Basics in Occupational Therapy (REK_054)
About Study Course
Objective
Enable students to acquire basic knowledge of occupational therapy history and philosophy; about human occupations during life span; about activity, activity analysis, about the use of activity in occupational therapy process, as well as to develop the skills of clinical reasoning and use acquired competences in independent decision making.
Prerequisites
Knowledge about human being and his performance areas, environment and development of society.
Learning outcomes
As the result of study course acquisition student will acquire knowledge about: history of development of occupational therapy profession; the conditions for the development of occupational therapy profession Latvia; basic occupational therapy terms: occupation, activity, performance, the environment, the client / patient, performance components, occupational therapy, rehabilitation, person centered practice, evidence based practice.
As the result of study course acquisition student will acquire the basic skills and will be able to understand legislation and regulations governing the occupational therapy profession; take occupation / activity analysis, dose and adapt occupation / activity; perform simple analysis of balance of daily activities; understand importance of the environmental context for carrying out the occupation.
As the result of study course acquisition student will be able to practically apply the acquired knowledge and skills in order to discuss the history of development of occupational therapy in the world and in Latvia; to discuss the conceptual knowledge in occupational therapy and content of occupational therapy paradigm; to carry out activity / occupation analysis.
