Course aims:

To accurately describe anatomy, injuries, and treatment plans in English.
To master physical therapy terminology for professional documentation and reading.
To develop skills for discussing cases and collaborating with other healthcare professionals.

Course Entry Requirements:

Lower intermediate level of English

Course contents:

1. INTRODUCTION. Vocabulary roundup.

2. PHYSIOTHERAPY USING MAT PLATFORMS

3. PHYSIOTHERAPY USING PARALLEL BARS

4. PHYSIOTHERAPY USING CLASSIC SERIES STAIRCASES

5. ACL INJURY SURGERY AT CHILDREN

6. HYP DYSPLASIA

7. C-SECTION procedure and treatment vocabulary

8. FACIAL EXERCISES FOR STROKE PATIENTS

9. COULD TECH NECK BE THE CAUSE OF YOUR HEADACHES OR NECK PAIN?

10. LEG MUSCLES AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

11. ARM MUSCLES

12. WHAT IS CAUSING YOUR SHOULDER PAIN? TESTS YOU CAN DO YOURSELF

13. SPORTS INJURIES IN THE FOOT AND ANKLE

14. PHYSIOTHERAPY GLOSSARY

Teaching methods:

Computer-assisted lecture (Power Point). Problem-based learning and discovery learning. Conversation.

Learning outcomes:

- The use of the main features of oral and written communication, and of text reception and production (including texts within the field of interest), in English;

- The interpretation of the relationship between an oral or written message and its context, and the use of argumentative and message-building techniques in English;

- The enrichment of specialized vocabulary;

- The discerning and scientifically honest use of information sources.

Learning outcomes verification and assessment criteria:

Oral examination at the end of the semestre

Recommended reading:

Murphy, R., English Grammar in Use, Cambrdige University Press, Cambrdige, 2019, 394.
McCarthy, M., English Vocabulary in Use., Cambrdige University Press, Cambrdige, 2017, 228.
ADINA RĂDULESCU, ENGLISH IN KINETOTHERAPY. A PRACTICAL ENGLISH HANDBOOK, Fundaţiei România de Mâine, Bucharest, 2004, 124.