahabilitation team
10 borders of physiotherapists and other health professionals
11 working area of physiotherapists
12 practice, discrepancies and examples in physical thearpy
13 organisations of physical therapy
14 organisations of physical therapy

Recomended or Required Reading

TPA, APTA; WCPT documents

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Case presentations
3. Presentation

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +RST * 0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

learning outcomes will be evaluated by presentation content and techniques

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 1 13
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 1 12
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 12 2 24
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 52

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.111
LO.211
LO.3111
LO.4111
LO.5111