ERGPRAIN1 Occupational Therapy Practice Placement - INT Course description

The practical training can be in all arenas where occupational therapists work. Practical training takes place in an interprofessional context in the municipality, specialist health service or in other arenas where occupational therapists work. The programme's location in the city provides opportunities for close cooperation with university hospitals and city districts.

A supervisor from the practical field follows up the student throughout their practical training in cooperation with the contact lecturer from the university. During the first part of the placement, the student, in cooperation with the supervisor, will write a cooperation agreement where the learning outcomes for the placement are specified in relation to how the student achieve them. The cooperation agreement must show how the student will apply theory in practice, and it must be approved by the supervisor and the contact lecturer at the university. The learning outcome descriptions must be concrete, relevant, realistic, and measurable.

The student follows the placement’s rules for clothing. The various establishments may also have special requirements for tests and vaccinations.

Passed first year of an Occupational therapy bachelor program.

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 placement's framework and how it is organized within the Norwegian health and welfare system
• describing assessment, intervention and evaluation based on an occupational therapy process model
• explaining activity analysis as part of an occupational therapy process
• discuss practical cases by applying occupational therapy models/theories

Skills

The student is capable of

• planning and implementing occupation for therapeutic use under supervision, and practice clinical reasoning of this task
• searching for and present a scientific paper of relevance for the placement
• systematically assessing and evaluate the users’ occupational identity, resources and challenges in occupational participation

General competence

The student is capable of

• adapting the communication with users and other partners
• showing initiative and responsibility for one’s own learning
• identifying and reflecting on ethical issues in relation to people who are in a process of learning, coping or change
• being respectful and comply with the professional ethical guidelines for occupational therapists

The practical training lasts for six weeks; four days at the placement and one study day a week. The student will normally follow the working hours of the occupational therapist at the practical training establishment, 7 ½ hours per day and 30 hours per week.

The following must be approved:

• cooperation agreement with specification of the learning outcomes
• attendance requirement of 90%

The assessment is based on the learning outcomes for the course, the cooperation agreement with specification of the learning outcomes and the formative assessment made of the student during the practical training period.

Students’ practical training can only be assessed if their attendance is sufficiently high (90%).

Not relevant.

Pass/fail

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