3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 4016143FNR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st and 2nd 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
Dutch
Faculty
Faculty of Physical Education and Physiotherapy
Department
Kinesitherapie, Menselijke Fysiologie en Anatomie
Educational team
Erik Cattrysse (course titular)
Joyce Renmans
Activities and contact hours
90 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

Clinical internships of manual therapy are supervised by tutors, recognised by the direction of the education program. In three successive periods of about 30 hours each, the students progress in active clinical practice of manual therapy. Additional clinical internships of manual therapy represent advanced clinical internships of manual therapy, mainly manual therapy of the extremities. 

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Stageboek manuele therapie I A, Canvas
Digital course material (Recommended) : Powerpoitpresentatie i.v.m. de stages op het teleleerplatform, Canvas
Practical course material (Recommended) : Labojas XS, VUB, 2220170002620
Practical course material (Recommended) : Labojas S, VUB, 2220170002613
Practical course material (Recommended) : Labojas M, VUB, 2220170002606
Practical course material (Recommended) : Labojas L, VUB, 2220170002590
Practical course material (Recommended) : Labojas XL, VUB, 2220170002583
Additional info

A workbook, based on a portfolio-system, contains information and guide lines with respect of the clinical internships of manual therapy, including the additional clinical internships. Information about addresses and assessment criteria can be found in the workbook "Clinical internships of manual therapy I A".
Part of the port folio-system is filled in by the students: administrative elements, location, type of clinical internship, other details regarding the different clinical internship periods, as well as case reports and referring letters.
The tutors of the clinical internships provide a detailed evaluation of the clinical internship period under their supervision.
After two clinical internships periods, the portfolio is presented to the coordinator or one of his collaborators in view of a intermittent evaluation and advice. This evaluation is preparative in view of the third period. Eventually, a re-orientation of the clinical internship is advised.

Complementary course material:
White labcoat, radar and reflexhammer

Learning Outcomes

General competencies

The student has the following competences regarding manual therapy of the extremities and spine, in a clinical context, 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

Grading

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:

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

Additional info regarding evaluation

Final assessment is made by integrating the different evaluations with respect to the clinical internships periods.

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 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)