Enabling occupation ILaajuus (10 cr)

Objective

The student recognises the key problems of occupation especially among those of working age and the elderly. The student is able to select, modify, and apply various intervention methods of occupational therapy to support activities of daily living, work, and rest in different types of environments. The student justifies the choice of methods by activity analysis and synthesis by evaluating the individual, the environment, and the occupation.

Content

Methods of occupational therapy based on restorative, acquisitional, consultative, educational and/or compensatory approaches to enable occupation in activities of daily living, work and rest, the anatomy and kinesiology of the hand, splints and orthoses, neuropsychology

Qualifications

The student knows the value base and ethical principles of occupational therapy. The student recognises the occupational needs of the individual and knows how to operate in a client-centred manner. The student masters the principles of occupation-based interventions.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Evaluation is based on the intervention plan and demonstration (70%) as well as self-evaluation and peer evaluation (30%). Laboratory work requires active participation (min. participation 80%).

5 excellent
The student broadly recognises the key problems in occupation for those of working age and the elderly. The student is capable of critically selecting, modifying, and applying with an instructive approach, the various intervention methods of occupational therapy for the enabling and support of activities of daily living, work and leisure in different environments. The student explains the choice of methods in a versatile manner showing critical thinking, making use of analysis and synthesis of the activity, extensively taking into consideration the individual, the environment, and the occupation.

4 very good
The student recognises the key problems in occupation for those of working age and the elderly in a diverse manner. The student is able to choose, modify, and apply various intervention methods of occupational therapy to support activities of daily living, work, and rest in different types of environments. The student explains the choice of methods in a versatile manner, making use of analysis and synthesis of the activity, extensively taking into consideration the individual, the environment, and the occupation.

3 good
The student demonstrates an ability to recognise the key problems in occupation for those of working age and the elderly. The student is capable of selecting and modifying various intervention methods of occupational therapy for enabling and supporting activities of daily living, work and rest in different environments, and justifying the choices. Applying the skills is partially insufficient. The student justifies the choice of methods by making use of activity analysis and synthesis, making use of observations of the individual, the environment, and the occupation.

2 satisfactory
The student demonstrates that he or she recognises the problems in occupation among those of working age and the elderly, but the reasons given are meagre. The student is capable of selecting various intervention methods of occupational therapy or the enabling and support of acitivities of daily living, work and rest in different environments, but there are some shortcomings in combining and applying them. The student explains the choice of methods scantily. The utilisation of analysis and synthesis is meagre, and taking the individual, the environment, and the occupation into consideration is partially vague.

1 adequate
The student demonstrates a capability to recognise some problems in occupation among those of working age and the elderly. The student knows how to choose some intervention methods of occupational therapy to support and enable everyday activities, work, and rest, and in different environments, but there are shortcomings in combining them and in application. Explanations for the choices that are made are meagre. There are shortcomings in the utilisation and analysis and synthesis of the activity. Consideration of the individual, the environment, and the occupation is vague.