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 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

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

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

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.

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

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.