Occupations by Design

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• Analyse how statutory and third sector organisations work together and the unique contribution of occupational therapy within these services.
• Modify your application of core occupational therapy skills to meet complex needs or to use within a complex setting.
• Integrate relevant theory and literature in the development of innovative and creative occupational therapy.
• 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.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Integrate the use of digital technology, the arts or the environment in occupational therapy practice considering safety, privacy and effectiveness.
• Use appropriate literature to support the design concept and identify potential risks and risk management strategies.

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.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.