Assessment Tools in Rehabilitation (REK_191)
About Study Course
Objective
To improve the skills of students to apply various assessment methods and tools, critically analyse the results in specific clinical situations. Learning is focused on multiprofessional and evidence based perspective, as well as on holistic approach to health, the theoretical knowledge on the scientific substantiation of the use and application of the ICF to describe the functioning in various aspects, as well as theoretical and methodological knowledge on assessment tools and methods, their application in different specialities and situations in rehabilitation.
Prerequisites
Knowledge on World Health Organization’s (WHO) International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), its objectives, characteristics, definitions and structure. Understand various aspects of functioning – body functions and structures, activities and participation, as well as its interaction with health condition and contextual factors.
Learning outcomes
• To understand the use of the ICF in clinical practice, planning of social services, data collection, education, making policies and other situations that are related to disability and functioning.
• To understand the scientific principles of the ICF Core Sets and their application in various clinical conditions.
• To understand the limitations and restrictions of functioning according to terminology of the WHO ICF, as well as analyse the problems in the context of the ICF structure.
• To understand the psychometric properties of assessment tools that are used in rehabilitation according to traditional and modern test theories.
• To understand the results of individual measurements and assessment tools and link them to structure of biopsychosocial model, provided by WHO.
• To understand the application of measurements and evaluation methods according to the students’ speciality and in multiprofessional context of rehabilitation
To integrate the knowledge and apply the best available scientific evidence in selection of assessment methods for impairments, limitations and restrictions of functioning. Describe the disability and relate various outcomes of assessment of functioning according to the structure of the ICF. To integrate the knowledge and apply the best available scientific evidence in selection of assessment tools (measurements) for evaluation of functioning in specific clinical situations. To analyse how the results of clinical assessment and evaluation change in time. To plan the rehabilitation interventions of multiprofessional team based on the results of evaluation.
• To critically evaluate and systematise information on functioning and disability from scientific, clinical and health perspectives.
• To apply the concept of the ICF in clinical practice, planning of social services, data collection, education, policy making and other situations related to functioning and disability, according to the student’s rehabilitation speciality.
• Reflect on and adopt the evidence based approach in functional evaluation working in multiprofessional rehabilitation team.
• To be able to analyse the properties of used assessments from perspectives of science, clinical use and health, as well as critically evaluate the substantiation of the use of various methods in different clinical situations.
• Express student’s views on evaluation methods in his/her rehabilitation speciality.
• To transform the knowledge and skills on various assessments in rehabilitation into effective plan of rehabilitation interventions in specific clinical situations.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation, REHM | 2 | Master’s | Required | Guna Bērziņa |
