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Functioning, Environmental Accessibility and Assistive Technologies
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:13.05.2024 13:55:01
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_246 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation | Target Audience: | Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Zane Liepiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 5 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 10 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 13 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 52 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 62 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, medical terminology in Latin and Greek, classification of human functioning, principles of social assistance. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To be able to independently assess a patient’s functioning in the context of the situational environment after qualifying as a functional specialist. To be able to choose, including remotely, the necessary technical aids corresponding to the clinical situation and to provide training in the use thereof. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The profession of technical orthopaedics, functioning, environmental aspects of functioning | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 2 | Functionality assessment in TO practice | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 3 | Assistive technologies | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 4 | Main groups of assistive technologies | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 5 | Technical aids worldwide and in Latvia | Lectures | 1.00 | E-Studies platform | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | clinical base | |||||||
| 6 | Examination class – an exam | Classes | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • In a clinical setting - rehabilitation inpatient setting, assess patient functioning in discharge planning, • Assessing the accessibility of the physical environment outside the facility, • Recognition and principles of use of technical aids (groups). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Present the assessments prepared during the lesson, answer questions from the tutor and group members and defend their opinions, • Recognise and be able to describe the indications/contraindications for recommending technical aids, the principles of action, the expected outcome. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Concepts of health, disease, functioning, limitations of functioning, damage to organs and organ systems, activity, participation, environmental (social and physical) and personal contextual factors, treatment, rehabilitation, therapies, assistive technologies and rehabilitation medicine, • Functioning assessment process, main functioning assessment tools that could be used in a technical orthopaedic practice, sensitive personal data, • ISO classification of assistive technologies, EASTIN database, • The main groups of assistive devices used in practice and the principles of their selection and training, • Incorporating the use of assistive technology into rehabilitation plans, • Principles for the circulation of assistive technologies, including Latvia, NRC "Vaivari'' TPC, LNA, LNB, pharmacy network, etc., • Minimum requirements for Technical Orthopaedic Institutions, • Role of the technical orthopaedist in the organisation of health care, including rehabilitation services, • Modifying the person's capacity to function or the environment using assistive technologies, • Role of health status, prognosis, existing functional limitations, etc. in the choice of assistive technology, • Availability of financial etc. resources in planning the use of assistive technology. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Skills in the clinical setting - in a rehabilitation inpatient setting to assess patient functioning in discharge planning, • Skills in assessing the accessibility of the physical environment outside the facility, • Skills in the identification and use of technical aids (groups), • Skills to incorporate technical aids into a rehabilitation programme, • To prepare a statement for the receipt of technical aids paid for by the state. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • Understanding the interrelationship between health (illness) and functioning (limitations in functioning) (functioning as an interaction between the person and the environment in the context of the possibilities of modifying it using assistive technologies in the practical rehabilitation process. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | https://m.esfondi.lv/upload/00-vadlinijas/pieejamiba_120420… | ||||||||
