Study Guide

Objective

The student utilises and deepens their prior learning in neurological musculoskeletal diseases and the restrictions on functioning that they cause and uses this learning with long lower limb orthoses (knee ankle foot orthoses, KAFO). They apply their prior learning in user-oriented evaluations of the need for an orthosis and combine evidence-based knowledge with it.

The student can describe the purposes and benefits of long lower limb orthoses and justify the choice of orthosis. The student knows the basics of individual orthosis measurement and can manufacture a long lower limb orthosis under supervision. The student knows the working methods used in the manufacturing of orthoses. The student knows how to fit an orthosis on the client and to guide the client in how to use it. The student compares the relation between the client’s initial functional capacity and the end product using a professional perspective.

Content

• Custom-made long lower limb orthoses
• The most common diseases and reductions in functional capacity that result in a need for an orthosis
• Planning and implementation of a user-oriented orthotic solution
• Examining and interviewing the client
• Measurements for an orthosis
• Manufacturing process and techniques
• The most common components and their selection
• The most common materials and their selection
• Fitting and evaluation of an orthosis and teaching the client how to use it
• Cost structure of an orthotic solution
• Evidence-based knowledge

The course deals with the principles of sustainability, which are applied in the selection of materials, taking into consideration their recyclability, durability and ethical production, as well as in the utilisation of innovations and technology, while promoting social responsibility in health care.

Prerequisites

Opintojaksojen suoritusmerkinnät seuraavilta opinnoilta:
- Harjoittelu 1
- Jalkateräortoosit ja erityisjalkineet
- Lyhyet alaraajan ortoosit - AFO

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student uses professional knowledge base consistently
- Student searches for knowledge and justifies the use of sources
- Student justifies actions by means of evidence-based knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills to different situations
- Student can act in a client-oriented way
- Student solves professional tasks and problems

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student ensures safety and in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
- Student acts as an expert in multidisciplinary groups with people with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student develops oneself

Assessment criteria, good (3)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student applies professional concepts and knowledge fluently and diversely
- Student evaluates and uses evidence-based knowledge critically

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills with a sense of
anticipation and is capable of independent decision-making in different situations
- Student acts responsibly and in a client-oriented way
- Student applies alternative solutions to professional decision-making

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student evaluates professional activities and safety according to the ethical principles of the field
- Student acts as an expert of the field in multidisciplinary groups and projects in cooperation with people
with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student develops work community and oneself

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student shows great proficiency in professional knowledge base and applies it as a dedicated professional
- Student searches for international, evidencebased knowledge independently and uses and evaluates it critically

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills with a sense of
anticipation and is capable of independent decision-making in different situations and operating environments
- Student assumes responsibility for the client/patient’s overall care and service process within health care
- Student creates innovative and alternative solutions for professional decision-making

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student develops professional activities and safety according to the ethical principles of the field
- Student develops professional activities as an expert in multidisciplinary groups and projects in cooperation
with people with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student has a goal-oriented approach to work and aims to develop oneself and the workplace

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

PASS: Same as satisfactory (see above)

Fail

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student does not appreciate professional knowledge base adequately
- Student does not use professional knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student does not apply professional skills sufficiently
- Student does not use client-oriented approach

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student does not adequately consider safety and ethical principles of the field
- Student is not able to participate in group or development work

Further information

Evaluation: Intermediate level, expert