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Basics of the ICF Classification and GAS Method (3 cr)

Code: 7F00FU76-3003

General information


Enrolment period

15.11.2023 - 01.11.2024

Timing

02.01.2024 - 15.12.2024

Credits

3 op

Virtual portion

3 op

Mode of delivery

Distance learning

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 200

Degree programmes

  • Cross-study in the Tampere Universities Community

Teachers

  • Maria Maljanen
  • Hanna Sahinoja

Person in charge

Maria Maljanen

Groups

  • 24CAMPUSONLINE
    CAMPUSONLINE
  • VAPAA

Objectives (course unit)

As a student
• you know what an ICF rating is and know how to justify its use
• you know the importance of ICF as part of clinical reasoning
• you know the structure of the ICF classification
• you can classify data according to the ICF structure
• you know what the GAS method is and know how to justify its use
• you know how to set GAS goals and evaluate their achievement
• you know how to use the GAS method to support rehabilitation

Content (course unit)

Contents
• ICF in general (objectives and use)
• ICF model, structure and classification
• Using ICF with examples
• Use of the GAS method
• Setting GAS goals
• Evaluation of GAS targets (T-score table)
• Challenges of the GAS method
• Examples of GAS objectives
• Use of ICF classification in setting GAS objectives

Further information (course unit)

The course is aimed especially at students in the social and health field and experts working in this field.

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass: The student passes all mid-term exams of the course and answers the reflection task of the course.

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail