ERGOBPRA1 Occupational Therapy Practice Placement, Part 1 Course description

Through systematic work and therapeutic use of activity, the occupational therapist contributes to the possibility of activity and participation. Practical training makes up one third of the study and is a very important part of the occupational therapy programme. During this first long practical training period, the individual student will gain experience from one practical training establishment, at the same time as the class as a whole will gain insight into various forms of occupational therapy practice, as the practical training places can be in all arenas where occupational therapists work.

The student must have been admitted to the study programme.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:;

Knowledge;

The student is capable of;

• describing the position of occupational therapy within the practical training establishment's framework and organising in the Norwegian health and welfare system
• describing mapping, measures and evaluations based on an occupational therapy work process model
• explaining activity analysis as a part of an occupational therapy work process
• describing cases from practical training with the help of occupational therapy models/theories

Skills;

The student is capable of;

• planning and implementing therapeutic use of activity under supervision, and of reflecting clinically on this work
• using a tool to carry out and document a systematic activity analysis of users
• searching for and disseminating academic literature of relevance for issues at the practical training establishment
• systematically mapping the users’ activity history, resources and challenges in occupational participation
• carrying out lifesaving first aid

General competence

The student;

• is capable of adapting the way he/she communicates with users and other partners
• shows initiative and shows responsibility for own learning;
• is capable of finding and referring to legislation of relevance to occupational therapy practice
• is capable of identifying and reflecting on ethical issues in relation to people who are in a learning, coping or change process
• is respectful and complies with the professional ethical guidelines for occupational therapists

• lectures
• self-study and group work (Planning and Building Act)
• laboratory - preparation of plans and visualisation using suitable software (NovaPoint Areal, Focus Arealplanlegging or similar and NovaPoint Veg and NovaPoint VA)
• analyses of road junctions using SIDRA Intersection may also be required
• compulsory portfolio submission (individual and group assignments)
• compulsory field inspection of residential areas (1 day)
• compulsory joint teaching and project work on universal design, together with students from the Occupational Therapy programme at HiOA (4 whole days, continuous)
• participation in a 3-day study trip to Copenhagen or Malmö to study sustainable urban development, or, on application, a corresponding inspection in Oslo
• participation in laboratory teaching for modelling and analyses using GIS (the ATP model) may be required

The following coursework is compulsory and must be approved before the student can sit the exam:

• participation in all compulsory inspections (up to 4 days)
• participation in a joint universal design programme in cooperation with the Occupational Therapy programme at HiOA (4 days)
• participation in laboratory training in the use of software (Fokus Areal or NovaPoint Areal, NovaPoint VA, and, if relevant. GIS) (10 hours)

1) Individual oral exam (60%)

2) Portfolio assessment subject to the following requirements (40%)

Four written assignments:

Part 1: Zoning plan

Part 2: Reports from study trips, inspections and collaborative weeks with the occupational therapy study on universal design

Part 3: Practical exercises in transport planning

Part 4: Individual in-depth report

A pass is required in all parts of the portfolio exam in order to be able to sit the exam in the subject.

Both parts of the exam must be awarded pass in order for the student to pass the course.

Exam part 1) The result of the exam cannot be appealed.

Exam part 2) The result of the exam can be appealed.

1) None.

2) All.

Pass/fail.

Del 1) Two internal eximiner.

Del 2) One internal examiner.

External examiners are used regularly.