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HU Credits:
1.5
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Occupational Therapy
Semester:
2nd Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Danit Langer
Coordinator Office Hours:
9:00-15:00
Teaching Staff:
Ms. Tamar Kanner
Course/Module description:
Ergonomics deals with the interactions of a person with his environment in order to design a suitable work space
Course/Module aims:
To provide basic knowledge and tools in the field of ergonomics across the lifespan with a focus on the role of the occupational therapist
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Define foundation concepts of ergonomics: work space, risk factors, prevention
2. Identify risk factors in the work space
3. Investigate workers in their work space
4. Collect and compile data in comprehensive manner of the worker in their work space
5. Correct working space
6. Plan a suitable work space
7. Identify tools to reduce risk factors
8. Practice analysis and adaptation of the work space
Attendance requirements(%):
80%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lectures, case studies, individual learning, assessment
Course/Module Content:
-Historical development of ergonomics
- Foundation concepts in ergonomics: work space, risk factors, prevention
- The role of the occupational therapist
- Identification of risk factors in the work space
- Considerations in planning a work space and designing work stations
Required Reading:
Jacobs, K. (Ed.) (2008). Ergonomics for Therapists. St. Louis: Mosby.
Crepeau, E., Cohn, E.S., & Boyt Schell, B.A. (Eds.). (2009). Willard & Spackman's
occupational therapy (11th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams &
Wilkins.
Additional Reading Material:
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Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 30 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 70 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
- Students must pass all assignments in order to pass the course
- Pass mark is 70%
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