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Clinical Practice: Mental Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:15.03.2024 12:17:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_284 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 12.00 | ECTS: | 18.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation; Medical Services | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Zane Liepiņa | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 6 | ||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.2 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 0 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Assessment methodology in occupational therapy, basics of psychology, philosophy and medical ethics, conceptual practice models, assessment and classification of functional capacity limitations, creative activities in occupational therapy, psychiatry in occupational therapy, occupational therapy in geriatrics and gerontology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To apply previously acquired theoretical knowledge into practice, to improve practical skills and their competence in order to be able to work independently as an occupational therapist in mental health care. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Clinical practice in occupational therapy in the context of mental health practice | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | Clinical practice in occupational therapy for persons with mental, behavioral and neurodevelopmental disorders in different practice contexts | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Occupational therapist practice process structure: mental health | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Preparation and presentation of a scientific article synopsis, clinical case analysis, according to the structure of the Occupational Therapist practice process. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Presentations of 3 clinical cases 20%, scientific article presentation 10%, presented documentation in accordance with the requirements 20%, defense of placement 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Placement) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student will be able to find, choose and explain the occupational therapist's tactics in working with patients of various psychiatric nosologies and persons with mental, behavioral and neurological developmental disorders in various practice contexts | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to collect systematic information to evaluate the patient, to comply with ethical standards and confidentiality. To communicate, to build a therapeutic relationship and to cooperate with the patient and other professionals. To plan, to document the treatment process and assess its effectiveness. Will be able to organise and manage the group sessions. Will be able to plan and use time effectively. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will be able to formulate and analyze the difficulties of performing activities of persons with mental health disorders, develop and implement a therapy plan according to the structure of the Occupational Therapist practice process. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Catana Brown, Virginia C. Stoffel. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health : a Vision for Participation Philadelphia. F.A. Davis Company, 2019 | ||||||||
| 2 | Jennifer Creek. Occupational therapy and mental Health. Churchill Livingstone, 6th edition, 2022. Treatment planning and implementation: 119. | ||||||||
| 3 | Pacienta tiesību likums. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārstniecības likums. | ||||||||
| 5 | Latvijas Ergoterapeitu Asociācijas Ētikas kodeks. | ||||||||
| 6 | LR Labklājības ministrija. Rīcības plāns deinstitucionalizācijas īstenošanai 2015. - 2020. gadam. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Manuilovs R. Psihiatriskās aprūpes deinstitualizācijas psihosociālie un medicīniskie aspekti Latvijā. | ||||||||
| 2 | NVO "Gaismas stars", Rokasgrāmata ģimenēm - šizofrēnijas slimnieku aprūpētājiem. Rīga, 2004. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Do-Live-Well Health Promotion Framework | ||||||||
| 2 | The Model of Human Occupation | ||||||||
