OCC100 Occupation and occupational therapy (16)
CSU Discipline Area: Allied Health (ALHEA)
Duration: Two sessions
Abstract:
This subject introduces students to concepts and theories about human occupation with an emphasis on personal factors, development of occupations across the lifespan, social and cultural influences on occupations, and the influence of global perspectives on health. The practice of occupational therapy is based on the idea that what people spend their time doing can enhance or disrupt health and well-being at individual, community, national, or even global levels. Within this subject students will consider and discuss what is meant by the term "occupation" and the many ways people engage in daily occupations. Students will have the opportunity to peform occupation-centred assessment and consider interventions for people who may be challenged in engaging in their valued occupations. The importance of the environment will also be highlighted, including discussion about how environments can assist or limit people's ability to engage in occupation.
+ Subject Availability Modes and Locations
| Session 1 | |
|---|---|
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga | Session 2 |
| Internal | Albury-Wodonga |
Continuing students should consult the SAL for current offering details: OCC100
Where differences exist between the Handbook and the SAL, the SAL should be taken as containing the correct subject offering details.
Enrolment restrictions:
Students must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy or the Bachelor of Health and Rehabilitation Science
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:
be able to:
- Define occupation and occupational therapy
- Describe how humans use and structure their time through engaging in occupation
- Demonstrate the importance of occupation to humans across the life-span
- Describe issues that may impact, interrupt or delay the development of skills which underlie occupation
- Describe how identity and social, cultural, economic, and political issues may influence occupation
- Outline the history and philosophical foundations of occupational therapy as a profession
- Explain the relationship between occupation, performance components, and occupational performance
- Conduct analyses of occupations with a focus on time use and be able to complete basic assessments of performance.
Syllabus:
The subject will cover the following topics:
- Personal and individual perspectives of occupation
- Social, cultural and community perspectives of occupation
- Socio-political perspectives of occupation
- History and philosophy of occupational therapy practice
- Spirituality
- Reflection on practice
- Affective/Psychological aspects related to doing
- Biomechanical aspects related to doing
- Sensory-motor aspects related to doing
- Cognitive-perceptual aspects related to doing
- Assessment and intervention to enable occupation
- Activity analysis
- Environmental analysis
- The environment related to occupation
Workplace Learning
This subject contains a Workplace Learning component. Please contact the subject coordinator for further information.
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: 24 April 2013. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.