COURSE UNIT TITLE

: GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 6082 GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NURSEN ILÇIN

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

It has been aimed at learning systemic influences in geriatric population and
understanding the importance of physiotherapy and rehabilitation in this population
also learning current practices in the field of geriatric physiotherapy and discussing
with the literature.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows systemic influences in geriatric population
2   Knows geriatric respiratory system diseases, assesses and applies physiotherapy methods
3   Knows geriatric cardiac system diseases, assesses and applies physiotherapy methods
4   Knows oncological geriatric diseases, assesses and applies Physiotherapy methods
5   Knows musculoskeletal geriatric diseases, assesses and applies Physiotherapy methods

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and lesson determination
2 Systemic differences in geriatric population (musculoskelatl, respiratory, cardiac, endocrin, neurolog,ic, emotional , ..)
3 Systemic differences in geriatric population (musculoskelatl, respiratory, cardiac, endocrin, neurolog,ic, emotional , ..)
4 Systemic differences in geriatric population (musculoskelatl, respiratory, cardiac, endocrin, neurolog,ic, emotional , )
5 Concepts and teories in geriatrics
6 Assessment and rehabilitation in geriatric pulmonary diseases
7 Assessment and rehabilitation in geriatric cartdiac diseases
8 Assessment and rehabilitation in geriatric oncologicaldiseases
9 Assessment and rehabilitation in geriatric musculoskltal diseases
10 Assessment and rehabilitation in geriatric musculoskltal diseases
11 Assessment and rehabilitation in geriatric neurological diseases
12 What is healthy aging ( needs to be done in the field of physiotherapy
13 The importance of exercise and exericae types in geriatric population
14 Search and discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Geriatric Rehabilitation, 1990.
2- Neurology and general medicine. Aminoff MJ. Güneş Tıp, 4. baskı, 2010.
3- Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy. Jones M, Maffatt F, BIOS Sci. Pub. Lt., Oxford, 2002.
4- Krusen s Handbook Of Physıcal Medıcıne And Rehabılıtatıon Kattlee Fj, Smıllwell Gk,
Lehmann Jf. 1982.
5- Clınıcal Orthopaedıcs Rehabılıtatıon. Brotzman SB, 1999

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference type lessonı
2. Lab studies
3. Area studies
4. Problem based learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PO * 0.40 + FN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PO * 0.40 + BUT*0.60

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Sema SAVCI

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Tutorials 14 2 28
Lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparing assignments 10 5 50
Preparing presentations 5 5 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 151

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.11
LO.2111
LO.3111
LO.4111
LO.5111

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