PHYSICAL THERAPY AND REHABILITATION IN PUBLIC HEALTH

FTR433

Course Code: FTR433
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 3

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Acquires basic information relevant to public health.
Learns the Physiotherapist' role in public health.
Obtains information about protective physiotherapy and rehabilitation in public health.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This lecture includes the definition of public health, the factors affecting the health, training and communication of the health, the approaching models required for the development of the health and application of these models to the physical therapy, labour health, environment health, health management and role of physical therapists, the necessary approaches for the training and making conscious of public in the health problems which are offen faced in physical therapy, and some issues such as infection and first aid

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to Public Health
2^nd Week	Concept of health
3^rd Week	Factors affecting health
4^th Week	Assessment of health
5^th Week	Necessary approach models in health promotion
6^th Week	Community-based rehabilitation
7^th Week	Midterm, General review
8^th Week	International Classification System in Physiotherapy
9^th Week	Occupational, school and environmental health
10^th Week	The role of physiotherapists in health management
11^th Week	Preventive physiotherapy and rehabilitation
12^th Week	Public education group seminars on the most common health problems in physiotherapy
13^th Week	Public education group seminars on the most common health problems in physiotherapy
14^th Week	Public education group seminars on the most common health problems in physiotherapy
15^th Week	General review

Recommended or Required Reading

1- J. Naido, J. Wills ( eds) ( 1994 ) " Health Promotion Foundation for Practice "
W.B Saunders Company London .
2- Barton M., Ç. Güler ( 1997 ) " Halk Sağlığı Temel Bilgiler " Grafiker Ofset Ankara.
3- Tümerdem Y.( 1992 ) " Halk Sağlığı I. ve II. Cilt ( Toplum Hekimliği ) " İ.Ü Basımevi ve Film Merkezi İstanbul

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Presentation
Case Study
Practice

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	35
Attendance	1	5
Other	1	10
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	1	14
Preparation for Final exam	1	12	12
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	15	15
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1	1
Homework
Presentation (including preperation)	1	5	5
Project
Article
Total Work Load			90
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			3
ECTS Credit of the Course			3

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2	LO3
K1	X	X
K2
K3	X	X	X
K4		X
K5
K6