Fundamentals of Rehabilitation Medicine

Adatok

A Tantárgybejelentőben megadott hivatalos adatok az alábbi tanévre: 2026-2027

Tematika

The course Fundamentals of Rehabilitation Medicine aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the possibilities and significance of rehabilitation care in clinical practice.

Rehabilitation is a function-oriented, structured activity focused on the restoration or, when necessary, substitution of lost functions. The course presents the rehabilitation process following acute care in patients with polytrauma, brain injury, spinal cord injury, stroke, and other post-traumatic conditions. It also introduces the principles and practice of comprehensive habilitation in children.

Special emphasis is placed on specific fields within rehabilitation medicine, including cardiological, pulmonological, psychiatric, and addiction rehabilitation. When full functional recovery is not achievable, rehabilitation focuses on strengthening residual abilities and applying compensatory strategies, thereby significantly improving patients’ independence and quality of life.

The course highlights the importance of multiprofessional teamwork, presenting the coordinated collaboration of rehabilitation physicians, physiotherapists, psychologists, speech and language therapists, rehabilitation nurses, art therapists, and social workers.

Our objective is twofold: first, to develop a rehabilitation-oriented approach applicable across all areas of medical practice; second, to help alleviate workforce challenges in rehabilitation care by demonstrating the importance and professional value of this medical field.

Előadások

• 1. Rehabilitation post severe spinal cord injury and living with a wheel-chair.  - Cserháti Péter
• 2. Robot mediated treatment, neuromodulation and stimulation Dr. Kovács Noémi - Geider-Kovács Noémi
• 3. Rehabilitation of patients with degenerative and inflammatory joint diseases - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
• 4. Pediatric rehabilitation - Aszmann Mária
• 5. Rehabilitation of patients post traumatic injury or ortopedic surgery - Fonay Valér
• 6. Rehabilitation of patients with addiction - Kárpáti Tamás Gergely
• 7. Rehabilitation post severe spinal cord injury and living with a wheel-chair.  - Cserháti Péter
• 8. Robot mediated treatment, neuromodulation and stimulation Dr. Kovács Noémi - Geider-Kovács Noémi
• 9. Rehabilitation of patients with degenerative and inflammatory joint diseases - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
• 10. Pediatric rehabilitation - Aszmann Mária
• 11. Rehabilitation of patients post traumatic injury or ortopedic surgery - Fonay Valér
• 12. Rehabilitation of patients with addiction - Kárpáti Tamás Gergely
• 13.

  Care and rehabilitation of patients with vascular diseases and limb amputation.

  - Sinay László
• 14.

  The role of rehabilitation in improving quality of life and promoting social reintegration.

  - Sarlósné Varjú Cecília

Gyakorlatok

Szemináriumok

A tananyag elsajátításához szükséges segédanyagok

Kötelező irodalom

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation - 2nd Edition

ISBN: 9780199550524

Autores: Anthony Ward, Michael Barnes, Sandra Stark, Sarah Ryan

Saját oktatási anyag

POTE pedia: Course-specific teaching materials are available in the POTEpédia system covering the topics of the lectures.

Jegyzet

POTE pedia: Course-specific teaching materials are available in the POTEpédia system covering the topics of the lectures.

Ajánlott irodalom

Oxford Handbook of Clinical Rehabilitation - 2nd Edition

ISBN: 9780199550524

Autores: Anthony Ward, Michael Barnes, Sandra Stark, Sarah Ryan

A félév elfogadásának feltételei

A written multiple-choice test examination is planned at the end of the course.

Félévközi ellenőrzések

No midterm examination is planned.

Távolmaradás pótlásának lehetőségei

The form of make-up will be determined at the discretion of the course director.

Vizsgakérdések

1.      Definition, aims, and position of rehabilitation medicine within the healthcare system.

2.      Foundations of the functional approach: concepts of impairment, activity limitation, and participation restriction and their clinical relevance.

3.      The process of complex rehabilitation following acute care.

4.      Composition, competencies, and significance of collaboration within the multiprofessional rehabilitation team.

5.      Principles and key aspects of rehabilitation in polytraumatized patients.

6.      Rehabilitation of stroke patients: goals, methods, and prognostic factors.

7.      Specific characteristics of rehabilitation in patients with acquired brain injury.

8.      Complex rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury.

9.      Indications, phases, and main components of cardiac rehabilitation.

10.  Principles and fields of application of pulmonary rehabilitation.

11.  Specific aspects of psychiatric and addiction rehabilitation.

12.  Principles of comprehensive habilitation in children.

13.  Care and rehabilitation of patients with vascular diseases and limb amputation.

14.  The role of rehabilitation in improving quality of life and promoting social reintegration.
A written multiple-choice test examination is planned at the end of the course.

Vizsgáztatók

• Geider-Kovács Noémi
• Sarlósné Varjú Cecília
• Vajdáné Tasnádi Emese

Gyakorlatok, szemináriumok oktatói