| Module code | FTP 403 |
| Qualification | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
| Module content | Advanced comprehensive physiotherapeutic management of communicable and non-communicable diseases and conditions. This includes diseases of lifestyle, chronic disease, impact of HIV on disability, victims of trauma, and mental health. Impact of physical/economic/political/psychosocial environment of health and well-being, health promotion and development, and sport science. The comprehensive physiotherapeutic management is applied to patients of all ages where relevant: in infant health, childhood, adolescent health, women's and men’s health, health and disease in middle age and geriatrics and is based on the epidemiology of disease. The module includes 800 hours clinical experience in a variety of health care scenarios. |
| Module credits | 12.00 |
| Programmes | |
| Prerequisites | RHC 451, RHC 452, FAR 381, FAR 382, FTP 303, FTP 304, POL 300 |
| Contact time | 1 lecture per week, 1 web-based period per week, 1 discussion class per week, Community Engagement |
| Language of tuition | Separate classes for Afrikaans and English |
| Academic organisation | Physiotherapy |
| Period of presentation | Year |
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