Module Title
Health Conditions And Occupational Performance through the Life Span
Keywords
Occupation, human development, the life-span, holistic care, interagency working, self-management. |
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Prerequisites for Module
Successful completion of Stage 1 of the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy course or equivalent.
Corequisite Modules
HS2062 Social and Cultural Influences on Occupational Performance.
Precluded Modules
None.
Aims of Module
To enable the student to explore the relationship between occupation and health and consider the impact of dysfunction on occupational performance.
Learning Outcomes for Module
On completion of this module, students are expected to be able to:
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Describe the biopsychosocial, environmental and occupational components that impede normal human development and performance throughout the life span.
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Apply the concept of occupation relating to health, human potential and personal meaning within a variety of health and social contexts.
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Contrast therapeutic strategies which might be used to facilitate change within the context of the ocupational therapy process.
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Discuss the role of the occupational therapist and role contribution within a team, giving consideration to the occupational therapist's core skills.
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Demonstrate the core and specialist skills of the occupational therapist.
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Indicative Module Content
Development throughout the life-span. Principles of motor control and its development, principles of skill acquisition, analysis of movement, posture and balance related to occupation. Selected conditions and occupations throughout the life-span. Features of the physical and social environments which could enhance or disrupt occupational performance e.g. physical and non-physical environments used to enable occupational performance in the three areas of mind/body/brain within the context of space and time - related to adaptation, symptoms, social background, culture etc. Health improvement, prevention; agencies involved with different groups within the community, modification of treatment throughout the life-span; inequalities; self-management, empowerment, effects of environment on the individual, equity. Occupational therapy process. Government policy related to different groups within society.
Indicative Student Workload
Contact Hours
| Full Time | Student-led workshops
| 20 | Lectures
| 40 | Tutorials
| 30 | Workshops
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Directed Study
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| 92 |
Private Study
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| 98 |
| Mode of Delivery
This module is delivered utilising a blended learning approach. The use of the following will allow the integration of theory with practice: group tutorials, key note lectures, workshops, independent study, community visits and use of web based resources e.g. virtual learning environments, databases. There will be the opportunity to be involved in collaborative learning during the module with other professions, service users and each other.
Assessment Plan
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Learning Outcomes Assessed
| | Component 1 | 1,2,3
| | Component 2 | 4,5
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Component 2 - simulated practice
Component 1 - professional report
Indicative Bibliography
| 1. | ATWAL, A., and MCINTYRE., A 2013. Occupational Therapy and Older People, 2nd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
| | 2. | EDELMAN, C. and MANDLE C.L. 2010. Health Promotion throughout the lifespan. St. Louis: Mosby/Elsevier
| | 3. | GRIEVE, J., 2008. Neuropsychology for Occupational Therapists: Cognition in Occupational Performance, 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
| | 4. | RODGER, S., and ZIVIANI, J., 2006. Occupational Therapy with Children: Understanding Children's Occupations and Enabling Participation. Wiley Blackwell.
| | 5. | SHERIDAN, M.D. (2010) From Birth to Five Years. London: Routledge
| | 6. | SIEGAL,A. & SAPRU ,H.N., 2011. Essential Neuroscience, 2nd ed. Baltimore ,MD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkinson.
| | 7. | SIGELMAN, C.K. and RIDER E.A., 2009. Life-span human development. 6th ed. Belmont, CA:Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
| | 8. | TYLDESLEY, B., and GRIEVE, J., 2009. Muscles, Nerves and Movement: In Human Occupation, 3rd Edition. Wiley Blackwell.
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Additional Notes
Elements of this module will be shared with BSc (Hons) Physiotherapy students.
In addition, in order to pass the module the student must attain least 80% attendance for all timetabled classes. Failure to comply with this will require the student to complete additional teaching and learning activities as determined by the module co-ordinator in order to demonstrate achievement of all learning outcomes. This can result in a student being withdrawn from the subsequent practice placement until they evidence they have completed all required additional elements. A record of this process may be made in relation to the student’s professional behaviour.
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