Course Description:

Students continue the study of additional adult disabilities to learn how effects of dysfunction on occupational habits and occupational roles, apply the Occupational Therapy (OT) process, problem-solve ideas, become introduced to rehabilitation assessment, treatment techniques, and community resources.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the etiology, prevalence, process, and OT areas of evaluation and treatment regarding various physically disabling conditions experienced by adults.

• Implement intervention strategies to remediate and/or compensate for cognitive deficits that affect occupational performance.

• Articulate training methods and resources for patients and caregivers in techniques to enhance community mobility, including public transportation, community access, and issues related to driver rehabilitation.

• Demonstrate the use of superficial thermal and mechanical modalities as a preparatory measure to improve occupational performance.

• Research and present an innovative treatment technique pertaining to a physical disability to peers.

• Use measures and quantitative standards such as number of repetitions, variation of size, time measurements, etal with all documentation.

• Accurately calculate the resting HR (heart rate) and target HR of a sample patient.

• Demonstrate proficiency in utilizing presented information to clinically reason and implement treatment.

• Explain how life-long learning is crucial to maintaining competence in health professions.

• Student will demonstrate therapeutic use of self and knowledge of teaching-learning methodology to effectively complete projects.

• Student will effectively use appropriate and evidence-based information technology to complete written and oral communication.