Course overview
In this course, students will develop entry level competence for occupational therapy practice in the management of chronic conditions and community based care. This includes: theoretical frameworks appropriate to community practice; approaches to the management of chronic conditions in the community setting, including a range of disciplines, services and service models: occupational impact, risk factors, processes and course of a range of chronic conditions including chronic pain, diabetes (Type 1 and 2), heart and lung diseases, arthritis, degenerative neurological diseases, autism and developmental delay; social and emotional impact of a range of chronic conditions: occupational Therapy strategies and techniques for enabling occupational performance relevant to service delivery to clients with a chronic condition in a community setting.
Course learning outcomes
- Demonstrate an understanding of the risk factors, processes and course for a range of chronic conditions.
- Analyse the impact on occupational performance of a range of chronic conditions that clients may present within a community setting.
- Analyse and discuss the potential social/emotional impact chronic health conditions may have on the client, their family and carers.
- Critique a range of approaches/ theoretical frameworks used by community based occupational therapists in supporting clients manage their chronic health condition.
- Compare contributions and benefits of other disciplines and role of inter and trans disciplinary models in the management of clients with chronic conditions in the community.
- Select, justify and demonstrate appropriate intervention(s) applicable to community based management of clients with chronic conditions.
- Demonstrate safe clinical reasoning and problem solving skills related to assessment, interpretation and intervention as applicable to community based management of clients with chronic health conditions.