7 ECTS credits
200 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1009870ANR for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy
Department
Kinesitherapie, Menselijke Fysiologie en Anatomie
Educational team
Jo Nijs (course titular)
Liesbet De Baets
Matthias Eggermont
Bruno Tassignon
Livia Hoeben
Wouter Van Bogaert
Ruben Debeuf
Activities and contact hours
52 contact hours Lecture
9 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
27 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

BASIC PRINCIPLES OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
HOC: Introduction of the physiotherapy profession and rehabilitation in general, the health profile, clinical reasoning, fear-avoindance model, soft tissue techniques including joint mobilisation, the role of illness beliefs and illness perceptions in the physiotherapy profession, patient communication skills (during assessment and treatment). PRA: The practicals entails skills training in clinical reasoning, inspection (analytic and functional), basic communication skills during evaluation of patients, basic communication skills during treatment, case studies etc. 

SELF: An assignment addressing the role of illness perceptions should be completed on an individual basis and should be delivered digitaly on the first Sunday of December.  


EPIDEMIOLOGY OF HEALTH CARE: introduction about epidemiology, definitions and prevention.  In the second part each disease and pathology will be illustrated with specific cases in order to help the future physical therapist understand his/her role in the treatment strategy.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : De lesslides en papers zijn als studiemateriaal ter beschikking, Canvas
Course text (Required) : Module beginselen van de kinesitherapie (I & II), Nijs - Ickmans - Malfliet, VUB, 2220170009520, 2022
Digital course material (Required) : Deel Epidemiologie van de gezondheidszorg: powerpointpresentaties. Cursus opgesteld door de docent, aangevuld met actuele reviews uit de internationale literatuur (reader), Canvas
Additional info

It is not obliged, but highly recommend to attend the lectures and practicals. Elite athletes that cannot attend all practicals should coordinate their attandence, and possible solutions for non-attandance to practicals, at the start of the semester in close collaboration with the department ‘Topsport & Studie’.  

Students are obliged to adhere to the group layout for the practicals. Students that do not adhere to the group layout will not be allowed to the practicals.  

Except for purchasing the VUB syllabus, the completion of this educational part implies no additional costs. If you experience payment difficulties because of these additional costs, you can contact Student Social Services. More information can be found on student.vub.be/en/social-service#financial-support.

 

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

  1. The student has a broad orientation of the rehabilitation sciences and the physiotherapy profession.  
  2. The student knows the content and parts of the health profile.  
  3. The student is able to create a health profile of a patient.
  4. The student is able to perform basic clinical reasoning skills according to scientific insights and the patient’s health profile.
  5. The student knows the fear-avoidance model and is able to integrate it into the clinical reasoning.
  6. The student has basic knowledge about common shoulder dysfunctions and knows how to address them within a physiotherapy context.  
  7. The student is able to assess illness perceptions and integrate illness perceptions into clinical reasoning and treatment.  
  8. The student has basic knowledge and understanding of evidence-based patient communication during evaluation and treatment of patients in a physiotherapeutic context.  
  9. The student knows general principles of epidemiology, health problems, prevention and types of epidemiological studies.  
  10. The student knows various disorders such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, osteoporosis, arthritis, spinal injuries, neuromuscular disorders, sports injuries etc., and can define treatment options for such disorders, including the role of the physiotherapists in such treatments.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 80% of the final mark.
Other Exam determines 20% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Deel Beginselen kinesitherapie with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.
  • Deel Epidemiologie with a relative weight of 40 which comprises 40% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • werkopdracht with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

    Note: werkopdracht patiëntencommunicatie en ziektepercepties
  • werkopdracht inspectie with a relative weight of 10 which comprises 10% of the final mark.

    Note: WPO inspectie: schriftelijk examen

Additional info regarding evaluation

Part Basic principles of physiotherapy: written examination (40% of the total score).

Part Epidemiology: written examination (40%).

Practical inspection: written examination (10%).

Assignment patient communication & illess perceptions (10%).

If the assignment is not handed in in time, you will be excluded from participation from the first session (i.e., exclusion from the first exam period for this educational part), and your total score for this educational part will be 0/20 in the first session.  

Subscores of at least 10/20 will be transferred automatically to the second exam period, but cannot be transferred to the next academic year.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: default (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Bachelor Lichamelijke Opvoeding (& Bewegingswetenschappen) (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Verkort traject na vooropleiding Bachelor Geneeskunde (only offered in Dutch)