Basics of Therapeutic Occupation/ActivityLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Learning outcomes
The students know the significance of therapeutic occupation and the factors enabling therapeutic occupation in occupational therapy. The students explain the significance of participating in activities in a person's life and learn to analyse the activities. The students learn to observe and interview people in order to be able to identify meaningful activities. The students are able to identify the factors related to other relevant activities and also to examine them in relation to the occupational analysis model. The students analyse their own activities and their significance to themselves.

Content

Contents:
- Occupation and occupational performance as phenomena in occupational therapy
- Occupational science and occupational justice
- Concepts: activity and occupation
- The relationship between the individual, activity and environment
- Activity analysis
- Interview and observation

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students:
- know the key concepts in the field and can use them in appropriate contexts,
- distinguish between ordinary knowledge and research information and
- can search for information for individual cases.
- can act in professional situations according to the guidelines,
- recognize the operating environments of the professional field as well as
-know how client orientation forms a foundation for action.
- show their command of the ethical principles of the professional field
- follow the security guidelines
- can function as members of work team
- understand the significance of strengths and development needs in the professional growth

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students:
- combine information from different sources
- show they have familiarized themselves with the knowledge base of the field
-apply the principles of client- oriented work
- evaluate their own choices and own actions in professional situations
- can act in the work community in a constructive way
- take safety related questions into consideration in their actions
- evaluate their own strengths and needs for development

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students:
- seek information from different sources and evaluate the source reliability in a purposeful manner,
- combine information from different sources into purposeful units as well as
-utilize and apply the knowledge base in the field.
- apply their competence in professional situations,
- act in a client- oriented way,
- demonstrate the ability to solve professional tasks and problems as well as
- can justify the presented points of view and their own action in a professional way.
- act in accordance with the ethical principles of the professional field and share their competence,
- can act constructively in the work community and share their competence,
- act in a responsible way and take the security related questions into account as well as
- develop themselves.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Assessment criteria: see the curriculum attachment.
The course instructor will specify the evaluation criteria in the beginning of the course.

Students:
- know the key concepts in the field and can use them in appropriate contexts,
- distinguish between ordinary knowledge and research information and
- can search for information for individual cases.
- can act in professional situations according to the guidelines,
- recognize the operating environments of the professional field as well as
-know how client orientation forms a foundation for action.
- show their command of the ethical principles of the professional field
- follow the security guidelines
- can function as members of work team
- understand the significance of strengths and development needs in the professional growth

Further information

Further information:
The course includes practical work.