COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ELECTRO-PHYSICAL AGENTS I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 2043 ELECTRO-PHYSICAL AGENTS I COMPULSORY 1 2 0 3

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

To give basic theoretical and practical information on physical principles of electrotherapy modalities, physiologic effects, application methods, indications&contraindications and risks to the students, develop their application skills concerning treatment methods.


Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Describes basic concepts and principles of electrotherapy methods
2   Knows physical principles, physiologic effects and application methods of electrotherapy modalities
3   Applies electrotherapy modalities correctly
4   Describes indications&contraindications and risks of electrotherapy agents
5   Chooses patient and disease specific electrotherapy modalities
6   Knows and applies necessary basic assessment and measurement methods in order to apply electrotherapy agents
7   Assure the safety of the paitent and him/her own self

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 History of electrotherapy agents Voltage, ampere, Patient and physiotherapist safety issues in electrotherapy
2 Galvanic currents, Iontophoresis
3 Faradic - sinuzoidal currents
4 Neuromuscular electrical stimulation
5 Electrodiagnosis
6 Funcional Electrical Stimulations
7 TENS
8 TENS
9 REPEATING
10 1.Midterm exam
11 High Voltage Pulsed Current
12 Diadinamic Currents
13 Interferential Currents
14 Diadinamics and interferential currents practice

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Alain-Yvan Belanger, Evidence Based Guide to Therapeutic Physical Agents: Çeviri Editörü; Edibe Yakut, Kanıta Dayalı Elektroterapi ,Pelikan yayınları 2008
2. Nelson MR, Currier PD, (Eds). ClinicalElectrotherapy (2nd ed.). California: Appletone and Lange; 1991.
3. Kahn J. Principles and Practice of Electrotherapy(4th ed.). New York, Edinburg, London, Melbourne:Churchill Livingstone; 2000.
4. Low J, Reed A. Electrotherapy Explained. JordonHill, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann; 1993.
5. Kitchen S, Bazin S. (Eds). Clayton s Electrotherapy(10th ed.). London: WB Saunders&Co., 1997.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

None


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)

Tel: 24931
e-mail: nursen.ozdemir@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

To be announced.


Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 1 12
Tutorials 12 2 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 2 28
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

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.2111
LO.31
LO.411
LO.5111
LO.61111
LO.711