| CODE | OCT4025 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Occupation Focused Role Emerging Practice | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Occupational Therapy | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit introduces the student to new emerging occupation focused roles. It identifies new emerging realities and the potential scope for occupational therapy involvement and unique contribution in non-traditional service sites. It will be based on both theory and experiential learning, exposing student to new frameworks for practice that are specific to emerging roles. It will include a theoretical component that deals with the following emerging areas and practice niches: - Employment; - Poverty and the vulnerable/socially excluded; - Working with asylum seekers; - Adolescent and Youth populations; - Education and Educational Institutions; - Domestic violence; - Intellectual disabilities; - mental health, occupational justice and advocacy; - The criminal justice system; and - Health promotion and prevention. Study-Unit Aims: - To expose the students to emerging roles in occupational therapy in response to societal demands and that are not currently provided within the health and social care services; - To identify the over-arching practice framework and models of practice that underpin occupation-based interventions in the community; - To offer students the knowledge to work with both diagnosis-free and marginalised populations; - To develop skills in challenging one's prejudices and using this practice in a culturally sensitive manner; - To give a basic understanding of the concept of occupational justice which in turn translates into reduced barriers to occupational engagement and participation; and - To encourage students to explore the setting up of potential occupational therapy services in areas where they don't exist presently. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - identify their role within emerging practice areas; - apply theoretical frameworks for intervening with both diagnosis free and marginalised populations; - identify and address the occupational therapy needs of service users in niche sites working autonomously to develop core occupational therapy skills with vulnerable and marginalised populations in preparation for practice in the future; - formulate basic plans for occupational therapy intervention in role emerging areas of practice; - identify the strengths and limitations for the development of occupational therapy services in non-traditional areas; and - critically appraise their own work and thinking. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply theory to practice. Become self-directed in applying theoretical models and conceptualise human behaviour using it to support intervention in emerging practice areas; - work in teams in class; - work in non-traditional multidisciplinary teams and voluntary organisations where new occupational therapy services are required; - communicate effectively with the key persons of host organisations; - observe, interview and discuss issues of interest with potential service users; - make recommendations for service provision in the form of a report; - debate on a set practice niche and analyse potential OT roles within it; and - become self-reliant and develop a higher level of clinical reasoning. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Cara E., MacRae A (2013) Psychosocial Occupational Therapy: An Evolving Practice 3rd Edition New York. DELMAR Cengage Learning. - Curtin M., Molineux M., & Supyk-Mellson J., (Eds) (2010) Occupational Therapy and Physical Dysfunction: Enabling Occupation 6th Philadelphia Churchill Livingstone Elsevier. - Thew M., Edwards M., Baptiste S., and Molineux M. Editors (2011) Role Emerging Occupational Therapy: Maximising Occupation-Focused Practise Chicister Wiley/ Blackwell. - Watson R., & Swartz L., (Eds) (2004) Transformation Through Occupation London Whurr Publishers. Supplementary Readings: - CAOT., (2013) Enabling Occupation: An Occupational therapy perspective (Revised Edition 2002) Ottawa CAOT Publications ACE. - Couldric L., Aldred D. (Eds) (2003) Forensic Occupational Therapy. Chicister WILEY. - Townsend E. A., Polatajko H. J., (2007) Enabling Occupation II: Advancing an Occupational Therapy Vision for Health, Well Being and Justice through Occupation 9th Canadian Occupational Therapy Guidelines Second Edition Ottawa CAOT Publications ACE. Students are provided with a timetable showing each new practice area and they are expected to read ahead of each class especially when guest speakers from NGOs are in attendance to hold a discussion that is facilitated by the course tutors. They are expected to formulate questions based on their readings from resources such as articles, chapters from books, the web, professional associations‘statement positions and WHO documents and the Mental health Strategy for Malta etc. |
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| RULES/CONDITIONS | Before TAKING THIS UNIT YOU MUST TAKE OCT1012 AND TAKE OCT1035 AND TAKE OCT2021 | ||||||||
| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Fieldwork and Independent Study | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Cynthia Scerri Joanne Bellia |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2024/5. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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