Basic subjects

• Basics in rehabilitation
• Biostatistics and Epidemiology
• Health promotion
• Ethical and legal issues in rehabilitation

Professional subjects

• Public health
• Main fields in rehabilitation medicine
• Basics in behavioural sciences I. Introduction
• Basics in behavioural sciences II. The role of team work in rehabilitation
• Planning clinical studies
• The relation of prevention and rehabilitation to health and disability
• Research methods and planning in rehabilitation
• Public health genomics
• Health risk assessment, treatment and communication in rehabilitation
• Evidences in rehabilitation: critical appraisal of the literature
• Practice of quality in rehabilitation
• Practice in rehabilitation (120 hours)

Specialized professional subjects

• Theory and practice in quality of life
• The impact of employment in rehabilitation.
• Theory and practice of complex rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation research project planning, management and evaluation
• Methods and practice of building professional and public relations
• Cognitive evaluation. Health psychology
• Public health problems in disadvantaged population
• Supportive relations and optional methods of psychotherapy
• Public health nutrition
• Stroke care with special emphasis on the assessment and treatment of spasticity
• Pedagogical and social approach to the rehabilitation
• Basics ergonomy

Elective subjects

Thesis work

Duration of training, calendar of education

The duration of training is 2 years. The course starts at the beginning of September each year. All subjects are taught in lesson blocks that last from 1 to 4 weeks depending on the number of hours. Between blocks time is provided for individual revision with the use of the library and IT facilities.