3 ECTS credits
75 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4023005FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
For this course you have to meet certain enrolment requirements. For an overview of the enrolment requirements check https://www.vub.be/en/studying-vub/practical-info-for-students/study-guidance/study-path/individual-study-path#paragraph--id--71647 
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy
Department
Kinesitherapie, Menselijke Fysiologie en Anatomie
External partners
KU Leuven
Educational team
Eva Swinnen (course titular)
Mahyar Firouzi
Nathalie Vaes
Christophe Lafosse
Activities and contact hours
16 contact hours Lecture
10 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

This course encompasses the following topics: Heuristic model concerning cerebral behaviour relations analogous to the ICF model Functional Neuroanatomy for the understanding of the neuropsychological symptomatology- taxonomy and symptomatology of the attentive functions - taxonomy and symptomatology of the memory - taxonomy and symptomatology of perception - taxonomy and symptomatology of speech functions- taxonomy and symptomatology of praxis- taxonomy and symptomatology of emotional control - taxonomy and symptomatology of the executing and emotional behaviour control - Symptomatology, assessment and rehabilitation of the spatial neglect syndrome - Sensorimotor integration and body representation - neuropsychological topics, including depression and cognition, related to specific central neurological disorders. 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Powerpoint presentations and literature available on the learning platform, Canvas
Additional info

No additional information.

Learning Outcomes

General competences

The student acquires knowledge of and insight in those neuropsychological disorders that are relevant for the neuromotor rehabilitation.

This course contributes to following competences:
The student makes an inventory of the complaints of the patient/client : level 4
The student conducts a physiotherapeutic clinical examination: level 4
The student makes a correct clinical reasoning : level 4
The student formulates justified treatment goals: level 4
The student develops a justified physiotherapeutic treatment plan: level 4 
The student applies physiotherapeutic treatment techniques: level 4 
The student adapts his physiotherapeutic acting related to the treatment goals and context: level 4 
The student evaluates the treatment result and makes adaptations if necessary: level 4 
The student communicates in a correct and relevant way: level 4 
The student reflects on his physiotherapeutic acting: level 4   
The student guides a patient/client: level 4   
The student respects appointments: level 4 
The student is efficient and conscientious: level 4 
The student formulates educational aims: level 4 
The student acts in a methodical-didactical way: level 4 
The student guides the pedagogical process: level 4 
The student communicates consciously, purposefully and carefully: level 4 
The student makes up an evaluation: level 4 
The student acts in a problem solving way: level 4 
The student is self-critical and creative related to the quality of his professional situation: level 4 
The student reflects on his professional acting: level 4 

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • writExam with a relative weight of 50 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

written examination

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy in Neurological Disorders (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Verkort traject revalidatiewetenschappen en kinesitherapie bij neurologische aandoeningen (only offered in Dutch)