Assessing Occupational Performance 1 (5 ECTS)

Objective

Learning outcomes:
The students understand the importance of assessment as a part of the occupational therapy process and multidisciplinary rehabilitation. The students know the principles of reliable occupational therapy assessment and the practices of good assessment. The students understand the importance of occupational therapy theory in the assessment process. The students understand that the basis for the assessment is the everyday life of the individual and the possibilities of participation. The students are able to use the occupational therapy model as support for therapeutic reasoning and as a basis for assessing the client's occupational performance. The students are able to use theoretical knowledge to plan the occupation-based assessment and document the assessment results.

Content

Contents:
- Occupational therapy assessment as part of multidisciplinary rehabilitation (ICF)
- Basis and criteria for assessment
- Levels of doing and hierarchy
- Occupation-based assessment
- Observation, interview, self-assessment and measurement in the collection of assessment data
- Task analysis in assessment
- Occupational therapy theory in planning of the assessment process and assessment methods
- Documentation of assessment results

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: Basics of Therapeutic Occupation/ Activity.