COURSE UNIT TITLE

: ORGANIZATION IN GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTG 5038 ORGANIZATION IN GERIATRIC PHYSIOTHERAPY ELECTIVE 3 0 0 7

Offered By

Geriatric Physiotherapy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR NURSEN ILÇIN

Offered to

Geriatric Physiotherapy

Course Objective

To understand the changing position of physiotherapy occupation in health system in today's conditions, to own the knowledge about interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary professionalism and ethics in physiotherapy, organizational structure of world physiotherapy and strategic planning in physiotherapy applications.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows the position of physiotherapy occupation in health system in today's conditions and explains the concept of organization in physiotherapy.
2   Defines the concepts of interdiciplinary and multidiciplinary professionalism and ethics in physiotherapy.
3   Explains the physiotherapy organizations in the world.
4   Knows the physiotherapy organizations in Turkey.
5   Has the ability of making strategic planning in physiotherapy applications.
6   Synthesises the collected informations and performs verbal and visual presentations about his results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Organization in geriatric physiotherapy
2 Geriatric physiotherapy in health system
3 Geriatric physiotherapy methods for prevention and health promotion
4 Professionalism and ethic in geriatric physiotherapy
5 Time management techniques in geriatric physiotherapy
6 Quality and risk management
7 Evidence based methods in geriatric physiotherapy
8 Documentation in geriatric physiotherapy
9 Multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary work and connection
10 World geriatric physiotherapy organizations
11 Geriatric physiotherapy organizations in Turkey
12 Working fields in geriatric physiotherapy
13 Work place management in geriatric physiotherapy
14 Vocational training

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): 1. Ronald Scott .Physical Therapy Management, Mosby 2007, ISBN-13: 978-0-
323-01114-3.
Supplementary Book(s):
1. Kathleen Curtis. The Physical Therapist's Guide to Health Care. SLACK, Inc.1999.
ISBN-13: 9781556423789.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures in conference format
2. Practice
3. Laboratory
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 PRF * 0.40+ FIN* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40+ RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

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)

Nursen ILÇIN, PT, PhD, Assist.Prof.
Dokuz Eylül University
School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation
Geriatric Physiotherapy Department

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 4 56
Preparing presentations 5 5 25
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 163

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9
LO.111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61