Project name: Innovative Rehabilitation Education – Introduction of new master degree programs in Ukraine (REHAB)
Project number: 598938-EPP-1-2018-1-LV-EPPKA2-CBHE-JP
Project implementation period: 15.11.2019-14.11.2022
International program: Erasmus+ KA2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices – International Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education, Co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
Project goals: (1) building professional capacity of the academic and research staff, (2) development of the teaching/learning/assessment resources, and (3) specific educational infrastructure needed to provide the nationally new professional study program in physiotherapy.
Project objectives:
- Update and revise the current Bachelor study programs (2018-2020) by implementing the transitional format (tBPT) based on a content gap analysis (in future professional BPT);
- Create the Physical Therapy Mastery study program (starting on 2019/2020) offering advanced competence (knowledge, skills and attitudes) in sport physiotherapy (SPT) and adapted physical activity in rehabilitation (APA-R);
- Increase the professional capacity of the academic/professional personnel including about 40 qualified PT faculty members for teaching physical therapy (2019-2020);
- Create the Educational Infrastructure for Physical Therapy at partner HES;
- Pilot the PT master study programs based on the new content and innovative teaching approaches (start in 2019/2020) expecting up to 200 graduates by 2022.
Project outcomes:
- Revised and updated the university level PT bachelor study program of four years.
- New PT master study program offering advanced professional competence in different physiotherapy specializations (e.g., orthopedics, APA, sport).
- The group of 40 qualified/certified physiotherapists will be prepared for partner HES. The core teaching staff will be built capable of teaching PT according to European standards. Staff will be formed by retrained faculty members of legacy qualifications, by newly graduated PTs and by invited EU experts.
- Competency profile for physical therapist satisfying international requirements will be identified. This profile would be approved at national level and become the mandatory basis for all Ukrainian universities wishing to provide physical therapy study programs.
- New PT master students will have the possibility to participate in the IMP in EU and through Erasmus+ mobility through Erasmus programs and from their own costs.
- Medical care system would change to accommodate new professionals in physiotherapy. The partnership with the Health Ministry in this project will facilitate the recognition of the PT as a profession. In five years there will be up to 800 graduates of Consortium universities or up to 5000 graduates of all universities, with good employment prospects (current job market needs is about 35,000 PT).
Project coordinator at LSUPC: Andrii Vovkanych – Professor of the Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, contacts: fr@ldufk.edu.ua
LSUPC project website:
https://www.ldufk.edu.ua/nauka/mizhnarodni-proekty/rehab
Project website:
https://rehabeukr.eu
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