Analyzing Occupational Demands (1 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Content scheduling

According to the student's own schedule

Objective

This course deals with the analysis of everyday activities, which is a basic skill for the clinical reasoning of an occupational therapist. The occupational therapist understands occupation by analysing what everyday activities require from the individual and the environment. Occupation can also be viewed from many different levels. Activity analysis is an important tool in occupational therapy, both for assessing functional capacity and for implementing interventions. After completing this course, you will understand the basics of activity analysis. In this course, the analysis of action is based on the Aota Framework 2020 and the textbook by Curt, Ega and Adams 2017 (see the course materials for more details).

Content

The terms occupation and activity
Stages of activity
Levels of activity
The demands of activity and doing (from an individual and environmental perspective)

Location and time

The course can be completed between 7.1.-31.7.25. During the semester, the teacher will check the course on Mondays. The mark of completion will be available to the student within a week or so.

Materials

American Occupational Therapy Association. (2020). Occupational therapy practice framework: Domain and process (4th ed.). American Journal of Occupational Therapy.

Curtin, M., Egan, M. & Adams, J. (2017) Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment. Elsevier.

Teaching methods

Independent study
Successful completion of learning tasks in the online environment


The teacher does not give separate feedback during the course

Employer connections

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Exam schedules

The course assignments will be completed as many times as necessary to achieve a pass, with no separate retakes or learning support modifications.

International connections

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Completion alternatives

The course can be taken by anyone interested in the factors that influence the DigiCampus learning environment. No credits are accumulated for this course.

If you wish to have a credit on the official study register:
1) you are a non-Jamk student--> register for a course on Cross-Curricular (Ripa).
2) you are not studying for a degree at a polytechnic--> register as a student at Jamk Open University of Applied Sciences.

Student workload

Course load 1 cr = 27 h

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

You can explain the terms action and doing. You can explain action in general and look at its stages. Identify the stages of action in a normal activity and how to use the stages of action if the activity needs to be adapted to suit the client. and the stages of action itself in a normal activity or if the activity needs to be adapted to suit the client, i.e. you will carry out an action analysis as used in occupational therapy.

Further information

Open amk: 30