ET-2-071

• Occupational therapy 2014 - Research and development in occupational therapy
• Occupational therapy 2015 - Research and development in occupational therapy
• Occupational therapy 2016 - Research and development in occupational therapy
• Occupational therapy 2017 - Research and development in occupational therapy
• Occupational therapy 2018 - Research and development in occupational therapy

• 3 (2019-01-01 to 2019-03-17)
• 4 (2019-03-18 to 2019-07-31)

Swedish

Compulsory

First

3

10 cr

The aim of the course is:
- develop an understanding about the use of
business administration within the field of
expanding OT
- by using client participation and occupational
science, implement a creative/innovative plan
that supports well-being for an actual client
group and enables a sustainable engagement of
activities in every day life

At the end of the course the student is able to:
- understand the basic principles for business
planning and product/service development
- use different kinds of models for marketing
research
- use trendwatching and benchmarking in case
example
- work from a client-/customer perspective in
case example
- develop a concept from scratch and present it
as a sales topic
- describe and argument for a meaningful concrete
idea

- identify a need for a project that reflects
occupational science and expand activity in an
organization etc.
- critically analyze and use literature and
research that supports the aim of the project
- from the perspective of client participation,
plan, implement and evaluate a project in
cooperation with working life
- show process and result of the project
- reflect the use of the result from the project
in other context within OT
- contribute to the blog at inside.arcada by
writing about own process of learning during the
course

To use a business administration approach in
developing activity within a company / organization
/ community & project in cooperation with the field

50sp of OT courses and the course Activity and
social innovation

Presence and active engagement is highly
recommended in all course activity!

Literature and research according to the theme
for the project.

Gamborg, G. et al (red) 2016. Kreativitet i
arbetsterapi. Malmö: Studentlitteratur.
Hahn, G et al. 2016. Så mäts socialt hållbart
värdeskapande. Studentlitteratur.
Kronenberg, F., Pollard, N., Sakellariou, D.
(ed.) 2011. Occupational Therapies Without
Boarders. Towards an Ecology of Occupation-
Based Practices. Edinburgh: Elsevier Churchill
Livingstone.

• Lectures - 40 hours
• Project- and production work/artistic activities - 230 hours

• Total workload of the course: 270 hours
• Of which autonomous studies: 270 hours
• Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Participation in tuition

• Essays, reports, productions and portfolio
• Implementing the project

To pass the course the student should pass the
following examinations:
- participation in discussions on ItsLearning
- rapport of the project
- implementing the project
- buddy evaluation
- teachings from My Future Work

• Arola Annikki
• Haldin Denice
• Hernberg Mervi
• Werner Tove

Werner Tove

https://arcada.itslearning.com/ External link

No limit (19 students enrolled)

Until date 2018-08-15

2018-11-23 to 2019-01-20

• 2018-04-30 - Reports and productions
• Date will be announced later - Other assignments