Curricular Unit:			Code:
Clinical Education IV (Professionalizing Internship)			1025EC4
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
3	Undergraduate	Physiotherapy	10 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese	130
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Understand and integrate the service dynamics, establish appropriate therapeutic relationships and the interrelationship between health professionals; Integrate the knowledge of ethics and professional ethics in the practice of care; Develop health education / promotion strategies; Demonstrate TP knowledge and integrate it in clinical practice, use sources of information related to the practice; Develop their activity always accompanied, guided and supervised by the Advisor Teacher; Prepare the examination of the appropriate user and plan, execute and evaluate the care (principles of Physiotherapy based on evidence) showing a critical-reflexive attitude; Effectively manage the time and resources available for user intervention; Improve clinical reasoning according to clinical experience; Produce an organized, logical, readable record with appropriate technical language; Make a self-reflection to Clinical Teaching and Use the individual method of work
Syllabus:
Clinical intervention in different contexts: clinical, community. Clinical intervention in musculoskeletal, respiratory, neurological and pediatric fields
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
By making clinical practice possible, it is intended that the student in clinical teaching acquires a reasoned clinical reasoning in order to be able to select and execute the different techniques referring to the different educational units in a manner appropriate to each clinical case. The student should identify the indications and contraindications of the selected techniques.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
It includes supervised clinical practice where students should apply the techniques of evaluation and treatment in physical therapy learned, in real clinical cases and in different contexts. The evaluation will include the practical performance of the student, the elaboration of an internship dossier and the in-depth analysis of case studies.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
Through supervised clinical practice students should apply the techniques of evaluation and treatment in physical therapy learned, in real clinical cases and in different contexts, formulating an adequate clinical reasoning that allow them to evaluate and treat patients in real clinical situations in an increasingly autonomous.
Reading:
Petit, N.J. (2007). Exame e avaliação neuro-músculo-esquelética : um manual para terapeutas 3ª ed. Loures : Lusodidacta. Petit, N.J. e Moore, A.P. (2008). Princípios de intervenção e tratamento do sistema neuro-músculo-esquelético : um guia para terapeutas. Loures: Lusodidacta. Artigos Científicos