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| MODULE DESCRIPTOR | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title | |||
| Hippotherapy Practice | |||
| Reference | HSM143 | Version | 2 |
| Created | April 2019 | SCQF Level | SCQF 11 |
| Approved | November 2014 | SCQF Points | 15 |
| Amended | August 2019 | ECTS Points | 7.5 |
| Aims of Module | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| To enable students to critically evaluate hippotherapy practice. | |||
| Learning Outcomes for Module | |
|---|---|
| On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to: | |
| 1 | Discuss the principles of hippotherapy practice including the health and safety issues involved. |
| 2 | Discuss the principles of safe hippotherapy practice to address a variey of physiotherapy problems. |
| 3 | Critically discuss the use of outcome measures, contraindications, treatment plans and care pathways in hippotherapy in relation to patient assessment and treatment. |
| 4 | Critically review current hippotherapy literaure and apply this to hippotherapy practice. |
| 5 | Reflect on own practice and discuss appropriate personal development in the field of hippotherapy. |
| Indicative Module Content |
|---|
| Background and principles of hippotherapy, health and safety issues and risk assessment, contraindications and precautions. Special tack and equipment, personal liability insurance, role of the hippotherapy team. Normal human development, postural and motor control and hippotherapy treatment positions. Back riding and the mechanical horse, assessment and treatment of individual patients. Reflection and evaluation of own and peer's hippotherapy practice, organisations involved in the delivery of hippotherapy. Overview of Therapeutic riding and vaulting. Critical review and synthesis of literature, proposal writing. |
| Module Delivery |
|---|
| Tutorials , workshops and practical sessions. |
| Indicative Student Workload | Full Time | Part Time |
|---|---|---|
| Contact Hours | N/A | 32 |
| Non-Contact Hours | N/A | 118 |
| Placement/Work-Based Learning Experience [Notional] Hours | N/A | N/A |
| TOTAL | N/A | 150 |
| Actual Placement hours for professional, statutory or regulatory body |
| ASSESSMENT PLAN | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| If a major/minor model is used and box is ticked, % weightings below are indicative only. | |||||
| Component 1 | |||||
| Type: | Coursework | Weighting: | 100% | Outcomes Assessed: | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
| Description: | Report | ||||
| MODULE PERFORMANCE DESCRIPTOR | |
|---|---|
| Explanatory Text | |
| Specific details will be provided in the module assessment documentation. | |
| Module Grade | Minimum Requirements to achieve Module Grade: |
| A | A |
| B | B |
| C | C |
| D | D |
| E | E |
| F | F |
| NS | Non-submission of work by published deadline or non-attendance for examination |
| Module Requirements | |
|---|---|
| Prerequisites for Module | HSM142 Equine Assessment module or equivalent. |
| Corequisites for module | None. |
| Precluded Modules | None. |
| INDICATIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Engel, B. T. and MacKinnon, J. R. (2007). Enhancing Human Occupation Through Hippotherapy. Aota Press:Bethesda, Md. (Parts II, III and IV most relevant) |
| 2 | Finnie, N. R. (1997.) Handling the Young Child with Cerebral Palsy at Home. 3rd Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford. |
| 3 | Pope. P. (2007). Severe and Complex Neurological Disability. Butterworth-Heinemann: Oxford. |
| 4 | Edwards, S. (2002). Neurological Physiotherapy. 2nd edition. Churchill Livingstone: London. pp 3-21. |