| CODE | OCT1035 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Foundations of Occupational Therapy 1: Professional Identity, History and Paradigms | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Occupational Therapy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is the study-unit which introduces the student to the occupational therapy profession. The study-unit is intended to help the student establish an initial professional identity; a perspective on the historical origins both internationally and locally; changes in professional perspectives and paradigms as the knowledge evolved; the profession's position in the health care milieu and an overview of client populations seeking occupational therapy services. Study-Unit Aims: - Define occupational therapy; - Establish a formal structure for the profession; - Give an overview of the philosophical underpinnings; - Give an overview of the historical origins and development internationally and locally; - Discuss the changing professional perspectives and paradigms in the previous century; - Give an overview of knowledge development and current views of knowledge organisation in the profession. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand the nature of occupational therapy; - Know a number of definitions of the profession and characteristics of definitions; - Be familiar with the salient historical events which have characterised the development of this health care profession; - Understand changing professional perspectives and their influence on the identity of the profession both locally and internationally; - Have an overview of the different client populations serviced by the occupational therapy profession. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Articulate the nature of occupational therapy and identify the extent, quality and contribution of this profession in the health care field; - Identify the range of client groups benefitting from occupational therapy services; - Articulate an understanding of the nature of human occupation, occupational dysfunction and the various ways in which occupation can be used as a therapeutic medium. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Reed, K. L., & Sanderson, S. N. (1999).Concepts of Occupational Therapy. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - Punwar, A. J., & Peloquin, S. M. (2000). Occupational Therapy: Principles and Practice. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. - Willard, H., Gillen, G., Scaffa, M., & Schell, B. (2014). Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy (12th ed.). Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Rene Mifsud (Co-ord.) |
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