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Clinical Placement in Psychiatry

Study Course Description

Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:14.03.2024 16:50:53
Study Course Information
Course Code:REK_091LQF level:Level 6
Credit Points:8.00ECTS:12.00
Branch of Science:Clinical Medicine; Health CareTarget Audience:Medical Services; Rehabilitation
Study Course Supervisor
Course Supervisor:Ieva Rugina
Study Course Implementer
Structural Unit:Department of Rehabilitation
The Head of Structural Unit:
Contacts:Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rkatrsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291
Study Course Planning
Full-Time - Semester No.1
Lectures (count)3Lecture Length (academic hours)2Total Contact Hours of Lectures6
Classes (count)0Class Length (academic hours)0Total Contact Hours of Classes0
Total Contact Hours6
Study course description
Preliminary Knowledge:
Psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy.
Objective:
To apply previously acquired theoretical knowledge into practice, to improve practical skills and their competence in order to be able to work independently as an occupational therapist in mental health care.
Topic Layout (Full-Time)
No.TopicType of ImplementationNumberVenue
1Getting to know the place of placement, internal rules. Outpatient and inpatient treatment specifics.Lectures1.00clinical base
2Client - centred practice principles, forming therapeutic relationships. Evaluation of psychiatric patients' occupational performance, resources and difficulties.Lectures1.00clinical base
3OT documentation. Treatment planning and realisation.Lectures1.00clinical base
Assessment
Unaided Work:
Scientific article summary and clinical case preparation and presentation.
Assessment Criteria:
Presentations of 2 clinical cases 20%, scientific article presentation 10%, presented documentation in accordance with the requirements 20%, defense of placement 50%.
Final Examination (Full-Time):Defence (Placement)
Final Examination (Part-Time):
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge:Students will be able to find, choose and explain the tactics of occupational therapy intervention strategies working with a variety of psychiatric nosology patients.
Skills:Students will be able to collect systematic information to evaluate the patient, to comply with ethical standards and confidentiality. To communicate, to build a therapeutic relationship and to cooperate with the patient and other professionals. To plan, to document the treatment process and assess its effectiveness. Will be able to organise and manage the group sessions. Will be able to plan and use time effectively.
Competencies:Will be able to formulate and analyse a person with mental health problems occupational performance difficulties, to develop and implement the intervention plan.
Bibliography
No.Reference
Required Reading
1Catana Brown, Virginia C. Stoffel. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health : a Vision for Participation Philadelphia. F.A. Davis Company, 2019
2Jennifer Creek. Occupational therapy and mental Health. Churchill Livingstone, 6th edition, 2022. Treatment planning and implementation: 119.
3Pacienta tiesību likums. Pieejams no: http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=203008
4Ārstniecības likums. Pieejams no: http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=44108
5Latvijas ergoterapeitu asociācijas Ētikas kodeks.
6LR Labklājības ministrija. Rīcības plāns deinstitucionalizācijas īstenošanai 2015. - 2020. gadam. Pieejams no: http://www.lm.gov.lv/upload/aktualitates/null/2015_15_07_ri…
Additional Reading
1Manuilovs R. Psihiatriskās aprūpes deinstitualizācijas psihosociālie un medicīniskie aspekti Latvijā. Pieejams no: http://www.dukonference.lv/files/proceedings_of_conf/53konf…
2SO "Gaismas stars". Rokasgrāmata ģimenēm - šizofrēnijas slimnieku aprūpētājiem. Rīga, 2004.
Other Information Sources
1Moho - konceptuāla prakses modeļa mājaslapa. Pieejams no: http://www.cade.uic.edu/moho/