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Occupational Therapy for Work-aged with Somatic Disorders-I

Subject
Subject code 5TT09/SOT-I
Subject name Occupational Therapy for Work-aged with Somatic Disorders-I
Credit points 8 ECTS
Grading method Grade prelim (letters)
Curriculum subject
Curriculum 2009 TT
Study year 3
Semester
Subject type Mandatory
Aim
Objectives
1. To provide the students with general knowledge about
somatic health disorders and illnesses, and about their
impact on occupational performance of the worked-aged;
2. to provide knowledge about occupational therapy models,
evaluation methods and occupational therapy process that is
applied in case of somatic health disorders and illnesses
(orthopaedic, traumatological, rheumatic, neurologic) of the
work-aged.
Study outcome
Learning outcomes
Having passed the subject, the student:
1. knows somatic health disorders and illnesses, and their
impact on occupational performance of the work-aged;
2. knows occupational therapy models and is able to
implement them in practice;
3. is able to evaluate the occupational performance of the
work-aged people with somatic health disorders or illnesses
(orthopaedic, traumatologic, rheumatologic, neurological);
4. has an overview about assembling major hand and finger
orthosis;
5. is able to apply occupational therapy for work-aged people
with somatic disorders in domestic environment as well as
in institution.
Current rounds
None
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