Description
Occupational therapy assistants support occupational therapists by working with people and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, or by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement. They work under the supervision of an occupational therapist.
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Theoretical Knowledge
health care occupation-specific ethicssupervision of personscommunity-based rehabilitationhygiene in a health care settingvocational rehabilitationmovement techniquesoccupational scienceoccupational physiologyoccupational healthergonomicskinesiologyfirst aidoccupational therapy theoriesgeriatricsphysical medicinegeneral medicinerehabilitationhuman physiologymechanotherapyhealth care legislationorthopaedicsneurology
Practical Skills
assist healthcare users achieve autonomycommunicate in healthcareinstruct on the use of special equipment for daily activitiesinteract with healthcare usersfollow clinical guidelinesensure safety of healthcare usersdevelop therapeutic relationshipsadvise healthcare users on occupational healthapply techniques of occupational therapyexercise patiencemonitor patients' progress related to treatmentremediate healthcare user's occupational performanceempathise with the healthcare userlisten activelywork in multidisciplinary health teamsperform occupation analysesprovide health educationrecord healthcare users' progress related to treatmentassist in performing physical exercisescreate individual treatment programmesdeal with emergency care situationsperform patient activity analysesprovide stroke rehabilitation servicesdevelop a rehabilitation programme