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MASTER
OF PHYSIOTHERAPY IN BASIC
BODY AWARENESS METHODOLOGY An International clinical
post-graduate study program of Physiotherapy in Mental Health 60 ECTS, University of Almeria (UAL),
Spain Applications for the 4th edition (January-December 2024)
are welcome from 1st February 2023 (apply here) Watch the 2
minutes BBAM video Please note that the 4th edition will follow a hybrid model
including online sessions and 1 study visit to the Almeria University Campus
(5 consecutive days expected in June 2024) During 2023, you
can still attend the introductory online session that are organised
by Prof. Dr. Liv Helvik Skjaerven. You can contact at liv.skjaerven@gmail.com The 3rd edition of BBAM at University of Almeria was
successfully completed in December 2022 with a new international group of
students graduated! Congratulations to you all!
The program was prepared during 1980-90ties through
courses within the Norwegian Association of Physiotherapy, Subsection of Physiotherapy
in Mental Health. In line with the professional development, the rise of
research and Evidence-Based Practice (EBP), there was a need to develop the
courses into a university official study program. As a result, Basic Body
Awareness Methodology (BBAM), started as a university post-graduate study
program at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL) in 2003. Since
then, the program has been revised every second year, and the curriculum
provides didactic, skill acquisition, accomplishing clinical projects with
updated leaning outcome and references. BBAM was primarily designed as a two-year
international, part-time study program (60 ECTS) based on a governmental
initiated request for internationalization. From 2003 to 2017, the program
has been developed and leaded by Prof. Liv Helvik Skjaerven who has completed
7 editions including more than 100 students from all over the World: Japan,
Australia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, Turkey, Austria, Spain,
Netherlands, Germany, UK, Estonia, Faro Islands, Sweden, Finland, Iceland,
Denmark and Norway. The BBAM education has reached a high international
reputation and it has received a high recognition and support by many
national physiotherapy associations and universities around the Globe.
Photo: Group of BBAM students graduated in 2017
Photo: Group of BBAM students graduated in 2015
Photos: Lectures held
in Bergen University College at the postgraduate education Basic Body
Awareness Methodology
Since 2017, the BBAM education headquarters moves
from Norway to Spain although lecturers from several countries will
participate in the teaching activities to ensure internalization of content
and exchange of competences between universities – this is rewarding for both
staff and students. The University of Almeria is hosting the new ‘Master of
Physiotherapy – BBAM’ offering a 60 ECTS program adapted to the international
physiotherapy community and following the World Confederation of Physical
Therapy guidelines on education (http://www.wcpt.org/policy/ps-education). The University of Almeria (in Spanish: Universidad
de Almeria, UAL) is a public university situated in Almeria, on the south
coast of Spain. The University Campus is located on the shore of the
Mediterranean Sea, and it offers 38 different degree programmes, with 871
lecturers, and 11,628 students. The University is composed by the following
faculties: Health Sciences, Polytechnics, Labour Relations, Economics and
Business Studies, Natural Sciences, Education, Law, Humanities and
Psychology. More information can be found at http://cms.ual.es/UAL/en/
Photo: Campus of University of Almeria Photo:
Faculty of Health Sciences
Photo: University of Almeria Paraninfo
Long-lasting
musculoskeletal disorders and mental health problems are current leading
causes of disability (Hagberg, 2012). Physiotherapists have a central role in
the treatment of these disorders (WCPT, 2012). To obtain a positive treatment
outcome, it is important for the physiotherapists to understand how life
experiences and diseases can foster lack of contact with the body, expressed
in human movement and function (Laisnè, 2011). The structure of the BBAM
PT MSc builds on three important educational and therapeutic principles all
from the view of human movement, movement quality and movement awareness
learning: 1) person centered, 2) health directed and 3) process oriented.
BBAM methodology builds on principles of Basic Body Awareness Therapy (BBAT),
the physiotherapeutic approach, officially accepted in Norway and Sweden
since the 1980-ties. The program qualifies the physiotherapist in the body –
and movement awareness learning program, re-establishing contact with the
body, movement quality, movement habits and ways of being, enhancing personal
insight and coping strategies. 3.1.
Conceptual element
of BBAM - Human movement is more than
physical exercise The conceptual elements of BBAM are weaving a
multi-perspective view into teaching and learning. Thus, anatomical,
physiological, psychological, social, cultural and existential components are
integrated to strengthen the person`s self-identity through movement. The
curriculum embraces 1) Theory, included research methodology and methods, 2)
Skill training, 3) Clinical implementation in individual and group
therapeutic settings, 4) Personal-training in the BBAT-movement awareness
learning program, and 5) clinical projects, including to communicate the
content to patients, health team and society. BBAM is developed from the clinical hypothesis of
the three-fold contact problem, the person’s lack of contact with the
physical body, inner life, external environment and in the relation to other
persons`. Becoming aware means directing
attention to mentally contact with the body and its movements, monitoring
internal sensations and external environment, providing sensitivity to
experiences. (Brown and Ryan, 2003) The specific movement pedagogy
includes elements directed towards the physiotherapist acquiring a personal know-how in the BBAT-movements, embodying a span of movement elements
and aspects, through presence in
and awareness of movement
potentials, providing insight as a
basis for treating others. BBAM
focuses on teaching BBAT-movements, situations and projects designed to
involve the person during learning. The program includes movement
co-ordinations mirroring everyday life, lying, sitting, standing, walking,
relational movements, use of the voice and massage (touch). The movements are
simple, small and soft, intended to foster functional movement quality and
habits, learning new movement strategies. The physiotherapist learns to acts
as a guide, bridging the therapy situation with the persons` everyday life
and needs. 3.2.
An eye for movement quality and health BBAM,
as BBAT, is known for its focus on movement quality, “how the movements
are performed in relation to space, time and energy”, the quality in the
movement patterns and personal experiences. Postural stability, free
breathing and mental awareness are key elements, when integrated into
movements, promoting more functional movement quality, wellbeing and health.
When integrating movement aspects into movement quality, a set of therapeutic
factors, including the Movement Awareness Learning Cycle, provides the
learner with steps to follow, including conceptualization and reflection on
experiences. This fosters meaning and insight in coping strategies closely
related to life situations. 3.3.Its contribution in physiotherapy BBAM at HVL, Bergen, Norway has been the learning
arena through 14 years for more than 100 English speaking licensed
Physiotherapists, from 19 countries at 4 continents, and it has been an arena
for 14 BBAT clinicians and/or academics becoming teachers in BBAT, from
countries in Europe and Asia. BBAM at HVL has also been the arena for many
clinical research projects, and thus a base of further professionalization of
the body- and movement awareness domain in physiotherapy. Within the field of BBAT, research has demonstrated
that persons suffering from anxiety, depression and post-traumatic diseases
have benefitted from BBAT. Research reveals that participants become more aware
of their body as a means to connect to oneself and to life, attuning inner
sensations and emotions as well as relating to other people and actions in
life. Pioneering research in this field has developed since the first PhD in
1985 by G Roxendal, in Sweden. 3.4.Needs in society – Needs in Physiotherapy BBAM is
increasingly attracting international interest. Obviously, there is a need for
physiotherapy qualification to meet the documented increase of people
suffering from long-lasting multi-perspective musculoskeletal and mental
health problems. BBAM as well as BBAT, involves the student and patient,
providing practical skills and insight for professional and/or personal use.
Its movement principles and therapeutic strategies, terminology and ethical
values, are reported from BBAM-students being innovative and clinical
important. When implementing awareness
strategies, the therapist need to be conscious of the fact that increased
awareness may be associated with a tendency to become too preoccupied with
bodily signals and sensations, intensifying them and interpreting them as
symptoms (Hansell, Sherman and Mechanic, 1991; Mehling et al., 2012). This
needs to be managed by the physiotherapist. Our
goal, when creating BBAM, was to develop an educational program for mental
health physiotherapists in need of professional skills, treating persons
suffering from long-lasting muscle-skeletal and mental health problems,
psychiatric disorders and psychosomatic problems. Creating BBAM the goal was
also to strengthen the physiotherapists’ identity, both from the professional
and personal perspectives. As
academic and clinical educators, we are advocates of an evidence-based
practice, with high professional standard. Increased scientific training in
physiotherapy is emphasizing logic and sound methods. Physiotherapy degree
program must, however, prepare students for meeting patients in lack of
contact with own body and feelings, integrating multi-perspective components
in physiotherapy. Combining skills, learning to promote movement quality
through the BBAT-movement awareness program together with objective tools of
scientific methods and EBP (knowledge based + experience based +
client/patient based), is not just an educational strategy, preparing
physiotherapists in solving clinical problems within mental health
physiotherapy – it adds meaning and involves and motivates the student as well
as the patient.
Photos: Photos of the International Association of
Teachers in Basic Body Awareness Therapy
3.1.
Study method The
program of the Master is pursued through a combination of practical and
online education. The program is designed to give students maximum
flexibility in progressing through the Master degree while also strategically
offering in the format best suited for effective educational training. With
these available formats, the entire degree may be earned without relocating
to Spain. Courses
which are offered online, because of their unique advantage, are pursued
through the intensive learning method. These intensive online-courses are
designed to serve those in various parts of the World who are entrenched
in their current jobs and without the ability to relocate to Spain. This is
also because students can start implementing what they learn immediately
following a close-to-practice learning process. Preparatory and follow-up
online courses take place before and after the intensive online practice
weeks. Students have to follow each term in order to complete the study
requirement. This has to do with the “flow” in the learning, based on the
structure of the Master the learning is following a stepwise progress. The
study programme is designed on educational principles of personal experience and
integration of the BBAM methodology and principles making the student work
interactive. This is achieved through a variety of pedagogical methods
constantly changing between theory, clinical studies, personal training,
group work, problem solving written assignments, through seminars, lectures
and project work. Intensive "floor work", role-play and case
studies cover selected areas of the curriculum. The
students collaborate online using the Learning Management Systems at UAL in
the period of self-study at home, individual and in organized groups. The
work-demand for the student is to send one (1) assignment pr. course to UAL
for evaluation. The student must have access to computer and basic computer
skills to work and interact online. A webcam, speakers, microphone and good
broadband internet are mandatory. 3.2.
Program length The
program is optimally completed in one year (January – December). The study
program is organized as a full time study over one year. The curriculum (60
ECTS) includes three (3) modules: 1) Health, physiotherapy and society, 2)
Basic Body Awareness Methodology, and 3) Evidence-based clinical practice and
research. There
are five online blocks (1 week each block, Monday to Friday, 13:00 – 17:00,
Almeria time zone) of mandatory attendance, and five online seminars (2-3
days each) which are strongly recommended to attend. All these blocks and
seminars will be recorded and available as study materials for the students. The
student is responsible for organizing the periods of self-study in line with
recommendations in the curriculum and guidance received by the lecturers. The
period of self-study includes: study of theory, clinical practice, personal
training in the BBAM methodology, written assignments and project work. 3.3.
Clinical practice Clinical
practice means to implement the BBAM methodology and principles into
person-centred physiotherapy. During online and blocks education, students
will intensively be involved in movement practice, floor work from the
clinical perspective which will be facilitated by both university lecturers
and guest clinicians. During
the online education, students have to document that they have a clinical
practice for both individual and group physiotherapy. The student is
responsible to find workplace/clients and to document the clinical work; all
has to be accepted by the practice-coordinator. The candidate is responsible
to arrange for and follow national physiotherapy regulations. Moreover, the
student will be assigned a practice supervisor to arrange online clinical
consultations. Clinical
practice is estimated to 150 hours clinical work (6 ECTS) during the whole
academic year having both individual and group physiotherapy, 75 hours each.
In the group physiotherapy the student is to arrange for smaller and larger
groups, over a period of 8-10 times, each approximately of 60 minutes. In
both individual and group settings the student is to arrange for situations
to follow the patient/ client over shorter and longer periods. Clinical
practice is to be documented by sending a signed documentation. The
students receive supervision on clinical implementation of BBAM, its
methodology, each of the block education terms. During this time, supervision
is given during skill training, personal training, movement guidance,
role-play and case presentation (films). In the periods of self-study during
the online education, the students are organized in groups for periodic
meetings on Skype or Meets. Supervision is given individual and in groups by
teachers at BBAM on assignments, which are based on structured reports of
clinical cases. The amount of personal training/“floor-work” in the BBAM
movement and its principles is estimated to 30 hours for each of the two
terms. The students are to send one (1) report on self-training in each of
the two terms, supervised by teachers at BBAM. In
addition the student is responsible for arranging and receiving supervision
on psychological aspects on the BBAM practice, 2 hours, in each of the two
terms. The supervision on psychological aspects on the BBAM practice shall be
led by an authorized Psychiatrist, Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist or
Physiotherapist specialized in Psychiatry and/or Mental Health. The
supervision must be documented and accepted by UAL.
3.4.
Program and lecturers The
Master of Physiotherapy in BBAM is awarded to students who successfully
fulfill the requirements of the following courses. The
required courses (ECTS Credits) are organized as follows in three modules: Each
course will have a main lecturer and when needed, there will be guest
lecturers in some of the courses. Module 1) Health, physiotherapy and society (15
ECTS) a) Introduction to Physiotherapy in Mental Health (3
ECTS) b) Health, salutogenesis and society (3 ECTS) c) Mental health and psychiatric diseases (3 ECTS) d) Movement science function and interrelationship (3
ECTS) e) Movement interventions in mental health (3 ECTS) Module 2) Basic Body Awareness Methodology (30 ECTS) a) BBAM 1 – Evaluation tools and individual therapy (12
ECTS) b) Communication of BBAM principles (6 ECTS) c) BBAM 2 – Therapeutic factors and group therapy (12
ECTS) Module 3) Evidence-based clinical practice and
research (15 ECTS) a) Research methodology (3 ECTS) b) Clinical practice (6 ECTS) c) Master Thesis (6 ECTS) Key lecturers:
Besides
de above, guest experts in Basic Body Awareness Therapy from other countries
will participate in the teaching. 3.5.
Important dates (these were for the 2022, the 2024
ones will be similar) New groups start every 2nd year since
2018. It means that there will be a new group starting in 2020, in 2022,
2024, etc. Please note that in 2022 the program will be 100%
online.
2024, 4th edition: The program for 2024 will
slightly change as there will be 1 study visit of 5 days to the Campus of the
University of Almeria for movement practice. 3.6.
Entry requirement Applicants
should have obtained a Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy, English oral and
written skills might be required. 3.7.
Learning outcomes After
completion of the study program, the student will have acquired the following
learning outcomes, defined as knowledge, skills and general competence: Knowledge
Skills
General
competence
3.8.
Mandatory attendance requirement Full attendance
at the online blocks learning periods (100%) is mandatory because the working
methods in the programme are based on floor-work with movement sessions,
group work, dialogue and discussion, which draw on the professional
experience and academic qualifications of the students. Without students'
attendance the learning outcome of the programme is not achieved. The
specific dates are published above, Monday-Friday 13:00 – 17:00. In addition,
there will be five seminars of 2-3 days each during the year. Attendance to
these seminars is not mandatory, however we strongly recommend to attend
them. In
cases where non-attendance is beyond the student’s control, for example
documented illness, non-attendance up to 20% might be tolerated under special
circumstances. Non-attendance must be compensated as agreed with the program
lecturers. 3.9.
Internationalization BBAM is
directed towards physiotherapist, internationally. BBAM is taught by
lecturers from countries such as Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Finland and
Spain. There is a good mixture of academics and clinical practitioners. The
leading international academics and researchers in Physiotherapy in Mental
Health are teaching at BBAM. 3.10.
Assessment, exams, and course work requirements The
student is continually evaluated according to theory, practical/oral skills
and professional development during the on-campus periods and through the
obligatory written assignments during the self-study periods. Film might be
used for evaluation of practical/ clinical skills. The
student is evaluated through each of the courses, at the end of each course,
containing a variety of assessments such as debates in online classrooms,
assignments, questionnaires, practical/oral exam, etc. In general, courses
will be evaluated by different ways such as using a portfolio, reports on
self-experience and self-training, clinical projects, assignments, films on
guiding, project presentations and exams. The
Master thesis will focus on the clinical implementation of BBAM, so only clinical
projects will be accepted. 3.11.
Obligatory literature BBAM
has 1700 pages of obligatory literature given by UAL. In addition comes 300
pages of references related to the courses in term 1 (100p) and term 2
(200p), chosen by the candidate and accepted by UAL.
The
Master fee is 2700 € for the whole Master education of 60 ECTS. Since the
University has established a limited number of students in the Master program,
we're following a first come, first served approach for the acceptance
process. The University requests a fee deposit of 200 € during the
registration process. This deposit is reduced from the total Master fee
eventually so the remaining Master fee is 2500 €. We strongly recommend you
to register soonest. A waiting list will be created when the Master is fully
booked. Register here from 1st
February For any question you are welcome to
write to one of the team members dcatalan@ual.es
The city of Almeria has an international airport
with the following destinations: ·
Madrid
(Iberia) ·
Barcelona
(Vueling airlines) ·
Brussels
– Charleroi (Ryanair) ·
London
– Gatwick (Easyjet) ·
London
– Stansted (Ryanair) Besides of the above, there are other international
airports close to Almeria: ·
Malaga
(approx. 2,5 - 3 hours by direct bus) ·
Granada
(2,5 hours by direct train) ·
Alicante
(from the airport of Alicante, approximately 3.5 hours by direct bus) ·
Madrid
(bus and train around 6-7 hours, or flights at 1 hour) The University of Almeria has a University
accommodation building with the following prices: http://www.residenciacivitas.com/en/temporary-stay-almeria/ Besides the University accommodation, students can
also contact locals to rent a room or a full apartment: Idealista: https://www.idealista.com/alquiler-habitacion/almeria-almeria/ Related
links: Informative poster BBAM 2015-17
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