PHTY40780

Learning Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate an advanced and detailed knowledge of current physiotherapy practice in the specialties of paediatrics, pelvic health, oncology, occupational physiotherapy and burns management.
2. Demonstrate an advanced understanding of the role of the physiotherapist in these specialist areas within the multidisciplinary context in different healthcare environments.
3. Discuss and justify physiotherapy management strategies for these specialities with an emphasis on evidence based practice.
4. Review and analyze current literature in the above specialties in a self-directed and autonomous manner.

Indicative Module Content:

The module is designed to integrate and advance students’ knowledge relating to specialist areas of physiotherapy practice. Specialist topics covered include:
Paediatric physiotherapy: the role of physiotherapy in early intervention, haematology and oncology, orthopaedics, obesity, DCD and dyspraxia, intellectual disability
Pelvic health: the role of physiotherapy in antenatal and postnatal care, pelvic floor dysfunction, pelvic girdle pain and incontinence management.
Oncology: Survivorship (including treatments, pre-habilitation and rehabilitation, exercise prescription), lymphodema, palliative care
Burns and wound care: the role of physiotherapy in wound management, burns
Occupational physiotherapy and ergonomics.
Acupuncture.

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Lectures
Active/task based learning

AI/Academic Integrity:
Staff may utilise Artificial Intelligence (AI) during the programme to support teaching and learning and it will be clearly indicated if and when AI is used. Students are prohibited from representing work as their own that they did not write, code or create. Submission of AI-generated content to this module by a student without explicit permission and attribution is not allowed and it may reflect unacceptable professional behaviour. This may result in the initiation of a student disciplinary procedure in accordance with the “University Student Code of Conduct and Academic Integrity Policy.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy

 

Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Pelvic Health
National Clinical Guidelines in Obsterics and Gynaecology: https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/acute-hospitals-division/woman-infants/clinical-guidelines/
Clinton Susan C. et al (2017) Pelvic girdle pain in the antepartum population: Physical Therapy clinical practice guidelines APTA:
https://www.orthopt.org/uploads/content_files/files/Pelvic%20Girdle%20Pain%20in%20the%20Antepartum%20Population_%20Physical%20T...pdf

Oncology
https://www.hse.ie/eng/about/who/cspd/ncps/palliative-care/
Pergolotti M, Deal AM, Lavery J, Reeve BB, Muss HB. The prevalence of potentially modifiable functional deficits and the subsequent use of occupational and physical therapy by older adults with cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2015 May;6(3):194-201. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2015.01.004. Epub 2015 Jan 19. PMID: 25614296; PMCID: PMC4459887.

Paediatric physiotherapy
Mirza, M., Brown-Hollie, J.P., Suarez-Balcazar, Y. et al. Interventions for Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention for Children and Adolescents with Developmental Disabilities: a Systematic Review. Rev J Autism Dev Disord 11, 225–248 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-022-00335-5

Burns
Standards of Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy in the Management of Burn Injured Adults and Children 2022 https://www.britishburnassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Therapy-Standards-final-version-2022.pdf

Occupational Physiotherapy
Vitoulas S, Konstantis V, Drizi I, Vrouva S, Koumantakis GA, Sakellari V. The Effect of Physiotherapy Interventions in the Workplace through Active Micro-Break Activities for Employees with Standing and Sedentary Work. Healthcare (Basel). 2022 Oct 18;10(10):2073. doi: 10.3390/healthcare10102073. PMID: 36292520; PMCID: PMC9603092.

Acupuncture
Hamed Mamipour, Hossein Negahban, Shapour Badiee Aval, Mahsa Zaferanieh, Ali Moradi, Amir Reza Kachooei,
Effectiveness of physiotherapy plus acupuncture compared with physiotherapy alone on pain, disability and grip strength in people with carpal tunnel syndrome: A randomized clinical trial, Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, Volume 35,
2023, Pages 378-384 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbmt.2023.04.033.

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