At the end of this course, the students; 1) Performing necessary evaluations in occupational performance areas. 2) Specializing to occupational therapy approaches according to different diseases and disorders. 3) Having the ability of plannig and application individualized occupational therapy approaches.
MODE OF DELIVERY
Face to face
PRE-REQUISITES OF THE COURSE
No
RECOMMENDED OPTIONAL PROGRAMME COMPONENT
None
COURSE DEFINITION
Methods of defining and evaluating general performance in occupational therapy, transfer activities principles and training, daily living activities evaluation and training, sensory perception motor tests and training, cognitive evaluation and rehabilitation, hand evaluation and rehabilitation, sensory reeducation will be examined.
COURSE CONTENTS
WEEK
TOPICS
1st Week
Introduction to course
2nd Week
Introduction to occupational therapy
3rd Week
Assessment of activities of daily life
4th Week
therapy of activities of daily life
5th Week
Wheel chair and transfers techniques
6th Week
Assessment and therapy of cognitive disabilities
7th Week
Hand Anatomy, Grasp patterns,
8th Week
Assessment methods in the hand rehabilitation
9th Week
Tendons trauma and hand rehabilitation
10th Week
Midterm
11th Week
Assessment of sensory-perception-motor integration impairment
12th Week
Treatments of sensory- perception-motor integration impairments
13th Week
Sensory re-education, Desensitization Training
14th Week
Occupational therapy approaches in different diseases
RECOMENDED OR REQUIRED READING
1. Trombly CA (1989). Occupational Therapy for Physical Dysfunction, Sydney, Baltimore, USA: Williams & Wilkins. 2. Clark GL, Wilgis EFS, Aiello B, Eckhaus D, Valdata Eddington L (1998). Hand Rehabilitation: A Practical Guide. Philadelphia, PA:: Churchill Livingstone. 3. Edmans, J. (2010).Occupational therapy and stroke. 2.nd edition. Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley-Blackwell, 4. Sames, KM. (2010). Documenting occupational therapy practice. 2nd edition. Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Education.