75285 - Occupational Therapy (BO)

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Docente: Barbara Maghini
  • Credits: 2
  • Language: Italian
  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student has the knowledge and ability to understand the mode of action of rehabilitation following the principles of Occupational Therapy. He knows and understands the abilities and limitations of the main systems of measurement autonomy. He knows how to plan and implement interventions of recovery of autonomy allowed by the residual potential in major disability. It has the ability to apply knowledge and understanding about the types, classification, use and application of assistive technology for the self-care and self-protection, for the care of the home, mobility, sports and freetime, for communication and for environmental control.. He knows the type, use and application of orthoses rest, correction, static and dynamic functional and traditional and modular prosthesis.

Course contents

- Defining t.o. and its theoretical principles

- History

- The figure of the occupational therapist and professional profile

- Interdisciplinary Work

- Services Operating

- Concepts of autonomy and independence

- Concepts of performance, outbuilding, measure

- Definition of motor planning

- Canadian occupational performance measure

- Acquisition of skills, functional limitation, the state of dependence

- Analysis of activity

- Scale of assessment and skills assessment

- Programming of goals

- Evaluation and treatment of the functional system of manipulation and disorders of the planning act (adl support, training vocational)

- The wheelchair: know it and plan it, seating systems, principals bedsore, posture in wheelchair

- Transfer

- Aids for the transfer

- Skill in wheelchair

- Simulation of advanced autonomy

- Search of the autonomy of self-care

- Search of th autonomy in productivity

- Home automation, architectural barriers, home adaptations

- Bathing aids and health services

- Aids information and communication aids

- Orthoses in hermoplastic material

- Aids for driving

- Search of autonomy in the spare-time

- Assistive products for sports

- Process of assistance in specific clinical cases

- Main disability and occupational therapy

- Notes on the knowledge of the NHS (DM 332/99) and ISO classes

Readings/Bibliography

Radaelli, Valsecchi, Caracciolo. "Terapia occupazionale. Ausili e metodologie per l'autonomia" Raffaello Cortina editore 2008


Cavicchioli A., Corbetta S., Marquez M., Petrucci B.M., Springhetti I., Valsecchi L. "Manuale di ausili e cure del paziente geriatrico a domicilio", UTET, 2002

Cavallari G., Costantino C. "Amputazione Protesi e Riabilitazione" EdiErmes, 2011

SITOGRAFIA

www.siva.it

www.ausilioteca.org

http://www.unacasasumisura.it

www.handylex.org

http://www.who.int/classifications/icf

Teaching methods

Lectures.

Practical exercises on the evaluation, operation and training in the use of aids.

Assessment methods

Oral and written examination

Teaching tools

PC, projector and multimedia

Office hours

See the website of Barbara Maghini