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Occupational Therapy in Public Health
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:15.03.2024 14:25:54
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_287 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.67 | ECTS: | 7.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Medical Services; Public Health; Rehabilitation | ||||||
| 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) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 20 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 80 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 80 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basics of occupational therapy, conceptual practice models, assessment and classification of functional ability limitations, occupation and cultural environment, research methods, ergonomics/work, somatic diseases, psychiatry in occupational therapy, general rehabilitation, clinical practice in somatic medicine I. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Gain knowledge and understanding of public health issues and realize the potential of occupational therapy as a health and social care specialty to be a health-promoting profession. To learn the skills to plan and implement occupational therapy interventions for raising the level of public health, respecting and realizing equal rights. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Health and functioning. Health in occupational perspective. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 2 | Occupational deprivation. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 3 | Needs assessment in occupational therapy. Focus group methodology. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 4 | Public health and health determinants. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 5 | Epidemiology: basic concepts and methods. Incidence and prevalence, health statistics. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 6 | Health care system in Latvia. Patient rights. Professional regulations for occupational therapist. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| 7 | Community based rehabilitation strategy. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 8 | Occupational therapy project in local context: partnerships, needs assessment, occupational therapy intervention strategy planning and implementation. | Classes | 3.00 | other | |||||
| 9 | Health promotion and occupational therapy. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 10 | Health communication occupational therapy practice: therapeutic patient education in working with individuals, groups and societies. | Classes | 2.00 | METC | |||||
| 11 | Quality of life and quality of life studies. | Classes | 1.00 | METC | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | During course, the students carry out literature studies, training/ practical exercises (case studies, needs assessment, focus group interview analysis, tests, etc.), develop course work (in groups). In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | During the course of study, individually completed learning tasks, presentation of group work according to the topic of the course work. • Active and productive participation in practical lessons; • active participation in seminars; • successfully written test tests during the course; • exam at the end of the course. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Defence (Semester paper) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After course acquisition student will be able to: • Explain the concept of health, functioning and disability; • Characterize the interaction between occupation and health; • Characterize the factors affecting health and health habits of the Latvian population; • Explain the disease incidence variables (incidence, prevalence); • Explain the occupational deprivation concept, identify risk populations and describe influencing factors; • Name and describe the basic principles of health promotion in occupational therapy; • Name and describe the levels of prevention; • Name and describe the occupational needs assessment methods; • Characterize the community based rehabilitation strategy; • Explain the concept of quality of life and health-related quality of life. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After course acquisition student will be able to: • Select, collect and use key information on public health and the health habits of Latvian inhabitants; • Select and summarize national and local legislation on health care and social services for persons with disabilities and other groups at risk; • Apply the disease incidence calculations and public health statistics; • Identify occupational deprivation risks; • Assess, describe and analyze the target group occupational needs; • To formulate occupational therapy goals and objectives, according to the public health problems; • Identify methods of occupational therapy and rehabilitation strategies; • Realize the occupational therapy intervention in the local context; • Create a presentation of occupational therapy intervention in the local context. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • analyze and interpret information about the public health situation and the health habits of Latvian citizens; • analyze and interpret information on the provision of health care and social services to persons with disabilities and other risk groups; • interpret disease frequency calculation data; • demonstrate skills in independent information search (scientific literature, legislation, statistical data, etc.), critical thinking and analysis; • the student will be able to describe the activity needs of the target group and will be familiar with methods of assessment of activity needs; • the student will be able to formulate the purpose and tasks of the project, in accordance with the identified problems of the need for the activity; • the student will know how to form partnerships with the target group for the implementation of interventions to eliminate the identified problems; • will identify occupational therapy methods and rehabilitation strategies/interventions in the local context; • will know how to plan the implementation of an occupational therapy project for risk populations in a local context. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Sabiedrības veselības pamatnostādnes 2014.– 2020.gadam, Ministru kabineta 2014.gada 14.oktobra rīkojums Nr.589. | ||||||||
| 2 | PVO, Veselība 2020: Eiropas stratēģiskais ietvars visos pārvaldes un sabiedrības līmeņos veiktas rīcības atbalstam veselības un labklājības vairošanai (SPKC tulkojums latviešu valodā 2013.gadā), pieejams internetā. | ||||||||
| 3 | Baltiņš M., Epidemioloģijas pamatjēdzieni un koncepcijas, Lietišķā epidemioloģija, “Zinātne”, 2003., lpp.48 – 66. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Baltiņš M., Slimību biežuma aprēķini, Lietišķā epidemioloģija, “Zinātne”, 2003., lpp.68 – 106. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) (2004). Position Paper on Community Based Rehabilitation (CBR). (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) (2006). Position Statement on Human Rights. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 7 | World Health Organisation, CBR: A Strategy for Rehabilitation, Equalization of Opportunities, Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion of People with Disabilities. | ||||||||
| 8 | Van Bruggen H. Working towards inclusive communities, Occupational therapy for people experiencing illness, injury or impairment, 2017. Ch. 21, 297 – 312. | ||||||||
| 9 | Pizzi A.M. Health Promotion and Prevention from Occupational Therapy Perspective, In: Occupational Therapy in the Promotion of Health and Wellness, Ch. 19, 376 – 396. 2010. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 10 | Wagman et al, Occupational balance as used in occupational therapy: A concept analysis, Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2011; Early Online, 1–6. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas iedzīvotāju (15-64 gadu vecumā) veselību ietekmējošo paradumu pētījums. | ||||||||
| 2 | Health component Community Based Rehabilitation: CBR guidelines, WHO, 2010, Pieejams internetā | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Pasaules Ergoterapeitu federācija | ||||||||
| 2 | Eiropas Ergoterapeitu padome | ||||||||
| 3 | Slimību profilakses un kontroles centrs | ||||||||
