Ateneo - UPO

The physiotherapist: - Professional profile - Code of ethics - Professional responsibility The concept of health, disability, ICF Diagnosis in physiotherapy Clinical reasoning Evidence-Based Practice (EBP): practice based on evidence of effectiveness Manual handling of loads

- Code of ethics - Tidy's Physiotherapy Manual

To acquire skills and competence of the physiotherapist To acquire key concepts about the professional role To introduce the framework of the physiotherapy activity To prepare the student towards the clinical practice

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Lessons with PowerPoint presentations Practical sessions Use of Audience Response Systems (ARS): Wooclap, Lumi, Slido

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Written examination made of 20 items with multiple choices.

Physiotherapist: definition and field of activity, normative issues Professional profile & code of ethics Core curriculum & core competence National and international education framework Continuous Medical Education (CME) system What is health and its interpretation From the biomedical to biopsychosocial framework Diagnosis in physiotherapy Clinical Reasoning Evidence-Based Medicine (EBP) and Research methodology Physiotherapy associations and professional order Scientific societies and the Gelli-Bianco law Manual Handling of loads

-Acquire sufficient basic professional language skills to begin the traineeship. -Understand the essential regulatory, ethical and training aspects of the profession. -Understand the key elements of evidence-based practice and apply them in daily clinical practice. -Acquire proficiency in the manual handling of loads during patient transfers.