COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSIOTHERAPY IN LUNG DISEASE

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 4042 PHYSIOTHERAPY IN LUNG DISEASE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 2

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NURSEN ILÇIN

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Students are intended to learn common lung diseases and physiotherapy techniques used in these diseases comprehensively, and ability to creating and performing appropriate physiotherapy and exercise program to each lung disease.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system.
2   Knows important respiratory diseases and their pathophysiologies.
3   Knows and interprets physiotherapy assessment for respiratory diseases and keeps records.
4   Composes and applies patient-specific physiotherapy and rehabilitation program for respiratory diseases.
5   Knows and applies physiotherapy and rehabilitation applications for respiratory diseases at intensive care unit.
6   Communicates patient and patient s family and gives them information about physiotherapy

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to course
2 Introduction to course The anatomy and physiology of Respiratory System
3 Respiratory Diseases - Clinical Diagnosis and Pathophysiology (Obstructive, Restrictive Diseases, Asthma ) I
4 Respiratory Diseases - Clinical Diagnosis and Pathophysiology (Obstructive, Restrictive Diseases, Asthma ) II
5 Physiotherapy assesment in respiratory diseases-I
6 Physiotherapy assesment in respiratory diseases-II
7 Physiotherapy in respiratory diseases (Importance, effects), Pulmonary Rehabilitation methods and applications in respiratory diseases I
8 Pulmonary Rehabilitation methods and applications in respiratory diseases II
9 Mid-Term Exam I
10 Importance and effects of exercise in respiratory diseases
11 Exercise applications in respiratory diseases
12 Before and after thoracic surgery physiotherapy in respiratory diseases-I Before and after thoracic surgery physiotherapy in respiratory diseases-II
13 Intensive care and pulmonary rehabilitation in respiratory diseases I
14 Intensive care and pulmonary rehabilitation in respiratory diseases II

Recomended or Required Reading


1- Cardiopulmonary Physiotherapy, M. Jones,F. Moffatt, 2002
2- Physiotherapy for Respiratory and Cardiac Problems, Jennifer A. Pryor,S. Ammani Prasad, 2002
3- Cardiovascular/Respiratory Physiotherapy, Mandy Smith,Val Ball, 1998
4- Exercise Leadership in Cardiac Rehabilitation, Morag Thow, 2006
5- Cherniak NS. Rehabilitation of The Patient with Respiratory Disease. McGraw-Hill, NewYork,1999.
6- Principles and Practice Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. Frownfelter D, Dean E. Mosby, St. Louis,1996.
7- Essentials of Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy. Hillegas EA. WB Saunders Company. Philadelphia, 1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Explanation of Lecture
2. Labaratory studies
3. Fieldwork
4. Problem-based teaching

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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Sevgi Ozalevli
tel: 02324124927
sevgi.ozalevli@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for midterm exam 1 1 1
Preparation for final exam 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 60

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.211
LO.311
LO.41
LO.511
LO.61

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