Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Physical Rehabilitation
  • Unit Code

    OCT3201
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides students with an introduction to the social and rehabilitation processes for persons with impairments resulting from common orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, and skin dysfunctions that affect occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work and leisure. The focus is on client-centred practice and wellness models which draw on teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches, compensatory strategies, social and physical environments, and clinical reasoning.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 7 units from OCT2108, OCT2203, OCT2204, OCT2205, OCT2206, OCT2207, OCT2208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches and compensatory strategies to enhance occupational performance in persons with physical impairments or disabilities resulting from an orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, or skin conditions.
  2. Apply social and rehabilitation frames of reference for people with disabilities.
  3. Apply teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches and compensatory strategies to enhance occupational performance in persons with physical impairments or disabilities resulting from an orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, or skin conditions.
  4. Develop an assessment and intervention plan to improve occupational performance outcomes in self-care, work and leisure for individuals who have an impairment resulting from an orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, or skin condition.
  5. Improve occupational performance outcomes in self-care, work and leisure for individuals with disabilities by using a holistic approach that considers person, tasks, environments and culture.
  6. Know the limitations of the social and rehabilitation frames of reference for people with disabilities.

Unit Content

  1. Application of social and rehabilitation models using client-centred practice and a wellness approach.
  2. Assessment and intervention approaches that enhance occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work and leisure.
  3. Common orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, and skin dysfunctions that affect occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work and leisure.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratories, E-learning activities, small group work and class discussions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory activities30%
AssignmentWritten assignment20%
Viva ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Radomski, M .A. & Trombly-Latham, C. A. (Eds.). (2014). Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction (7th ed.). Phildelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Turner, A., Foster, M., & Johnso, S. (2002). Occupational therapy and physical dysfuntion (5th ed.). London, England: Churchill Livingstone.
  • Pedretti, L., & Early, M. (2001). Occupational therapy. Practice skills for physical dysfunction (5th ed.). St Louis, MO: Mosby.
  • Boyt-Schell, B. Gilllen, G., & Scaffa, M. (2014). Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy (12th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal References

  • Rheumatology
  • Burn Care & Research
  • Rehabilitation
  • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School: Exercise and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Physical Rehabilitation
  • Unit Code

    OCT3201
  • Year

    2015
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

Description

This unit provides students with an introduction to the social and rehabilitation processes for persons with impairments resulting from common orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, and skin dysfunctions that affect occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work and leisure. The focus is on client-centred practice and wellness models which draw on teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches, compensatory strategies, social and physical environments, and clinical reasoning.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 7 units from OCT2108, OCT2203, OCT2204, OCT2205, OCT2206, OCT2207, OCT2208

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches and compensatory strategies to enhance occupational performance in persons with physical impairments or disabilities resulting from an orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, or skin conditions.
  2. Apply social and rehabilitation frames of reference for people with disabilities.
  3. Apply teaching-learning processes, motivational approaches and compensatory strategies to enhance occupational performance in persons with physical impairments or disabilities resulting from an orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, or skin conditions.
  4. Develop an assessment and intervention plan to improve occupational performance outcomes in self-care, work and leisure for individuals who have an impairment resulting from an orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, or skin condition.
  5. Improve occupational performance outcomes in self-care, work and leisure for individuals with disabilities by using a holistic approach that considers person, tasks, environments and culture.
  6. Know the limitations of the social and rehabilitation frames of reference for people with disabilities.

Unit Content

  1. Application of social and rehabilitation models using client-centred practice and a wellness approach.
  2. Assessment and intervention approaches that enhance occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work and leisure.
  3. Common orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune system, and skin dysfunctions that affect occupational performance in the areas of self-care, work and leisure.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratories, E-learning activities, small group work and class discussions.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
Laboratory WorkLaboratory activities30%
AssignmentWritten assignment20%
Viva ^End of semester examination50%

^ Mandatory to Pass

Text References

  • ^ Radomski, M .A. & Trombly-Latham, C. A. (Eds.). (2014). Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction (7th ed.). Phildelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Turner, A., Foster, M., & Johnso, S. (2002). Occupational therapy and physical dysfuntion (5th ed.). London, England: Churchill Livingstone.
  • Pedretti, L., & Early, M. (2001). Occupational therapy. Practice skills for physical dysfunction (5th ed.). St Louis, MO: Mosby.
  • Boyt-Schell, B. Gilllen, G., & Scaffa, M. (2014). Willard & Spackman's occupational therapy (12th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Journal References

  • Rheumatology
  • Burn Care & Research
  • Rehabilitation
  • Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Website References

^ Mandatory reference


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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