Module PT1000-KP05

Profession Physiotherapy (PrPhy)


Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

  • Bachelor Physiotherapy 2022, compulsory,
  • Bachelor Physiotherapy 2018, compulsory,
  • Bachelor Physiotherapy 2017, compulsory,
  • Bachelor Physiotherapy 2016, compulsory,

Classes and lectures:

  • Basics of ethical behavior (seminar, 1 SWS)
  • Professional knowledge (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

  • 105 hours private studies
  • 45 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

  • History and development of the therapeutic gymnastics-physiotherapy
  • Occupational and operational areas of physiotherapists
  • Professional standards
  • Legal regulations
  • Current state of development and future prospects of physiotherapy
  • General and ethical principles and codes
  • Ethical action in physiotherapy
  • Science and research in physiotherapy
  • Profession theories
  • international comparisons of the profession
  • Life long learning
  • Help shape professionalization

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

  • Students are able to classify parts of their professional field and develop a deep professional understanding. You can classify the profession of physiotherapy in the historical and political context and reflect on the general, social, ethical, economic and social responsibility of the individual physiotherapy areas of activity.
  • On the basis of professional theoretical approaches, they can reflect, present, argue and apply job-specific concepts.
  • They will develop a sound understanding of the physiotherapy profession and a professional self-image as a university-qualified physiotherapist.
  • They actively participate in the further development of the profession.
  • They are able to establish a convergence between professional action and the possibilities of health care and the framework conditions of the health system.
  • They can present current occupational research topics, derive the status of scientific research and infer the effects on professional activity, as well as derive current research questions on professional research.
  • They reflect on your personal development as a professional physiotherapist and develop their own understanding of the profession of physiotherapy and a professional self-image, taking into account professional ethics and their own ethical convictions.
  • They understand the ethical codes of the profession, analyze and reflect scientifically founded professional ethical values and attitudes, also in international comparison.
  • Students evaluate lifelong learning as an element of personal and professional development, take initiative and responsibility for their own learning and use modern information and communication media for this purpose.

Grading through:

  • written exam

Responsible for this module:

  • Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lüdtke

Teacher:

Language:

  • offered only in German

Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- None

Admission requirements for participation in examination(s):
- In the case of absences that are not taken into account by the MPhG, §11, Para. 2, the examination board may refuse admission to the final module examination.

Module exam(s):
- PT1000-L1: Profession Physiotherapy, written exam, 90 min, 100% of module grade

Last Updated:

14.07.2023