Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Combination lecture and lab; covers scope of occupational therapy process according to Occupational Therapy Practice Framework from young adult through elderly age group at individual, group, community, and societal levels.Content includes conditions resulting in impaired occupational performance and interventions for health promotion, prevention, and remediation.Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice are used throughout.Pre-and corequisites available in course catalogue. Abbreviated Program Mission StatementTo educate and prepare future occupational therapists who: •Practice as ethical, competent, and caring professionals using critical, creative, and reflective thinking as lifelong learners •Utilize and support the production of scholarship to promote occupational participation and advance the profession •Promote and advocate for occupational justice for persons, groups, and populations •Respond to the occupational needs of a diverse, complex, interdependent, and ever-changing global society Abbreviated Program Philosophy StatementWe believe: •Humans are biopsychosocial beings who are transformed by participation in occupation.•Participation in meaningful occupations shapes human lives and is intrinsically connected to one's health and wellbeing.•Occupational therapists form a dynamic and collaborative relationship with service recipients to maximize their (i.e.service recipients'') occupational participation and realize their occupational potential.•Best practice in occupational therapy is client-centered, occupation-based, evidence-based, and grounded in sound ethical principles.•Students learn best through active engagement in authentic and learner-centered learning experiences
Author: Tunningley, Joan
Language: English
Subfield: Occupational Therapy
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7209316258