3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1016983ANR 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
Enrollment Requirements
For this course you have to meet certain enrolment requirements. For an overview of the enrolment requirements check https://www.vub.be/en/studying-vub/practical-info-for-students/study-guidance/study-path/individual-study-path#paragraph--id--71647 
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy
Department
Kinesitherapie, Menselijke Fysiologie en Anatomie
Educational team
Steven Provyn (course titular)
Eli Schaillée
Jonathan Tresignie
Thyl Snoeck
Jona Van Den Broeck
Jeroen De Ryck
Activities and contact hours
13 contact hours Lecture
26 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

In the module examination and treatment I the students train themselves in expert palpation techniques of the posture and movement apparatus with a view to future professional practice. The emphasis is on clinically important bone points, joint lines, ligaments, accessible musculature, as well as the location of deeper structures in relation to superficial structures. In connection with the spinal column, the emphasis is on the precise location of the movement segments and a number of muscles that are attached to them.

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : PowerPointpresentaties, Canvas
Handbook (Recommended) : Palpatie van het locomotorisch stelsel, Handleiding bij de anatomie in vivo, K. Stappaerts; F. Staes, Acco Leuven / Den Haag, 9789033462580, 2006
Handbook (Recommended) : Atlas anatomie, BIB
Practical course material (Recommended) : Dermatologisch potlood, VUB, 2220170002651
Digital course material (Required) : Digitaal filmmateriaal, Canvas
Additional info

All the structures to be learned are provided digitally via Canvas in the form of film material. 
In the context of "Blended learning", the student should have prepared the topic of the upcoming lesson before the lesson on the basis of the provided film material.
The student must be present in time in the lab in shorts and a T-shirt. Failure to do so may result in the student being denied access to the lab.
 
The use of smartphones, tablets, computers, audiovisual material, ...  The use of smartphones, tablets, computers, audiovisual material, etc. is not allowed during the lessons. Unless approved by the teacher and in the context of the lesson (viewing digital learning material).

 

 

Learning Outcomes

Clinician C2

- The student has gained the required knowledge and insights in order to palpate the surface anatomy of the musculoskeletal system in a professional way and to visualize and/or localize these anatomical structures through the skin.
- The student has gained the required knowledge and insights in order to localise deeper anatomical structures of the musculoskeletal system in relation to the more superficial anatomical structures.
- The student has gained the required knowledge and insights to precisely localise spinal motion segments.

Clinician C2

- The student has gained the required skills in order to palpate the surface anatomy of the musculoskeletal system in a professional way and to visualize and/or localize these anatomical structures through the skin.

- The student has gained the required skills in order to localise deeper anatomical structures of the musculoskeletal system in relation to the more superficial anatomical structures.

- The student is able to precisely localise spinal motion segments.  



 

Clinician C2



- The student fulfils the foregoing skills with professional attitudes.  

 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Practical Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

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

  • Examen with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.
  • Examen bovenste lidmaat with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Practical exam in which the students take turns in fulfilling the role of therapist and patient.
Knowledge, insight, skills and attitudes are evaluated in function of the predetermined end competences.
 
If a student obtains less than 8/20 on at least one of the two parts, no average is made and the lowest grade becomes the final grade. If a student does not pass a course unit but obtained at least 10/20, the result for this unit is transferred to the second term, but not 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)