Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2021/2022
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TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Geriatric and oncologic physiotherapy - METODOLOGIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA LINFOLOGICA E ONCOLOGICA (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S007284
Teacher
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/48 - NURSING IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION
Period
1 SEMESTRE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE dal Oct 1, 2021 al Dec 23, 2021.
To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link: Course organization
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student:
•will understand the path of the patient suffering from oncological disease and the importance of physiotherapy and rehabilitation intervention;
• will be able to identify the professional figures involved in the field of oncology and understand the importance of multidisciplinarity for effective teamwork;
• will know the different aspects of functional evaluation and planning of rehabilitation intervention in the planning of the physiotherapy process in the oncological and lymphological field;
• will know definitions, dimensions, possible determinants, possible consequences and main cause-specific treatments of the main functional impairments and limitations of common activities in cancer patients and specific to some organs ;
• will know the basic rehabilitation techniques (physical treatment of lymphatic edema, physical exercise, physical activity for fatigue ..) and the essential principles of their practical application.
Program
Rehabilitation in oncology:
• Definition;
• The importance of rehabilitation intervention;
• The complexity of the treatment of oncological pathology and consequent sequelae of physio therapeutic interest for the restoration of integrity or the improvement of all the functions that the diagnosis of cancer and the different types of treatments may have altered;
• Multi-professional and multidisciplinary management;
• The diagnostic therapeutic path and related complications of physio therapeutic interest;
• Functional evaluation, clinical reasoning, objectives and physiotherapy program with the appropriate physiotherapy strategies for the sequelae of some types of cancer and chemotherapy, radiotherapy intervention... of physiotherapy interest in phases:
• breast cancers,
• thoracic-pulmonary cancers,
• female and male uro-gynecological cancers.
Focus on lymphedema:
• Treatment of lymphedema in oncology
• The pathophysiology of the lymphatic system
• Lymphedema treatment guidelines
• functional evaluation, clinical reasoning and physiotherapy strategies of rehabilitation treatment of lymphedema
Focus on fatigue:
• Fatigue treatment guidelines
• Evaluation, clinical reasoning, physiotherapy strategies of fatigue treatment
Bibliography
Examination Methods
WRITTEN TEST. Test with closed multiple choice questions (1 corrected out of 4 possibilities) and some open-ended questions.
