Module GW4410-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master in Health and Healthcare Science 2019, optional subject, Research in Therapeutic Sciences

Classes and lectures:

• (Re) Learning after Brain Damage (seminar, 2 SWS)
• Neurobiological Fundamentals of Learning (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours private studies and exercises
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Neurobiological correlates of learning (development, maturation, plasticity).
• Prerequisites for learning ability on the cognitive and neurobiological level
• Learning in old age
• Principles and conditions of (re)learning after damage to the central nervous system (including restitution, substitution, compensation).
• Adaptation / Maladaptation
• Principles and methods of neuroenhancement (direct/indirect enhancement of learning ability).
• Motor learning and sensory processing mechanisms
• Neuroscientific basis of chronicity of e.g. pain
• Linking functional goals with everyday goals in rehabilitation / enabling participation and involvement after damage to the central nervous system

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Knowledge and understanding: Students know basics of learning processes in different stages of development.
• Knowledge and understanding: They can characterize and distinguish between genetically determined as well as experience-dependent processes of change.
• Knowledge and Understanding: They know neurobiological basics of the improvement of altered cognitive and motor or sensory functions.
• Knowledge and understanding: They know cognitive and neurobiological factors through which learning is made possible (determinants of learning).
• Use, application and generation of knowledge: They will be able to transfer the prerequisites for learning ability to goal setting and implementation of therapy in neurorehabilitation (case studies).
• Knowledge and understanding: They know the theoretical basis of various therapy approaches in rehabilitation (such as CIMT [constraint-induced movement therapy] or ILAT [intensive language action therapy], SI [sensory integration therapy], Bobath) and identify common interdisciplinary principles.
• Knowledge and understanding: They know rehabilitative principles of adaptation, as well as conditions under which maladaptation can occur.
• Knowledge and understanding: They know basic theoretical assumptions and modes of action of neuroenhancement.
• Use, application and generation of knowledge: They will be able to apply methods of neuroenhancement to therapeutic approaches in neurorehabilitation.
• Knowledge and understanding: They know basic principles of motor learning and sensory processing mechanisms.
• Use, application and generation of knowledge: Students are able to link functional and everyday goals and are able to critically evaluate and reflectively select neurophysiological therapy approaches with regard to their potential for realizing goals at the level of participation and involvement.
• Communication and Cooperation: Students bring professional skills and perspectives to group work and can describe the added value of interprofessional collaboration in rehabilitation.
• Scientific self-image / professionalism: Students reflect on their specific professional contribution to the interprofessional care of those affected in rehabilitation. They know similarities and differences in the implementation of different therapeutic approaches in rehabilitation and the possibilities for synergy of professional competences. They expand their interprofessional spectrum of action.

Grading through:

• written homework

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Annette Baumgärtner, PhD

Teacher:

• Institute of Health Sciences
• Prof. Annette Baumgärtner, PhD
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lüdtke

Literature:

• Barnes, M. P., & Good, D.C. (Hrsg.) : Neurological Rehabilitation (Handbook of Clinical Neurology, Band 110). Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2012
• Shumway-Cook, A., & Woollacott, M. H. : Motor control: Translating research into clinical practice (5th ed.). Alphen aan den Rijn: Wolters Kluwer, 2017
• Rascin, S. A. : Neuroplasticity and Rehabilitation. New York: The Guilford Press, 2015

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

25.02.2024