OT3002 - Therapy Interventions for Neurological Disorders

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 4
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Available to level 2 (fast track) and level 3 students studying health care professional subject i.e. nursing, occupational therapy, physiotherapy with approval of Head of Occupational Therapy.

Healthcare professionals work with clients who have neurological disorders, whether congenital, acquired or degenerative. Therapy interventions for neurological disorders will utilise student's pre-requisite subject knowledge. Students will become familiar with a range of therapeutic applications and interventions for people who have neurologically related disorders and/or deficits and will examine the implications these have on their occupational wellbeing. Topics to be covered include assessment and treatment interventions for physical and psychiatric disorders with a neurological basis across the lifespan.

Learning Outcomes

• Apply models of practice including sensory integration, movement science, biomechanical, neurodevelopmental, cognitive and rehabilitative to neurological function and dysfuntion;
• Demonstrate assessment and intervention techniques for neurological dysfunction in an occupational therapy clinical setting;
• Demonstrate knowledge of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

RH2002 and OT2003

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Fiona Barnett.
Contact hours:	30 hours lectures 13 hours tutorials 26 hours workshops/Seminars
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); presentations (30%); workbook (10%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.