Rehabilitation department was founded in 2007 after Nursing Department was split into 2 departments. From it‘s establishment until 2013 the Head of the department was Prof. Ligija Švedienė. Professor’s work in next 2 years up to 2016 was continued by Assoc. Prof. Giedrė Kavaliauskienė. Since 2016 until 2017 - Assoc. Prof. Julija Andrejeva. Later on, Prof. Daiva Mockevičienė. In November 1, 2018, following the resolution of Klaipėda University Council, the Departments of Holistic Medicine and Rehabilitation were merged. The work in this department is continued by Prof. Daiva Mockevičienė. The Department of Holistic Medicine and Rehabilitation offers you to study Bachelor of Physical Therapy (with a duration of 3.5 years starting from 2017) and Master of Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
The Programme of Complementary and Alternative Medicine is designed to prepare competent rehabilitation specialist by developing his/her professional qualification limits in the field of complementary and alternative medicine. The specialist of complementary and alternative medicine will be able to form a team of complementary and alternative medicine and other medical area professionals, integrate their team‘s activities into patients treatment and rehabilitation process, ensure a fully patient - oriented rehabilitation services that involves the use of routinely rehabilitation procedures with inclusion of complementary and alternative medicine.
The aim of the second cycle Complementary and Alternative Medicine degree program is to prepare rehabilitation masters who meet the requirements that are acknowledged by the World Health Organization, the European Union and Lithuania.
The goal strategy of the MSc programme combines two important components of rehabilitation as a practical activity and as a development of study and science:
1) establishing and improving the competence of a vocational rehabilitation specialist;
2) consolidation and development of research work competence.