Chronic Disease Management, Palliative Care and Occupational Performance

This module is designed to develop student's understanding of the impact of both physical & mental health chronic conditions, with particular focus on palliative condition on occupational performance and participation. Students will develop skills in assessment and service provision relevant to these conditions. Emphasis will be placed on service provision in the primary care, community setting including home therapy. Students will develop ability to design programs that involve self-management and lifestyle redesign to meet the needs of clients with chronic conditions. They will develop communication skills in empowering service users in collaborative generation of intervention strategies.

This module aims also aims to advance OT clinical practice and reasoning when faced with clients with complex issues, or multiple chronic conditions (e.g, obesity, arthritis and depression). Complex case studies will be presented expanding from conditions previously covered. Students will be required to develop assessment and intervention strategies to meet the needs of the client discussed. Through the process of problem based learning and other learning methodologies, students will demonstrate skills in effective communication, team work, critical analysis, reflection, self-direction and problem solving with relevance to the practice of occupational therapy.