Environmental Factors Affecting Occupational Performance 2 (5 ECTS)

Objective

Learning outcomes:
The students influence the environmental accessibility with various solutions. The students apply multidisciplinary information to enable performance and participation. The students seek different physical, technical and technological solutions that can increase the client´s occupational performance. The students select assistive devices and ready-made upper limb orthoses that enable the client to participate in meaningful activities. The students know the basics of making upper limb orthosis and the benefits of various materials. The students become familiar with alternative ways of communicating and use them to support communication.

Content

Contents:
- Enabling occupation in everyday environments through activity analysis
- Multidisciplinary perspective on environmental accessibility
- Technology in rehabilitation
- Digital services and solutions
- Aids and upper limb orthosis
- Orthosis materials
- Alternative communication e.g. AAC, sign supported speech, pictures, plain language

Location and time

includes contact teaching and independent work alone and in a group

Materials

Valtakunnalliset lääkinnällisen kuntoutuksen apuvälineiden luovutusperusteet 2020 : Opas apuvälinetyötä tekeville ammattilaisille ja ohjeita asiakkaille https://julkaisut.valtioneuvosto.fi/handle/10024/162395

Other material at the beginning of the course

Teaching methods

Lecture teaching
Visit
Independent work
Teamwork and case study

Materials and tasks in Oma

Completion alternatives

Compensation for absences

Student workload

Lecture teaching scheduled, independent work planned for the weeks between contact teaching
Visit, seminar days

Further information

During the course, students work in groups and become acquainted with things partly independently.
Active participation and presence are important for one’s own learning.

Evaluation scale

0-5

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

Qualifications

Prerequisites:
Before attending the course, the students must have competence from the following course: Environmental Factors Affecting Occupational Performance 1

Further information

Further information:
The course includes practical work.

Further information

Further information:
The course includes practical work.