Physiotherapy Clinical Rotation in Neurology-I

At the end of this course, the students are expected to: 1. take history; carry out physical examination and other relevant assessment procedures on patients with neurological conditions; 2. demonstrate skills in clinical reasoning and in making clinical judgments in different neurological conditions; 3. demonstrate skills in communicating treatment goals and plans with patients with orthopaedic conditions; and 4. demonstrate skills in managing and evaluating patients with neurological conditions commonly seen in physiotherapy.

Students will be exposed to patient management elements including examination, evaluation, physical diagnosis, prognosis and intervention and plan of care as well as care coordination. history taking, physical examination and specific assessment procedures and clinical judgments, treatment and evaluation of patients with neurological conditions. Importance and rights of patients and confidentiality; Specific conditions to be covered may include but is not limited to stroke, Parkinson’s disease, diabetes mellitus, Guillain-Barre syndrome and many others. Students will also be exposed to the appropriate ways of communicating treatment goals and plans of care to patients with neurological disorders as well as goal setting. Student will be taught approaches and principle of treatment including remediation or facilitation approaches that includes general concepts and proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, neurodevelopmental techniques or Bobath approach, motor control and motor learning approaches, and compensation approach