Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
• Select techniques for assessing functional capacity with a client-centred approach
• Reliably measure clients’ functional capacity
• Define client-centred objectives that support functional capacity and participation
• Identify and use the methods and techniques of guidance and consultation that promote clients’ functional capacity and participation
• Document the starting level data for clients’ functional capacity

Implementation and methods of teaching

Contact teaching online and on campus. Flipped and active learning, online work, learning assignments, exercises, teaching and guidance practice, individual and group assignments, and cooperation with working life when possible.

The course has connections with course 2.2 Movement and Mobility as Support for Functional Capacity, so it is recommended to complete them simultaneously.

Timing and attendance

The course requires attendance. Contact teaching is scheduled in the timetable. Other independently completed content and assignments must be completed within the schedules defined at the beginning of the course. Active participation in contact teaching and adherence to the course schedule will also be evaluated.

Absences (due to illness) must be reported to the teacher responsible for the practice session, and the student must demonstrate how the lesson content has been studied.

Learning material and recommended literature

Material presented on the course's Moodle platform.

Alternative completion methods

Equivalent studies at a higher education institution/university.

Working life cooperation

Cooperation with working life with local partners when possible.

Lahti: March 31, 2025 seniors' testing day (mandatory).

Exam retakes

The course does not have an exam; instead, competence is verified through assigned tasks and active participation. Failed assignments must be supplemented/redone.

Learning environment

Campus, online teaching and client situations.

Student time use and work load

The scope of the course is 5 ECTS credits, which corresponds to 135 hours of student work.
The amount of contact teaching is 53 hours and the portion of independent work is 82 hours.

Contents

After completing the course, the student can

- select methods for assessing functional capacity in a client-centered way
- measure client's functional capacity reliably
- define client-centered goals that support functional capacity and participation
- identify and use guidance and counseling methods that promote client's functional capacity and participation
- document the basics of client's functional capacity information.

The course supports the development of the student's examination and assessment competence, therapy competence, and guidance and counseling competence.

Additional information for students: previous knowledge etc.

Previous Studies:
1.3 Health and Functional Capacity
1.4 Structure and Function of the Body.

The course has connections to the course 2.2 Movement and Mobility in Support of Functional Capacity, so it is recommended to complete them simultaneously.

Assessment criteria

Accepted/To be Completed/Rejected

The assessment takes into account active participation, adherence to the course schedule, and the successful completion of assigned tasks.

Assessment scale

Approved/Failed

Failed (0)

Selection of Methods: Unable to choose appropriate methods for assessing functional capacity.
Measurement: Measures the client’s functional capacity unreliably or is unable to perform measurements.
Setting Goals: Unable to set clear or realistic goals to support functional capacity and participation.
Guidance and Counseling: Unable to use guidance and counseling techniques and methods effectively or does not use them at all.
Documentation: Records the client’s functional capacity information incompletely, unclearly, or not at all.
Utilization of Guidance Methods: Unable to utilize guidance methods in individual or group guidance or does not use them at all.

Assessment criteria: assessment scale failed/approved

An accepted performance corresponds to level 3 on the assessment scale of 1-5.

Assessment criteria: level 1 (assessment scale 1–5)

Selection of Methods: Partially selects appropriate methods for assessing functional capacity.
Measurement: Measures the client’s functional capacity, but the reliability of the measurement is weak.
Setting Goals: Sets goals, but they are not clear or realistic.
Guidance and Counseling: Uses guidance and counseling techniques and methods, but their use is ineffective.
Documentation: Records the client’s functional capacity information, but the documentation is unclear or incomplete.
Utilization of Guidance Methods: Utilizes guidance methods, but their use is minimal and ineffective.

Assessment criteria: level 3 (assessment scale 1–5)

Selection of Methods: Mostly selects appropriate methods for assessing functional capacity.
Measurement: Measures the client’s functional capacity with sufficient reliability.
Setting Goals: Sets goals to support functional capacity and participation, but they may be imprecise.
Guidance and Counseling: Uses guidance and counseling techniques and methods, but their effectiveness varies.
Documentation: Records the client’s functional capacity information, but the documentation may be incomplete.
Utilization of Guidance Methods: Utilizes guidance methods, but their use may be limited.

Assessment criteria: level 5 (assessment scale 1–5)

Selection of Methods: Selects highly appropriate and client-centered methods for assessing functional capacity.
Measurement: Measures the client’s functional capacity very reliably and accurately.
Setting Goals: Sets clear, realistic, and client-centered goals to support functional capacity and participation.
Guidance and Counseling: Uses a variety of guidance and counseling techniques and methods effectively.
Documentation: Records the client’s functional capacity information comprehensively and clearly.
Utilization of Guidance Methods: Utilizes various guidance methods very well in both individual and group guidance.