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Clinical Placement for Persons with Mental Delay
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:22.08.2023 15:36:16
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_090 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation; Medical Services | ||||||
| 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, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 4 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim is to apply previously acquired theoretical knowledge into practice, to improve practical skills and competence in order to be able to work independently as an occupational therapist with people who have mental retardation. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Principles of Client-centered practice, therapeutic relationships. Use of alternative communication. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| 2 | Patient/client with intelectual disability evaluation, identification of occupational performance difficulties. | Lectures | 1.00 | clinical base | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Scientific article summaries and clinical case preparation and presentation. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | The presentation of clinical cases 20%; according to the presented placement documentation requirements 30%; placement defence 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will be able to find, select and explain occupational therapy tactics in dealing with clients who have various degrees of mental delay. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to collect systematic information to assess the client, respect the ethical standards and confidentiality, build a therapeutic relationship and to cooperate with the client and other professionals. To plan, to document the treatment process and assess its effectiveness. Will be able to organise and manage group sessions. Will be able to plan and use time effectively. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to formulate and analyse a person's with mental retardation occupational performance difficulties, to develop and implement the treatment plan. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Jennifer Creek. Occupational therapy and Mental Health. Churchill Livingstone, 6th edition, 2022. Learning Disabilities: 469 – 489. | ||||||||
| 2 | Skolēnu ar vidēji smagiem un smagiem garīgās attīstības traucējumiem praktiskās darbības pieredzes veidošanās speciālajā internātpamatskolā: monogrāfija / Ilga Prudņikova; Rēzekne: [Rēzeknes Augstskola], 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Sociālo pakalpojumu un sociālās palīdzības likums. Pieejams: http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=68488 | ||||||||
| 4 | Latvijas ergoterapeitu asociācijas Ētikas kodeks. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | „Dzīves apstākļu normalizēšana personām ar garīga rakstura un citiem funkciju traucējumiem”. K.Grunevalda red., Velku fonds, 2003 | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Iepriekšējos studiju kursos izmantotā literatūra. | ||||||||
