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HU Credits:
3
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Occupational Therapy
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Dr. Ruthie Traub Bar- Ilan
Coordinator Office Hours:
By appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ruthie Traub
Course/Module description:
This course introduces students to the essence of the occupational therapy profession in terms of definitions, history, foundation concepts, and basic skills of the evaluation and intervention process
Course/Module aims:
the course will introduce students with essential professional concepts of occupational therapy (definitions, foundations, intervention process, populations)
The course will provide an understanding of the core definitions and basic concepts of health, functioning, disability, well being and quality of life.
The course will provide the understanding of the concept of occupation, and Occupational Science.In the course, students will be familiar with basic concepts and skills of intervention and evaluation process in Occupational Therapy and will have the opportunity to observe Occupational Therapists in Field-work.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Define, explain and use basic concepts of the Occupational Therapy profession
2. Discuss central topics and concepts
3. To be famillliar with PEO and ICF models
4. Perform an occupational interview
5. discuss ethical dilemmas
6.Learn central position papers of Occupational Therapy.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
lectures, experiential learning, personal and group learning, reading, discussions, meeting with clients, observations of occupational therapists in clinics, tasks, searching for research material, presentation of work and assignments.
Course/Module Content:
1.Introduction to the International Classification of Function (ICF); areas of practice, intervention settings and treatment populations, basic concepts (occupation, activities, occupational performance, environment, therapy, rehabilitation, historical roots, Occupational Science);
2.Understanding of occupation as a tool and goal of intervention;
3.Basic concepts of occupational science;
4.individual, environmental, and occupational factors that promote and limit function; observations;
5.ethical practice.
Required Reading:
Crepeau, E.B. Cohn, E.S. & Boyt Schell's, B.A. (Eds.). (2009). Willard & Spackman’s occupational Therapy (11th ed) Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins.
World Health Organization (WHO). (2001). International classification of function,disability and health (ICF). Geneva, Switzerland. Author
Additional Reading Material:
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Grading Scheme :
Written / Oral / Practical Exam 60 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 33 %
Presentation / Poster Presentation / Lecture 7 %
Additional information:
1.All assignment will be in the course site and must be fulfilled
2. students are required to attend to 4 learnig observations on field work
4.students are expected to attend to all of the lessons. Failure to attend 20% of lectures may result in a fail
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