OT3002:03
Neuroanatomy for Therapy Intervention
| Townsville | HECS Band 2 |
26 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 26 hours laboratory. Semester 1.
Available to level 2 (fast track) and level 3 students studying health care professional subject i.e. nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy.
Healthcare professionals work with clients who have neurological disorders, whether congenital, acquired or degenerative. A thorough knowledge of neuroanatomy, the neural connections and the physiological process is necessary to understand the effects of lesions on the various motor and sensory functions of the client.
Treatment interventions for physical and psychiatric disorders are discussed in relation to children, adults and the elderly. Strategies for rural and urban communities are discussed.
Learning Objectives:
- demonstrate knowledge of neuroanatomy, its function and dysfunction;
- describe the symptoms and effects throughout the life span of congenital, acquired and degenerative disorders;
- identify strategies and intervention used by health professionals for remediation and/or compensation for cognitive and developmental dysfunction;
- ability to administer and evaluate a standardised assessment for physical and psychiatric neuro-disorders;
- identify appropriate treatment interventions for peripheral nerve lesions;
- describe pain management techniques available to health care professionals.
Assessment by a 2000 word assignment (45%); workbook (15%); examination (40%). A pass must be achieved in each mode of assessment to obtain an overall pass in the subject.