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Dear Students welcome to this teaching platform, it allows Students to interact with module content and module teaching team. This module is called Physiotherapy Assessment skills it is facilitated in Year One trimester Three. The facilitating team is led by Emmy BUCYANA. This module will provide knowledge to the learner that enables them to independently assess Patients with conditions and illnesses that is managed within the Physiotherapy scope of practice. On this teaching and learning platform you will find module learning outcomes, learning materials and any other relevant material for smooth learning and teaching.
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Aims |
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To enable the student to perform basic assessment skills for physiotherapy conditions
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Learning Objectives |
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By the end of this course, the student should be able to |
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Knowledge |
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Skills |
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Attitude |
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Introduction to clinical assessment - Definition - Need/Importance of clinical assessment Steps in clinical assessment - Subjective assessment, aims, reasons to why register different variable in subjective assessment, demographics, history taking. - Objective assessment, aims of objective assessment, vital signs, observation, inspection, palpation, examination- including Special tests, higher functions, sensory and motor examination. - How and when confirm/negate the hypothesis - Plan & aim of treatment – integrating the principles of Impairment, activity and participation. - What, why, how & when contra-indications, precautions, Contraindications to objective assessment & treatment techniques.
Clinical reasoning in physiotherapy clinical assessment
Definition of Clinical Reasoning, Aim of clinical reasoning, Steps in clinical reasoning, An introduction to Evidence-based physiotherapy in clinical reasoning and clinical decision making
Integrating knowledge/skills from different disciplines in clinical assessment The need for appropriate measurement skills
Integrate; WHY? - Gather info. To lead you to a hypothesis(ses) - Patient/client as a whole not body segment body functions as a system Use of standard outcome measures Why use Standard outcome measures? Case studies/examples of standard outcome measures: ¨ Modified Rivermead Mobility Index ¨ Barthel Index ¨ Assessment Tools ¨ Motor Assessment Scale ¨ Functional Independence Measurement ¨ Berg Balance Scale |
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Interactive lecture Seminars/ Workshops Audio-visual Role plays Brainstorming Individual and Group assignments Skills lab (Simulation exercises)
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Enjoy the learning
Physiotherapy Assessment Skills teaching team