Duration
210h Internship
Number of credits
| Bachelor in physiotherapy and rehabilitation (programme transitoire) | 7 crédits |
Lecturer
Stephen Bornheim, Jean-Louis Croisier, Christophe Demoulin, Bénédicte Forthomme, Jean-François Kaux, Didier Maquet, Marc Vanderthommen
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the second semester
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
The internships related to the course code MSTG0530 take place in various hospital departments (ICU/Intensive Care, Neurology, Orthopedics, Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, Geriatrics, Pediatrics, etc.), as well as in nursing and care homes, private practices, and "elite" sports clubs.
Each internship lasts 3 or 4 weeks, depending on the internship period. At the end of each placement, the student must write a report on a patient they have followed and submit it to their internship supervisor for evaluation. This report is assessed.
An information meeting regarding the organization, planning, and progress of the internships is held before the start of the placements.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
By the end of these first clinical placements, students will be able to, under the supervision of a clinical supervisor and within the limits of the competencies acquired at this stage of their training:
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Transfer the knowledge and skills acquired during theoretical and practical courses to real-life clinical situations, and appropriately and safely apply physiotherapy techniques previously learned.
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Adopt a professional, ethical, and respectful attitude towards patients, their relatives, the clinical supervisor, and the various healthcare professionals encountered during the placement.
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Establish appropriate professional communication with patients, by practising active listening, demonstrating empathy, and adapting communication to the patient's characteristics, needs, and context, including in intercultural situations.
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Communicate and convey relevant clinical information, both orally and in writing, using available communication tools and appropriate professional terminology.
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Progressively integrate into a healthcare team, identifying the roles and responsibilities of different healthcare professionals and adopting an attitude that promotes interprofessional collaboration.
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Participate in patient history taking and the structured collection of relevant clinical data, and begin to analyse and interpret this information in order to contribute to an understanding of the patient's situation.
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Perform, under supervision, components of the physiotherapy assessment appropriate to the competencies acquired, select appropriate tests and outcome measures, and relate their results to the information collected during the patient history.
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Develop an initial structured clinical reasoning process, formulating simple hypotheses based on the information collected and identifying the main elements required to characterise the patient's functional status.
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Identify the main components of the physiotherapy diagnosis and therapeutic plan, and understand the relationship between assessment findings, identified problems, therapeutic goals, and proposed interventions.
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Progressively use the biopsychosocial model and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) to develop a comprehensive understanding of the patient's situation, considering body functions and structures, activities, participation, and contextual factors.
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Participate in the implementation of an individualised physiotherapy intervention, applying, under supervision, techniques, exercises, and preventive or therapeutic interventions consistent with the goals of care.
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Observe and reassess the effects of an intervention, identify changes in the patient's condition, and discuss with the clinical supervisor whether the intervention may need to be adapted.
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Integrate physical activity and movement into patient management, drawing on previously acquired knowledge of human movement, therapeutic exercise, prevention, and health promotion.
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Participate in patient education, providing appropriate information and advice to promote the patient's understanding, engagement, autonomy and, where relevant, regular participation in physical activity.
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Apply the principles of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) by establishing links between scientific knowledge acquired during the programme, the clinical situation encountered, and the proposed interventions.
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Develop reflective practice skills by discussing and questioning their observations, choices, and difficulties with the clinical supervisor, identifying their limitations and learning needs, and using feedback to improve their clinical practice.
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Integrate principles of hygiene, prevention, and health education into clinical practice by applying appropriate hygiene and safety measures within the healthcare setting and, under supervision, contributing to activities aimed at informing, advising, and raising patients' awareness of health-promoting behaviours.
- Become familiar with the organisational and administrative aspects of physiotherapy practice by identifying the main administrative tasks encountered during the clinical placement, the tools used for care management and documentation, and the associated responsibilities of the physiotherapist.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
All theoretical courses and practical sessions taken up to that point.
The prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Learning in the field. Patient care under the supervision of the training supervisor.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
Face-to-face course
Further information:
Face-to-face course
Additional information:
The learning activity includes a minimum of 2 practical internships lasting 3 to 4 weeks, depending on the internship period.
The schedule depends on the internship site. Work is generally carried out between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., on weekdays only. Internship hours may never overlap with the courses included in the student's program
Course materials and recommended or required readings
Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège
Further information:
Attendance at the internship requires students to:
- Review the subject matter specific to the internship field that was previously covered during the program
- Read the internship regulations available online on myULiège
Continuous assessment
Further information:
This learning activity is assessed on the basis of a standard evaluation form, which takes into account the student's theoretical and practical knowledge, their behavior during the internship, and their report.
The final grade for the learning activity is awarded by the professors in charge, based on the marks indicated on the evaluation forms completed by the internship supervisors at the end of each placement, without necessarily being the arithmetic average of those marks
Work placement(s)
The learning activity includes a minimum of 2 practical internships lasting 3 to 4 weeks, depending on the internship period
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
The stage takes usually place during the 2nd quadrimestre, between march and may.
www.facmed.uliege.be/rgpd
Contacts
Administration : M. Steve JASPAR - 04/366.38.89 - steve.jaspar@uliege.be & Mme A. HANSSEN - ahanssen@uliege.be - 04/366.38.97