Assessment of occupational performance components and areas 2Laajuus (5 ECTS)

Objective

Students are familiar with development of occupation and participation relating to self-care, home life, running errands, study, work, play and leisure time. Students know how skills and capacities develop. They also recognise how this development interacts with occupation and environments. Students are able to carry out the assessment process with different clients and in different contexts. Students are able to assess factors contributing to each client’s occupational performance and participation. They are able to analyse assessment data and justify human occupation by means of occupational therapy models. Students know how to make use of occupation and occupational analysis in assessment. Students are able to define the factors of a reliable assessment. They are able to seek information in support of an assessment that they have carried out. Students improve their skills in interpreting and reporting assessment results.

Content

• Development of participation, skills and capacities and the impact of the environment on development
• Models for analysing assessment in occupational therapy
• Assessment of skills and capacities
• Occupation-based assessment and occupational analysis
• Standardised and structured assessment methods
• Special issues in assessment

Qualifications

Work placement 1: Assessment of occupational performance

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student is able to
- display learning in professional knowledge and core content in the field
- search information from a variety of sources
- work in various duties in a variety of operating environments
- show that he has achieved the targets for core competence
- display learning in the key safety practices in the field
- act according to ethical principles
- to contribute his learning for the benefit of a group or project

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student is able to:
- use concepts and knowledge in his field professionally
- argue the use of his sources
- argue a course of action on the basis of research information or findings
- operate in a range of duties and work situations, also in international contexts
- to act in a way that is customer-oriented and displays entrepreneurial spirit
- to act responsibly, taking safety issues into consideration
- argue his choices on the basis of professional ethics
- organize and manage the operation of a group and project

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student is able to:
- use concepts and knowledge in his field professionally
- argue the use of his sources
- argue a course of action on the basis of research information or findings
- operate in a range of duties and work situations, also in international contexts
- to act in a way that is customer-oriented and displays entrepreneurial spirit
- to act responsibly, taking safety issues into consideration
- argue his choices on the basis of professional ethics
- organize and manage the operation of a group and project

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Failed
- The student does not know or appreciate knowledge in the field sufficiently
- The student does not know or cannot use concepts in his field properly
- The student's professional level is insufficient
- The student is not acting in accordance with his training and guidance
- The student is not trying to develop himself or his actions
- The student is unconcerned about professional safety or ethical principles
- The student is not motivated by or participating in group or development work