Enabling Occupational Performance 4Laajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Learning outcomes:
The students understand the importance of therapeutic occupation and continuous assessment as part of the occupational therapy process and enabling participation in the performance areas. The students critically assess the implementation of occupational therapy. The students understand the importance of multiprofessional cooperation and multidisciplinary information in enabling the client`s occupational performance. The students are practicing summarizing the effects of the client's occupational therapy and the progress of occupational performance. The students prepare recommendations and guidelines to advance occupational performance, participation and health, as well as to prevent problems of occupational performance. The students make a recommendation for further rehabilitation. The students know the most common mental disorders, the background factors affecting them, as well as research and treatment.

Content

Contents:
- Therapeutic occupation and continuous assessment
- Performance areas
- Multiprofessional cooperation
- Utilising multidisciplinary information
- Summary and recommendations in occupational therapy
- The most common disorders and symptoms of mental health, as well as research and treatment

Qualifications

Prerequisites:
Before attending the course, the students must have competence from the following courses: Assessing Occupational Performance 2, Enabling Occupational Performance 1.

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
- master the concepts of the field and can apply them to the right contexts
- search and combine information from different sources and understand the significance of source criticism as well as
- show they have familiarized themselves with the knowledge base of the field
- act appropriately in the typical tasks and situations of the professional field
-apply the principles of client-oriented work and
- evaluate their own choices and own actions in professional situations.
- act according to the ethical principles
of their professional field,
- take safety related questions into consideration in their actions as well as
- evaluate their own strengths and development needs.

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
- 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 information 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 manner.
- act in accordance with the ethical principles of the professional field and can justify their actions,
- act professionally in the work community and share their competence
- act in a responsible and goal-oriented way and takes into account the security related questions,
- develop themselves as professionals

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
- apply professional terminology and knowledge base in a fluent and versatile manner,
-combine new learning contents as parts of wider phenomena in the field,
- evaluate the sources of their choice and their usability as well as
-justify their choices on the basis on
prior knowledge.
- apply their expertise in professional situations in a responsible manner,
- act in a client- oriented way,
- solve versatile professional tasks and problems as well as
- justify the expressed points of view, evaluate their actions and their consequences in a professional way.
- act in accordance with the ethical principles of the professional field and can critically evaluate their actions
- can organize the activities of varied groups and share their competence,
- act in a responsible and goal-oriented way and take the security aspects into account as well as
- develop themselves as professionals and recognize the development needs of the work community.

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
- master the concepts of the field and can apply them to the right contexts
- search and combine information from different sources and understand the significance of source criticism as well as
- show they have familiarized themselves with the knowledge base of the field
- act appropriately in the typical tasks and situations of the professional field
-apply the principles of client-oriented work and
- evaluate their own choices and own actions in professional situations.
- act according to the ethical principles
of their professional field,
- take safety related questions into consideration in their actions as well as
- evaluate their own strengths and development needs.

Further information

Further information:
The course includes: Enabling Occupational Performance 4 ETCS and Mental Health and Psychiatry 1 ECTS