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Occupational therapy and ergonomics at work

Subject
Subject code 5TT11/TET
Subject name Occupational therapy and ergonomics at work
Credit points 3 ECTS
Grading method Grade prelim (letters)
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2012 TT
Study year 3
Semester Fall semester
Subject type Mandatory
Academicians
Kristiina Didrik
Pille Priilinn-Türk
Aim
Objectives
To provide an overview about:
1. the meaning of work on human occupational performance;
2. the work possibilities of people with special needs.
3. the possibilities for designing ergonomic work environment
for people with special needs.
Study outcome
Learning outcomes
Having passed the subject, the student:
1. regards work as the area of every-day activities of human
being, and understands its meaning to human occupational
performance;
2. knows the problems of designing one’s work area, and also
the ergonomic work methods and principles;
3. is able to carry out the analysis of work environment from
the aspect of occupational therapy
4. is able to individually adjust ergonomic work areas;
5. has an overview about the work possibilities of people with
special needs.
Current rounds
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