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

The practical training period takes place over ten weeks and starts with a week’s preparation as part of the programme. During a practical training week, the students spend three days at the practical training establishment and one day on teaching activities in the programme. The students will be assigned an occupational therapist as a supervisor at the practical training establishment and a contact lecturer at the university, and the students will normally follow the working hours of the practical training establishment. The preparations and sessions include skills training, case-based teaching, lectures, group seminars and workshops with digital story telling.

Bacheloroppgaven har et omfang på 20 ECTS. I dette inngår 5 poeng som omhandler strukturerte litteratursøk, metodespesialisering og avklaring av personsvernshensyn i datainnhenting.

I emnet skal studentene gjennomføre et individuelt eller parvis fordypningsarbeid med bibliotek- og informasjonsvitenskapelig relevans. Studentene får mulighet til å arbeide systematisk og metodisk ut fra teoretiske prinsipper og med relevant forskning. Studentene skal arbeide med å beskrive, belyse, analysere og drøfte faglige problemstillinger på en systematisk, reflektert og kritisk måte. Studenten kan velge mellom en:

• Empirisk oppgave: Studenten samler inn data selv gjennom en egen undersøkelse. Undersøkelsen kan foretas gjennom enkle kvantitative tilnærminger (for eksempel spørreskjemaundersøkelser) eller ved en kvalitativ tilnærming (for eksempel intervjuer).
• Litteraturoppgave: En problemstilling drøftes med bakgrunn i allerede foreliggende teoretiske og empiriske studier

Undervisningsspråk er norsk.

Studenten må ha fullført og bestått 2. studieår av bachelorprogrammet i bibliotek- og informasjonsvitenskap.

Not relevant.

Pass/fail

Bacheloroppgaven er et selvstendig arbeid. Mulige tema for bacheloroppgaven presenteres tidlig i høstsemesteret.

I tillegg vil det holdes metode- og søkeseminar, noe undervisning/ forelesning, samt individuell veiledning med tildelt veileder.