Overview

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

Provides an in-depth understanding of musculoskeletal conditions through the interpretation of patient case studies. An evidence-based practice model will be incorporated to support the use of clinical diagnostic tests and to design client-centered rehabilitation programs. Exposure to populations including but not limited to motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, postoperative, sport, and paediatrics.

COURSE DETAILS:

Provides an in-depth understanding of musculoskeletal conditions through the interpretation of patient case studies. An evidence-based practice model will be incorporated to support the use of clinical diagnostic tests and to design client-centered rehabilitation programs. Exposure to populations including but not limited to motor vehicle accidents, workplace injuries, postoperative, sport, and paediatrics.

Lecture Participation Assignments:
These will relate to an intervention that a Kinesiologist can provide for the patient in the Case Study. You will find a journal article related to that intervention and provide a BRIEF
summary. It will be due the Friday evening before the next lecture. There are 10 Lecture Participation Assignments. Each is worth 1% for a total of 10% of your final grade.

Scholarly Paper Assignment
Students are to critically examine a recent primary intervention article (published within the last 5 years) that examines the effect of an alternative health intervention for a musculoskeletal condition. Note: The article you use does not necessarily have to support the use of the intervention that you select.

Lecture Exams
The exam format will include multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, true-false, and short/medium length answer questions. Short/medium length answer questions may be answered in point form.

Midterm Exam
The midterm exam will occur in week 6 The exam cover Lectures 1 to 5.

Final Exam
The final exam is scheduled for: TBD. The final is cumulative. It will assess material from the entire semester with a greater focus on material learned after the midterm.

Approved BPK Grading Guidelines

SFU Definition	Letter grade	Percentage	Numerical equivalent
Excellent Performance	A+ A A-	>=92 87-91 82-86	4.33 4.00 3.67
Good Performance	B+ B B-	78-81 74-77 70-73	3.00 2.67 2.33
Satisfactory Performance	C+ C C-	65-69 60-64 55-59	2.33 2.00 1.67
Marginal Performance	D	50-54	1.00
Unsatisfactory Performance	F	<50	0.00

The department reserves the right to adjust actual grades if deemed appropriate.

Late Penalties
A late penalty of 10% per day, including weekends and holidays, will be applied on all late assignments that are not supported with medical documentation. After 5 days the assignment will not be accepted.

Attendance
Class attendance is strongly recommended. Lecture recordings will be provided on request. If extenuating circumstances (unusual circumstances beyond your control, such as death of a close family member or severe illness) cause you to miss a tutorial or other marked activity, you should contact the instructor to make alternate arrangements as soon as you can. If you will need to miss class for a religious holiday or travel related to a university function (e.g., athletic competition), please let the instructor know within the first week of the semester.

Academic Integrity
Read the SFU policies on cheating, plagiarism, and other forms of academic dishonesty. The consequences of such behaviour are serious. Also familiarize yourself with the SFU library
tutorial on avoiding plagiarism.

In order to review the Plagiarism Tutorial and take its quizzes, you will need to first log out of Canvas, or use a browser that is not currently logged into Canvas, and proceed to the link below (copy and paste it into the address bar): https://canvas.sfu.ca/courses/15986

Note that they will not be evaluated (and so you do not need to submit anything), but it is expected that you will read and complete them.

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

After completion of this course, you will be able to:
1. To utilize the different components of a subjective history to help conduct a differential diagnosis as well as develop a client-centred intervention plan
2. To interpret findings from an objective assessment
3. To incorporate a patho-anatomical approach to musculoskeletal conditions
4. To learn the roles of the different members of the healthcare team
5. To learn about the different aspects of the healthcare system
6. To consider the effects of pharmacological agents when prescribing exercise interventions
7. To understand how the stages of healing for different tissue structures can influence prognosis as well as an intervention
8. To develop a foundation for conducting a differential diagnosis for musculoskeletal conditions (risk factors, epidemiology, signs, symptoms, aetiology, pathophysiology)
9. To interpret psychometric properties of self-report and functional outcome measures
10. To develop a client-centred, evidence-based intervention plan

Grading

Materials

REQUIRED READING: