Module GW3335-KP08

Profile Workshop Geriatrics and Gerontopsychiatry (PrWGeri)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

8

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Occupational Therapy/ speech therapy 2022, optional subject, Interprofessional cooperation - profile workshop
  • Bachelor Physiotherapy 2022, optional subject, Profilwerkstatt

Classes and lectures:

  • Project work profile workshop (practical course, 1 SWS)
  • Geriatrics and Gerontopsychiatry (seminar, 3 SWS)
  • Therapeutic action in challenging care situations (lecture, 1 SWS)

Workload:

  • 75 hours in-classroom work
  • 165 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

  • In-depth knowledge of various cross-sectional issues of patient care (including person-centered care, culturally sensitive work, dealing with progressive diseases, etc.)
  • Structural, organizational and legal framework conditions for care (e.g. therapeutic products guidelines)
  • Person centering and shared decision making from an interprofessional perspective
  • Processing of clinical cases from an interprofessional perspective within the field of Geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry in the sense of an evidence-based approach
  • Interprofessional evidence-based assessment and treatment planning for typical clinical pictures in geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry
  • Evaluation of typical diagnostic procedures based on test methods, the significance of these procedures for interprofessional treatment planning
  • Consolidation of standard assessments / further test procedures in geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry
  • Components of the therapeutic process (e.g. goal setting, choice of treatment concept, outcome assessment, evaluation of results) from an interprofessional perspective, e.g. using case studies
  • Adaptation of typical treatment concepts to case studies from Geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry taking into account individual context factors and the preferences of those affected
  • Interprofessional case presentations and discussions
  • Internship in a health care facility with a focus on Geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • The students have a deeper understanding of therapeutic action in challenging care situations and expand their spectrum of ethically reflective action.
  • They have an in-depth understanding of the diseases in the field of Geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry and of the health and everyday problems of the affected patients.
  • They are able to formulate patient / client-centered therapy goals and know suitable assessments.
  • In an interprofessional team, they can independently develop a case-related plan for a targeted and systematic collection of findings and evidence-based interventions. They are able to set up indicators for measuring the success of the therapy.
  • They are able to set up outcome parameters for measuring the success of the therapy and can evaluate assessments with regard to their quality and areas of application.
  • They can identify overlaps and limits of the professional competencies of the different therapy professions and use synergies in the diagnosis and treatment planning.
  • They can prepare scientific findings in a practical manner for a specialist audience.
  • They can develop their own perspectives and skills in a goal-oriented, constructive and solution-oriented manner in the interprofessional Exchange and contribute to group processes.

Grading through:

  • Oral examination

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Annette Baumgärtner, PhD

Teacher:

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Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in module examination(s):
- None

Module exam(s):
- GW3335-L1: Profile workshop geriatrics and gerontopsychiatry, oral examination, 100% of the module grade

Last Updated:

13.07.2023