AH1S18 - Biopsychosocial Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice 01 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2028 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | AH1S18 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Biopsychosocial Foundations of Physiotherapy Practice | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Life Sciences and Education | ||
| Faculty Group: | Allied Health and Chiropractic | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | Physiotherapy | ||
| Module Leader: | Rhys Shorney | ||
| Module Team: | Jonathon Duffin, Filipa Machado, Bethan Kent | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2022 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 4 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100252 - physiotherapy | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 01 Sep 2022 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2028 |
Module Aims
The module with prepare students to practice with a biopsychosocial healthcare model of delivery. The students will learn about the healing process alongside pain neuroscience education and gain understanding of pain, persistent pain and develop the ability to help manage expectations of patients with pain.
Content Summary
The module will introduce the healing process to students. This will be delivered in order to help students understand the stages of healing and the physiological process that takes place.
Students will be taught about the different types of healthcare models such as bio-medical, patho-anatomical and biopsychosocial models for example, and helped understand the key distinctions that these models offer. These models will then be scrutinised while looking at the available research to help students understand the value and negative aspects associated with regards to physiotherapy healthcare delivery.
The students will be taken through a 12- stage pain neuroscience education clinic where pain neuroscience will be explained with the narrative of persistent back pain. This narrative will explain pain while providing real life context to the content so that students can understand the neuroscience with meaningful context. The module will facilitate students to be able to explain pain clearly to patients and through using key graphics and tools will be able to help patients understand the impact of pain on their daily function and lives.
The pain clinic will be delivered through a series of bespoke recorded sessions that will accompany key learning resources and tasks, so students will be taken through the pain neuroscience materials and time will be allocated for reflection at each stage.
Content for students will include:
- Neurophysiology of pain
- Nociception and nociceptive pathways and factors
- Neurons and synapses
- Action potentials
- Spinal inhibition and facilitation
- Peripheral sensitisation
- Central sensitisation
- Plasticity of the nervous system
The students will be afforded opportunity to practice delivering this education through use of simulated scenarios. Students will be required to demonstrate competency in delivering key PNE messages to people rather than patients, at this stage.
Developing the skills to deliver this information to patients in pain will be developed further through the course across multiple modules. The fundamentals will be established clearly during this module and students will understand the neuroanatomy and physiology of pain but critically how to explain this to people in a meaningful way.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 4 |
| Seminar | 8 |
| Tutorial | 12 |
| Independent Study | 72 |
| Directed Study | 92 |
| Problem / challenge based learning | 12 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | Demonstrate understanding of the Biopsychosocial Healthcare model in physiotherapy practice |
| LO2 | Demonstrate understanding of the healing process and pain neuroscience education (PNE). Be able to teach others (Including Patients) the fundamentals relating to these key topics. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asynchronous Assessment | Student Choice 1 | Produce a patient information resource that will be targeted to a given chosen patient population | 0 | N/A | 100 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Student Choice 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |