Level/category

Professional studies

Teaching language

Swedish

Cycle/level of course

First

Recommended year of study

2

Total number of ECTS

5 cr

Competency aims

Students develop their skills in the
field of
occupational therapy:
- Is able to theoretically explain and
practically apply different models for
occupational therapy for increaseing
activity
opportunities and participation among
clients
with activity limitations caused by
orthopedic or
traumatological injuries

Students develop their skills in the
field of
the occupational therapy process and
professional
reasoning by:
- Understanding how the injury /
impairment
affects an individual's occupational
performance
and participation in the various
activity areas
- Can through professional reasoning
support
the
client's occupational performance
- Can assess, plan, implement and
evaluate the
client-centered occupational therapy for
the
client with activity limitations

Students develop their skills in the
field of
professional relationship and
partnership:
- understand the importance of the
multi-
professional collaboration

Learning outcomes

The student has achieved the objectives
of this
course for the development of competence
in
occupational therapy:
- Can explain and in a case implement
the
principles of rehabilitation
- Can consider the environments
importance to
occupational performance

The student has achieved the objectives
of this
course for the development of competence
in the
occupational therapyprocess and
professional
reasoning by:
- Can define the client's occupational
challenges and resources
- Can select and apply an appropriate
frame of
reference to assess, plan, implement and
evaluate
the client-centered occupational therapy
process and the occupational adaptation
- In connection with practical exercises
support
the client's occupational performance
- Can apply the occupational
therapyprocess and
a
client-centered approach in different
cases
- Can explain and base their clinical
reasoning
on theory

The student has achieved the objectives
of this
course for the development of competence
in the
professional relationship and
partnership by:
- Can in a case account for the multi-
professional collaboration and the
occupational
therapists responsibilities

ORTHOSIS: Students can make some basic
static
orthoses (for rest and work, thumb-and
fingerortoses) and has theoretical
knowledge to
produce other static-and dynamic
orthosis.

Course contents

Occupational therapy for people with
challenges in support and
locomotion,
and
traumatological damage. Occupational
therapy
for
pain syndromes. The basics in
theoretical
models
and the Occupational science concept,
Occupational Adaptation. The hand
function.
Orthotic intervention for different
diagnoses.
Production of orthosis.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Basic course in occupational therapy,
Occupational
therapy process

Additional information

The language for teaching Dynamic
handorthosis is English.

Recommended or required reading

Compulsory literature :

Occupational Therapy litteratur dealing
with the
following themes: rheumatic diseases
(arthrosis
includerat) , spinal cord injury and
pain (see
example below)
Four scientific articles from
ergoterapins area
of knowledge describing the intervention

An interdisciplinary source of support
for the
case description (see reference )

Radomski, M., Trombly Latham, C. 2008.
Occupational therapy for physical
dysfunction.
6th ed. kap. 41-46. Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins. Baltimore
Ann Turner, Marg Foster, Sybil E.
Johnson. 2008.
Occupational therapy and physical
dysfunction: principles, skills and practice. 5
th
ed. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone

McHugh Pendleton. H, Schultz-Krohn,W.
2006. Pedretti's occupational therapy :
practice skills for physical dysfunction. St.
Louis, Mosby/Elsevier

Schell, B., Schell, J. 2018. Clinical
and professional reasoning in occupational
therapy. Kap 1, 6. Philadelphia: Wolters
Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Mooney, M, Ireson, C. 2009. Occupational
therapy in orthopaedics and trauma. Chichester ;
Ames, Iowa : Wiley-Blackwell

Turpin, M. ja Iwama, M.K. 2010. Using
Occupational Therapy Models in Practice.
cap.3 New

York: Churchill Livingstone/ Elsevier
Wong, S., Fisher, G. Comparing and using
occupational-focused models. Occupational
therapy in Health Care, 29 (3): 297-315, 2015.

ORTOSDELEN

Böcker som kan nyttjas i ortosrapporten:

Lundborg, G., Björkamn, A. 2015.
Handkirurgi.Studentlitteratur AB.

Kap.2,3,4,13,15,17,18,22,27,29,30,33
Van Lede, P., Veldhoven van, G.(1998).
Therapeutic
hand splints. A rational approach. Vol 1
och 2.
Antverp-belgium. Provan. (ISBN 90-
804338-2-9)

Vastamäki,M. (toim.).(2000).
Käsikirurgia.
Duodecim.
Hämeenlinna. Karisto.

Study activities

  • Lectures - 14 hours
  • Individual- and group instruction - 3 hours
  • Practical exercises - 14 hours
  • Small-group work - 44 hours
  • Individual studies - 52 hours
  • Seminars - 8 hours

Workload

  • Total workload of the course: 135 hours
  • Of which autonomous studies: 135 hours
  • Of which scheduled studies: 0 hours

Mode of Delivery

Participation in tuition

Assessment methods

Essays, reports, productions and portfolio

Assessment requirements

To pass the course the student should
pass the
following examinations:

Examination 1 ....
Examination 2.... etc.
(examinations include written
examination
tests,
demonstrations and presentations,
reports and
produktions, essays, and also presence
at
specified occasions)

The examinations contribute to the final
grade
as
follows: ...

Teacher

  • Arell-Sundberg Marina
  • Arola Annikki
  • Peri Heidi
  • Werner Tove

Examiner

Peri Heidi

Group size

No limit

Assignments valid until

Until date 2022-01-07

The timetable of the course

Se tidsbokning ARBS/ASTA

Assessment methods

2021-09-30 - Reports and productions

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