Innovative Rehabilitation Education – Introduction of new master degree programs in Ukraine Erasmus Project

Project Title

Innovative Rehabilitation Education – Introduction of new master degree programs in Ukraine

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Capacity Building in higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2018

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

The REHAB project aims to strengthen bilateral relations between higher institutions in Ukraine and Europe providing physiotherapy study programs. This project addresses three major goals: (1) building professional capacity of the academic and research staff between and within and between the partner institutions, (2) development of the teaching/learning/assessment resources, and (3) specific educational infrastructure needed to provide the nationally new professional study program in physiotherapy. In addition, development and implementation of the professional Physical Therapists standard-based study programs in Ukraine will help to train European highly professional PT specialists. With expertise from European partners, the foundation of modern rehabilitation system will be founded in a country with major problems with disabling diseases and presence of victims of military intervention. Also, the project will increase competence level of human resources which will raise the potential for high added value product development leading to contributing economical increase.The following specific objectives are:- update and revise the current Bachelor study programs (2018 -2020) by implementing the transitional format (tBPT) based on a content gap analysis (in future professional BPT); – create the Physical Therapy Mastery study program (starting on 2019/2020) offering advanced competence (knowledge, skills and attitudes) in sport physiotherapy (SPT) and adapted physical activity in rehabilitation (APA-R); – increase professional capacity of the academic/professional personell including about 40 qualified PT faculty members for teaching physical therapy (2019 -2020).- create the Educational Infrastructure for Physical Therapy at partner HES – Pilot the PT master study programs based on the new content and innovative teaching approaches (start on 2019/2020) expecting up to 200 graduates by 2022.

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 997249 Eur

Project Coordinator

LATVIJAS SPORTA PEDAGOGIJAS AKADEMIJAS & Country: LV

Project Partners

• LIETUVOS SPORTO UNIVERSITETAS
• OS EVROPSKA FEDERACE APLIKOVANYCH POHYBOVYCH AKTIVIT
• IVAN HORBACHEVSKY TERNOPIL NATIONALMEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE MINISTRYOF HEALTH OF UKRAINE
• NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF UKRAINE ON PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND SPORT
• CENTR TESTUVANNA PROFESIJNOI KOMPETENTNOSTI FAHIVCIV Z VISHOU OSVITOSUNAPRAMIV MEDICINA I FARMACIJA
• LVIV STATE UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL CULTURE NAMED AFTER IVAN BOBERSKIJ
• AKADEMIA WYCHOWANIA FIZYCZNEGO JOZEFA PILSUDSKIEGO W WARSZAWIE