Module overview
Aims and Objectives
Learning Outcomes
Transferable and Generic Skills
Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:
- Use appropriate literature to support the design concept and identify potential risks and risk management strategies.
- Integrate the use of digital technology, the arts or the environment in occupational therapy practice considering safety, privacy and effectiveness.
Knowledge and Understanding
Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:
- Demonstrate creative problem solving, ergonomic and occupational analyses to identify a design issue within an organisation, which impacts service user occupational engagement, health and/or wellbeing.
- Integrate relevant theory and literature in the development of innovative and creative occupational therapy.
- Modify your application of core occupational therapy skills to meet complex needs or to use within a complex setting.
- Analyse how statutory and third sector organisations work together and the unique contribution of occupational therapy within these services.
Syllabus
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
Type | Hours |
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Project supervision | 5 |
Practical classes and workshops | 15 |
Guided independent study | 120 |
External visits | 10 |
Total study time | 150 |
Resources & Reading list
Textbooks
Conway, M. (2008). Occupational therapy and inclusive design: Principles for practice. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.
Jacobs, K. (2007). Ergonomics for Therapists. Mosby..
Farrelly, L. (2014). Designing for the Third Age: Architecture Redefined for a Generation of ‘Active Agers. New Jersey: Wiley..
Karwowski, W. (2011). Human factors and ergonomics in consumer product design. Boca Raton.: Taylor and Francis..
Christiansen, C.H., Baum, C.M. and Bass-Haugen, J. (2015). Occupational therapy: Performance, participation and well-being. Thorofare, NJ.: SLACK Incorporated.
Assessment
Formative
This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.
Group demonstration
- Assessment Type: Formative
- Feedback: Lecturers, peers and group partners will give verbal feedback at the showcase. This feedback will help inform your professional conversation.
- Final Assessment:
- Group Work: No
Summative
This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Professional conversation | 100% |
Referral
This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.
Method | Percentage contribution |
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Professional conversation | 100% |
Repeat Information
Repeat type: External