Occupational Therapy - PFYZ006C

• Title: Occupational Therapy
• Guaranteed by: Department of Physiotherapy (51-300400)
• Faculty: Faculty of Physical Education and Sport
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• Points: 0
• E-Credits: 2
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, C [HT]
• Extent per academic year: 28 [hours]
• Capacity: 16 / unknown (16)
• Min. number of students: unlimited
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: deregister from the credit exam date if a requisite was not fulfilled; course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Bc. Doubravka Koubková
• Teacher(s): Bc. Doubravka Koubková
• Classification: Sport and Physical Education > External Subjects
• In complex incompatibility with: PFYZ219C

Annotation

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (26.09.2019)

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the importance and the current position of occupational therapy as part of rehabilitation as a comprehensive system, including the interpretation of principles for the operation of occupational therapy. After completing the course, students will be provided with knowledge of occupational therapy procedures for selected diagnoses and will be familiar with similarities and / or differences in physiotherapeutic and ergotherapeutic approaches in given patients.

Aim of the course

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (19.09.2020)

Learning Outcomes:

The aim of the course is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and general competencies so that after the completion of the course the students:

• understand the position and integration of occupational therapy as a field in the system of medical rehabilitation

• demonstrate knowledge of the field of occupational therapy and its role in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation team

• demonstrate knowledge of the occupational therapist's activities for individual types of disabilities

• demonstrate orientation on diagnostic and therapeutic procedures used by an occupational therapist

• understand the similarities and / or differences of physiotherapeutic and occupational therapy approaches in the diagnosis and therapy of patients

Literature

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (21.06.2019)

1. RADOMSKI, M.V., TROMBLY LATHAM, C. A.: Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 7th edition, 2014

2. BOYT SCHELL, B.A., GILLEN, G., SCAFFA, M.E., COHN, E.S.: Willard and Spackman´s Occupational Therapy. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 12th edition, 2014

3. TAYLOR, M.C.: Evidence-Based Practice for Occupational Therapy. Oxford, Blackwell Publishing, 2007

Requirements to the exam

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (24.08.2021)

Credit Requirements:

• participation in classes

• proven understanding and proficiency through practical application

Syllabus

Last update: PhDr. Mgr. Helena Vomáčková, Ph.D. (21.06.2019)

1. Basic terms in occupational therapy. Historical development and current status of occupational therapy. The role of the occupational therapist within a interdisciplinary team. Case study.

2. Activities of daily living (ADL) - examinations and training. Home visit.

3. Compensation aids - types, specifics of choice, possibility of their obtaining.

4. Practical use of occupational therapy - simulated disability at work in the kitchen. Use of aids.

5. Occupational Therapy for arm and hand function. Grips - types, examination and training possibilities, stimulating sensation. Demonstration of Tests- Purdue pegboard, Jamar dynamometer, Jebsen-Taylor. Sample aids for training fine and gross motor HKK and stimulating sensation.

6. Cognitive functions - examinations, training, the possibility of external aids, compensatory / adaptive approach.

7. Occupational Therapy in Geriatrics (Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer’s disease). Prevention of falls.

8. Occupational Therapy in Paediatrics. Gripping development, development of writing skills. Specification work with children. Use elements of the game in therapy.

9. Occupational therapy for inpatient. Basal stimulation. Stimulation of the senses.

10. Occupational therapy in Neurological diagnoses (stroke, TBI, MS)

11. Occupational therapy after Spinal cord injury.

12. Vocational assessment - examinations of working potential, used tests, Pre-vocational therapy. Use of PC in occupational therapy.

13. Occupational therapy in Mental health. Art and creative techniques in occupational therapy.

14. Presentation of projects.

Learning resources

Last update: Renáta Jandová (13.07.2023)

Study Aids:
Moodle2: https://dl2.cuni.cz/course/view.php?id=3474