6 ECTS credits
180 h study time
Offer 2 with catalog number 4018153FNW for working students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.
Clinical internships of manual therapy are supervised by tutors, recognised by the direction of the education program. In six successive periods of about 30 hours each, the students make progress in active clinical practice of manual therapy.
A workbook, based on a portfolio-system, contains information and guidelines with respect of the clinical internships. Information about addresses and assessment criteria of the clinical internships can be found in the workbook, and is also available via the e-learning management system. Part of the portfolio is filled in by the students: administrative elements, location, types of clinical internships and other details related to the different clinical internship periods, case reports and referring letters.
The tutors of the clinical internships provide a detailed evaluation of the clinical internship period under their supervision.
After 3 clinical internships periods, the portfolio can be presented to the course coordinator or one of his collaborators in view of a intermittent evaluation and advise. This evaluation is preparative in view of the following clinical internships periods. Eventually, a re-orientation of the clinical internship is recommended.
Concerning manual therapy of the extremities, the student is able to
* perform autonomously manual therapy assessments
* write manual therapy assessment reports
* plan and execute appropriate manual therapy treatments
* evaluate manual therapy treatment strategies
* exert adequate manual therapy skills
The student gained insight in:
* the place of manual therapy in the medical health care services
The student developed the attitudes of
* self-criticism and self-evaluation of the efficacy of the manual therapy practice
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
SELF Internship determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the SELF Internship category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Final assessment is made by integration of the different evaluations, related to the clinical internships.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy in Musculoskeletal Disorders - Option Manual Therapy (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy: verkort traject revalidatiewetenschappen en kinesitherapie bij musculoskeletale aandoeningen met optie manuele therapie (only offered in Dutch)
Preparatory Programme Master of Science in Manual Therapy: Standaard traject (only offered in Dutch)