Autumn school of physical therapy
Within the framework of the European Union Erasmus + Program "Innovative Rehabilitation Education - Introduction of new master degree programs in Ukraine 2018-2021" REHAB, September 14-18, 2020 Ternopil National Medical University named after I. Gorbachevsky organized and conducted Autumn schools of physical therapy. Their program includes distance lectures and master classes by leading European physical therapy specialists from the Latvian Academy of Sports Education (Riga, Latvia), the European Federation of Adapted Physical Activity (EUFAPA), the University of Applied Sciences (Pori, Finland), the Josef Pilsudski Academy of Physical Education. (Warsaw, Poland), Lithuanian University of Sports (Kaunas, Lithuania), National University of Physical Education and Sports (Kyiv, Ukraine), Lviv State University of Physical Culture named after Bobersky (Lviv, Ukraine).
21 scientific and pedagogical workers from the Department of Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy of NUUPES took part in the work of autumn schools. In particular:
Associate Professor Romanishin M.Y. presented a report on the topic: "Evaluation of the internal validity of the study using the PEDro scale";
Lecturer Zgursky A.A. presented a report on the topic: "Algorithm for the diagnosis of hip and knee joints osteoarthritis in physical therapy".
Thanks to interesting, relevant, and meaningful information, the professional community of Ukrainian physical therapists has received modern knowledge and skills that will allow us to raise the rehabilitation service to a qualitatively new level.