ERGOPRA3 Placement - Occupational Therapy in Practice Course description

Knowledge, skills and experience from previous courses are integrated into occupational therapy work in an independent and well-founded manner. The course focuses on systematic, user-oriented and knowledge based practice promoting health, activity and participation on the individual, group and system level. The practical training establishments are related to the fields of health promoting, preventive, therapeutic, rehabilitative and habilitative activity. Application and development of action and communication competence in real work situations in participatory and committed manner are emphasised. The practical training establishments will principally be within the municipal health service, but institutions in the public and private sector may also be relevant.

The interprofessional programme INTER1300, ‘Interprofessional cooperation about and with children, young people and their families’, is part of this course. INTER1300 enables the student to gain awareness and knowledge of how their own future profession can cooperate with other professions on and with children, young people and their parents/guardians. Challenges and opportunities in such cooperation are part of this module. Examples from the students’ practical training periods will be a key part of this. In this module, the focus will be on children and young people with challenges.

Learning outcome descriptions marked with * cover INTER1300

The course consists of the following subject areas from the national curriculum, specified below as the number of credits:

• Habilitative work (3 ECTS)

• Rehabilitative work (6 ECTS)

• Health-promoting and preventive work (4 ECTS)

• Therapeutic work (1 ECTS)

• Ethics (1 ECTS)

Passed the second year of the programme.

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

Knowledge

The student is capable of

• explaining user participation and client-centred approaches in occupational therapy

• explaining organisational and structural factors with a bearing on professional practice at the practical training establishment

• explaining relevant laws and regulations

• looking up, evaluating and discussing relevant research articles and specialist literature describing different interprofessional ways of cooperating in the field of practice*

• explaining challenges and possibilities in interprofessional cooperation processes*

Skills

The student is capable of

• applying a client-centred approach to health promoting, preventative, therapeutic and rehabilitative and habilitative work

• defining goals based on people's wishes regarding, and the right to activity and social participation

• working in a knowledge based and independent manner with assessment, intervention, documentation and evaluation on an individual, group and/or system level

• applying resource-oriented, empowering and problem-solving work models to promote health, activity and participation

• identifying ethical dilemmas and make independent choices

• clinically reasoning and justifying the use of mapping and intervention

• analysing and evaluating interprofessional processes on and with children and young people with challenges, based on examples from their own practical training*

• establishing interprofessional cooperation for and with children, young people and their parents/guardians*

Competence

The student

• is capable of taking responsibility and initiative, demonstrating cooperation skills, independence and an ability to adapt, and treating users, partners and others with empathy and respect

• is capable of discussing and critically reflecting on ethical dilemmas and practising in accordance with professional ethical guidelines

• is capable of contributing to interprofessional and sectorial cooperation including communication of occupational therapy expertise

• is capable of discussing different professional approaches in interdisciplinary teams in order to develop good practices

• has an understanding of the foundations for and the necessity of interprofessional cooperation on and with children, young people and their parents/guardians, and of his/her own professional contribution to the cooperation*

The course comprises ten weeks of practical training. The practical training establishments will be in the public and private sectors in Norway or abroad. Supervision and clinical reasoning are key to reinforcing the student's learning process and to integrating theory and practice during the placement.

INTER1300

INTER1300 ‘Interprofessional cooperation about and with children, young people and their families’ involves two common seminar days, digital learning resources and assignments related to interprofessional group work and self-study.

The following required coursework must be approved:

• a minimum attendance of 90% in the introduction to the course, practical training and seminars during the placement

• cooperation agreement with a development plan submitted and approved within the deadline

Coursework requirements INTER1300

• completed group work in an interprofessional group of eight to ten students over the course of two days

• individual log in an individual folder on Canvas Scope: 300 words (+/- 10 %).

A student must write a compensatory assignment if he/she has failed to attend all, or parts of, the seminar sessions or group work.

Practical training

Assessment content:The learning outcomes

Form of assessment: Assessment of practical training

Time: Sixth semester

Attendance requirements for supervised placement (90%)

Pass/fail

The midway and final assessments are made by the practical training supervisor and in close cooperation with the contact lecturer at the university. The final decision on whether to award a pass or fail grade is made by the university.