OTA 237 - Physical Dysfunction Concepts

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Kapiolani Community College

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3 hours lecture per week Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the Occupational Therapy Assistant program. Comment: Letter grade only. OTA 237 may not be audited. OTA 237 may not be taken credit/no credit. OTA 237 focuses on physical dysfunction conditions seen in adults most commonly referred to occupational therapy and applicable occupational therapy theory and interventions. Models of service delivery in inpatient, outpatient, and home/community based are examined as well as OT theories and frames of reference. The impact of sociocultural and socioeconomic conditions, values, and lifestyle choices upon delivery of services is explored. Upon successful completion of OTA 237, the student should be able to: 1. Define occupational therapy theories, models and frames of reference and related terminology. 2. Describe the effects of physical and mental health, heritable diseases and predisposing genetic conditions, disability, disease processes, and traumatic injury to the individual within the cultural context of family and society on occupational performance. 3. Define the impact of sociocultural, socioeconomic, and lifestyle choices upon delivery of services in various practice settings and give examples of a variety of systems and models of service delivery as they relate to adult physical dysfunction conditions. 4. Identify development, remediation, and compensation techniques for enhancing physical, cognitive, perceptual, sensory, neuromuscular and behavioral skills in the physical dysfunction settings. 5. Identify documentation methods appropriate to area of service, recommend the need for termination of services when stated outcomes have been achieved or they can not be achieved and when to recommend to the occupational therapist the need for referring clients for additional evaluation. 6. Describe the need for supervisory roles, responsibilities and collaborative professional relationships between the 0 occupational therapist and occupational therapist assistant during the OT Process in the physical dysfunction settings.

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

kapiolani.hawaii.edu/page/home

Phone Number:

(808) 734-9000

Regional Accreditation:

Western Association of Schools and Colleges

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Semester

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