Clinical Education in Physiotherapy in an Elective Area

Entry requirements

For admission to the course, 135 passed credits are required. All oral, written and practical examinations in physiotherapy from earlier semesters must be passed.

Learning outcomes

Aim of the course is to give the student possibility to deepen and develop his/her clinical skills within an optional area of activity.

On completion of the course, the student should, within chosen area of activity, be able to:

SKILLS AND ABILITY

1. Acquire and apply knowledge and skills in examination, treatment and evaluation methods

2. Work ergonomically and with good safety for the patient

3. Document in medical record

EVALUATION ABILITY AND ATTITUDES

4. Interact with relatives and staff

5. Analyse and evaluate clinical conduct in relation to evidence and best practice i.e. clinical reasoning

Content

The course comprises 7.5 HE credits clinical placement and contains:

Methods for examination, preventive and treatment measures and evaluation clinically applied for individual patients and groups.

Instruction

Individual supervision when planning, implementing, following-up and assessing tasks during the clinical placement

Assessment

Passing the course requires:

Passed achievements according to assessment criteria in "Instrument for development and assessment in clinical education" that examines aim 1-5. Passed written individual report that examines aim 5.

If failing the clinical placement due to insufficient knowledge and skills and/or absence 25% or more during the internship the student has to redo the clinical placement one more time for a full time period

Prematurely interrupted clinical placement:

A student may fail and be forced to interrupt the clinical placement prematurely if there is a noticeable risk that the student due to incompetence may injure another individual or valuable property if he or she continues the clinical education. An individual plan should be decided for the student and given to him or her in writing. This plan, to be decided by the programme committee, must state the knowledge and skill shortages at hand, the support the student may receive from the department and also state how and when the control will take place. A student is entitled to a maximum of two control occasions, however no more than once a year. The student may not participate in the clinical placement again until the programme committee has controlled and accepted the required knowledge and skills of the student. Decisions on the individual study plan may be delegated by the programme committee to a student welfare committee or equivalent with student representation.

Students who have failed to accomplish the clinical placement with a pass have the right to undergo renewed placement once. If special circumstances apply, the programme committee may consider an additional occasion for clinical placement.