Nutrition in Physiotherapy (3 cr)
Code: TH00BD89-3004
General information
Enrollment
02.12.2020 - 10.01.2021
Timing
01.01.2021 - 31.07.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
3 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
67 % Contact teaching, 33 % Distance learning
Unit
Health and Well-being
Campus
Kupittaa Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
15 - 50
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Johanna Kurtti
Groups
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PFYSIS20BPFYSIS20B
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PFYSIS20
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PFYSIS20APFYSIS20A
Objective
The student is able to
• desricbe the importance of nutrition in promoting health and treating diseases in populations of different ages,
• take advantage of nutrition-related knowledge in rehabilitation,
• support the client to make nutritional choices that support their ability to function by using Finnish nutrition recommendations,
• describe the basics of nutrition and nutrition physiology,
• describe the importance of nutrition in for example prevention of malnutrition and common diseases,
• identify the special nutritional needs related client’s diseases.
Content
Nutritionally recommended diet for health promotion and prevention of parental diseases and malnutrition, nutrition and diseases, nutrition and clients in different ages.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Qualifications
No preceding knowledge