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TRIMESTER 2
ORT1352: MEDICAL SCIENCES I

Course summary: Medical Sciences I

This module is aiming at enabling the learner to know pathological conditions related to physical rehabilitation in general and prosthetic and orthotic (P&O) field specifically in order to use the acquired knowledge to assess the patient/client, plan the treatment and implement (produce an appropriate Prosthetic & orthotic device or any other assistive technology within the scope of practice.  

It requires General Anatomy and Physiology as prerequisite module. It has got two parts which are:

  • Pathology 1
  • Clinical Sciences

Module structure and details:

I. Pathology 1

Pathology is defined as abnormal physiology and anatomy.  as the student has already covered the GAP module this course will introduce him/her to abnormal physical conditions that affects different systems in the human body.  In this part students will learn the description of different pathological conditions frequently dealt with mainly in physical rehabilitation and more specifically in P&O field: their ethiology onset, diagnosis and treatment process, prognosis and prophylactic measures. Among the main conditions student is supposed to know there is:

 A. Pathological Conditions related to Lower Limb

  • Inflammatory diseases
  • Infectious diseases
  • Degenerative diseases
  • Post-traumatic conditions
  • Neoplastic conditions
  • Metabolic disorders
  • Congenital deformities
  • Aseptic bone necrosis
  • Neurological conditions
  • Circulatory disorders

B. Special Pathology of Lower Limbs

  • Diseases of the pelvis and hip
  • Diseases of the knee
  • Diseases of the foot
  • Deformities of the lower limbs
  • Review of selected pathologies of the lower limb

C. Amputations of Upper and Lower Limbs

  • Techniques of amputation
  • Levels of amputation and quality of the stump
  • Healing of the stump and its postoperative management for prosthetic fitting

Learning objectives:

Knowledge:

At the end of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Describe the incidence, causes, pathology of specific diseases related to Prosthetics and Orthotics.
  • Describe specific diseases and pathological conditions related to Prosthetics and Orthotics.
  •  Establish/pose the diagnosis of various pathological conditions and disabilities.

Competencies and Skills

At the end of this module the learner will be able to:

Assess and prescribe an appropriate device for a specific pathological condition within the interdisciplinary team (IDT) approach.

Attitude

Appreciate and value the acquired knowledge and skills about pathological conditions in the management of orthotic & prosthetic cases.

 

 

II. Clinical Sciences

After the student has got the basic knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology as well as the Pathology 1, now on this basis he should able to differentiate between the abnormal and normal physiology and anatomy. This part will enable the learner to understand the importance of assessing, prescribing and following-up the patient in the professional daily practice.

These are the main topics that will be covered:

  • Subjective assessment
  • objective assessment
    • ROM
    • MMT
    • Sensation test
    • Special tests in Prosthetics and orthotics
  • Prescription procedures and treatment plan
  • Gait training and analysis
  • Follow up procedures
  • Professional ethics (Reminder)

Learning objectives

Knowledge 

At the end of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Describe different steps of examination for each procedure done on lower limb, upper limb and spine.
  • Describe the ethical conduct to be applied at each step of the procedure.
  • Describe the prescription procedures and follow up for specific conditions
  • Describe gait deviations and the remedy for the optimization of the normal gait

Competencies and Skills

At the end of this unit, the learner will be able to:

  • Show ethical and professional conduct to the patients.
  • Perform different examination procedures of the clinical assessment.
  • Show the ability to prescribe specific orthopedic devices for different conditions
  • Analyse and train the patient gait 
  • Plan follow-up procedures for patients

Attitude

At the end of this unit, the learner will be able to:

Appreciate the importance of examination, ethical conduct in assessing, prescribing and follow-up of a patient.

Teaching and learning strategies

  • Interactive lecture
  • Tutorials 
  • Group discussions
  • Demonstrations
  • Practicals

Assessment methods

This course is considered as a blended theory and practical module. The assessment will follow the UR academic rules and regulations policies. It is stated that in such kind of course the theory part is allocated 50% and the practical part is weighing also 50%. The passing mark of is 60%. As two part of this module are taught by two different lecturers and are separate each one is given mark weight following the number of credit are allocated to it. Therefore, Pathology 1 which has got 4 credits will weigh 40% and Clinical Sciences 60% of the total marks.

Two types of assessment will be used:

1. Informal to assess individual learning process

  • Study skills assessment Individual and group assignments/presentations

2. Formal to assess the overall module through tests and examinations (MCQs, Essays, Orals) 

  • Continuous assessment tests (Assignments, tests,) = 50 %
  • End of module assessment (Exam) = 50 %