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Syllabus Clinical communication skills in occupational therapy - 99726
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Last update 15-10-2024
HU Credits: 2

Degree/Cycle: 1st degree (Bachelor)

Responsible Department: Occupational Therapy

Semester: 2nd Semester

Teaching Languages: Hebrew

Campus: Mt. Scopus

Course/Module Coordinator: Dr. Ruthie Traub Bar-Ilan

Coordinator Email: ruthie.traub@mail.huji.ac.il

Coordinator Office Hours: appiontment only

Teaching Staff:
Dr. Ruthie Traub

Course/Module description:
This course focuses on the therapeutic relationship, and the Occupational Therapy theoretical concepts on theraputic relations. The course provides students with theoretical and practical skills to understand the therapeutic relationship and communication skills needed for a therapist and client and the impact of this relationship on therapy outcomes

Course/Module aims:
- To expand theoretical knowledge and its application to intervention with regard to the therapeutic relationship
- To assist in the development of coping skills in response to a variety of therapeutic situations
- Providing information through readings and experiential learning
- Discuss interpersonal communication skills (verbal and non-verbal) used in the therapeutic relationship
- provide observation skills to analyse interpersonal interactions

Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Identify different styles of communications between a therapist and client
2. Define the characteristics of different styles of communication
3. Conduct an interview with a client to gain information regarding occupations
4.Transcribe an interview
5. Analyse an interview using ratings and scales
6. Conduct a structured observation of interpersonal communication skills
7. Analyse the communication skills of a client


Attendance requirements(%):
100%

Teaching arrangement and method of instruction: Reading, discussions, role playing, movie analysis, lectures

Course/Module Content:
1. Introduction - communication skills for a therapeutic relationship
2. Characteristics of a therapeutic relationship
3. Identifying and developing communication skills of a client and therapist
4. Coping with a variety of situations that arise in the intervention process
5. Introduction to the communication skills used in the interviewing process

Required Reading:
Will be provided at course site

Additional Reading Material:
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Grading Scheme :
Essay / Project / Final Assignment / Home Exam / Referat 70 %
Submission assignments during the semester: Exercises / Essays / Audits / Reports / Forum / Simulation / others 30 %

Additional information:
- Students must pass all tasks in order to pass the course
- Failure to submit assignments with result in a result of 0
- Students will not be able to resubmit tasks
- Failure to attend 20% of the lectures will result in a fail
 
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