OTA 1130 OT Modalities Lab

Course Description

The course helps students develop a familiarity with wheelchair usage and various types of adaptive equipment/appliances; use of an industrial sewing machine to fabricate patient supplies/splints; role-playing and teaching strategies, techniques for treatment in activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living; functional transfers, and cognitive assessment.

Community-Engaged Learning Project

Project Decription:

1. Implement and apply previous learning about energy conservation/work simplification, body mechanics and ergonomics to a specific work task/activity.

2. Demonstrate the ability to communicate observations in written and verbal format, offering recommendations based on a job site analysis.

Reflection:

For this service community-engaged learning project, I did a workplace analysis. I observed my friend at work and assessed the safety of her workplace. Below is my analysis and larger reflection. In summary though, I learned the following:

1. People may not be aware of what simple things could be modified to improve their safety at work.

2. People may also not recognize what seemingly simple things (like simply plugging your computer into a larger monitor) may greatly improve their physical health and reduce future problems.

3. Workplaces can and should be modified to account for a person's health challenges. However, some professions may be impossible with certain limitations.

4. Someone doesn't need to have an "all-desk job" or be a manual laborer to benefit from a workplace analysis. I can be proactive in learning more about the set-up of future clients to see how we can better acoomodate for their health challenges.