The Significance of Fluid Dynamics in Osteopathic PracticeLaajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

The student provides holistic guidance in promoting the health of the individual and supports optimal lymph circulation. The student recognises the indications and contraindications for the myofascial, circulatory, metabolic and visceral approaches.

The student interacts with people professionally, respectfully and empathically using a work approach that promotes health. The student has a client-centred approach and engages in dialogue with the client. The student is attuned to the state of their body and mind and controls it in order to support palpation and understand its importance in their own work.

The student examines the functional connections between the thorax, abdominal and hip regions from the perspective of fluid circulation. By applying scientific knowledge, the student analyses the principles of the myofascial, circulatory, metabolic and visceral approaches and the assumed impact mechanisms of these techniques. The student follows international advances in their field and utilises them in their own work.
The student evaluates delicate changes in the flexibility and quality of tissues in the head, thorax, abdominal and hip regions and communicates observations professionally. The student’s palpation is anatomically precise and sensitive when the student examines and manipulates the client safely using osteopathic techniques.

The student manipulates the different tissue levels in the head, thorax and hip area using manual osteopathic techniques. The student can combine osteopathic approaches to the client’s treatment plan in an appropriate way, and knows how to collaborate with the client to prepare instructions that support the client’s health.

Content

Prerequisites for optimal lymph circulation
Connections between the structures and functions of the thorax and abdominal region on different tissue levels
Connections between the structures and functions of the lumbar spine and hip region on different levels of tissue
Myofascial approach
Circulatory approach
Metabolic approach
Visceral approach
Indications and contraindications for the treatment of scar tissue
Guidance that promotes the client’s health and autonomy

Qualifications

Promotion of spine health, Organ physiology and anatomy

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student can search for knowledge resourcefully utilizing sources of the field and uses the knowledge base of the field
- Student is familiar with the knowledge base and core components of the profession

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student has adequate professional skills to work in the profession
- Student can work in a client-oriented way
- Student solves professional tasks and problems

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student works safely and in accordance with the ethical principles of the field
- Student displays competence benefitting groups or projects
- Student is able to evaluate personal strengths and weaknesses and development needs

Assessment criteria, good (3)

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

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills to different situations
- Student can act responsibly and in a clientoriented way
- Student can work in various tasks in diverse operating environments

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student justifies professional activities according to the ethical principles of the field and evaluates the safety of these activities
- Student can work in work groups and projects in a goal-oriented way
- Student develops oneself

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student applies the professional knowledge base fluently and in a versatile way
- Student evaluates and uses evidence-based knowledge

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student applies professional skills in different situations and can evaluate the results of these actions
- Student can act responsibly and in a clientoriented 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 can work in different groups and projects with persons with diverse cultural backgrounds
- Student develops the work community and oneself

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

PASS: Same as satisfactory (see above)

Failed

PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE BASE
- Student does not know or know how to use the concepts of the profession adequately
- Student uses the professional knowledge base one-sidedly

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ACTIONS
- Student does not have the required professional knowledge or skills, and the level of professional competence proves inadequate
- Student does not reach the level of client

ETHICS, COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Student does not consider safety or ethical principles of the field sufficiently
- Student does not show adequate readiness to develop oneself or to participate