OTA 123 - Physical Disabilities 1 Lab

Credits: 2
Basic assessment and treatment techniques as it relates to adult physical disabilities. Lab allows for practical experience in patient assessment, transfers and daily living skills.

Enrollment Requirement: Concurrent enrollment in OTA 122; or instructor consent.

Course Fee: $67.00

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Contribute to the evaluation process of client(s)’ occupational performance by completing an occupational profile and administering standardized and nonstandardized screenings and assessment tools as delegated by the occupational therapist. Explain the importance of using psychometrically sound assessment tools when considering client needs, and cultural and contextual factors.
Provide training in techniques to enhance functional mobility, including physical transfers, wheelchair management, and mobility devices.
Describe the collaboration process with the occupational therapist to identify appropriate features of assistive technologies and durable medical equipment to support the client’s participation. Demonstrate strategies with assistive technologies and devices (e.g., aids for communication, mobility, sensory loss, computer access, seating, and positioning systems) used to enhance occupational performance.
Understand how quantitative and qualitative research studies inform occupational therapy practice.

Program Outcomes

Demonstrate mastery of the occupational therapy foundational content requirements.
Conduct and document a screening and evaluation process.
Intervene and implement occupational therapy processes.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.
Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.