General Sciences: History of Physiotherapy 1855-F1-HF-SJ

Student gets acquainted with the following contents: basic achievements in medicine, history of bacteriology, beginnings of anesthesia,
beginnings of antiseptics, main creators of physiotherapy, establishment of organizations dealing with the rights of persons with disabilities

Term 2023/24Z:

None

Term 2024/25Z:

None

Total student workload

Study hours involving teacher participation: - lectures – 5 hours Study hours involving individual student work: - preparation for test – 5 hours - reading literature – 5 hours Total: 15 hours (lecture 5; self-study 10) (1 ECTS)

Learning outcomes - knowledge

Student: K_W03 explains the impact of the environment on the human organism K_W14 discusses the significance of sports for the disabled K_W29 outlines the history of rehabilitation and physiotherapy

Learning outcomes - skills

Student: K_U05 analyses the impact of external environmental factors on the human organism K_U23 identifies major psychological and social problems occurring in the process of physiotherapy

Learning outcomes - social competencies

Student: K_K02 shows respect to patients and cares for their well-being K_K03 promotes the prestige of own profession and professional solidarity

Teaching methods

Problem lecture, display, discussion, presentation

Prerequisites

none

Course coordinators

Term 2022/23Z:

Halina Zielińska-Więczkowska

Term 2023/24Z:

Maciej W. Socha

Term 2024/25Z:

Maciej W. Socha

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods:
- presence
- working out the absence in a form agreed with the lecturer
- activity

Assessment criteria:
the condition of credit is the student's presence in the classroom, activity and test

Practical placement

not applicable

Bibliography

Books
Barclay J., In good hands: The history of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 1894-1994, Oxford 1994
Jackson, M. ed., The Oxford Handbook of the History of Medicine, Oxford 2011
Rosen G., A History of Public Health, Baltimore 2015
Wilson H. C., Physiotherapists in war, Adelaide 1995

Academic journals
Huijbregts P., Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapy-History, Development, and Future Opportunities, Journal of Physical Therapy 2010;1:11-24.

Term 2023/24Z:

None

Term 2024/25Z:

None

Additional information

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