Description
Occupational therapists assist individuals or groups who have occupational limitations due to diseases, physical disorders, and temporary or permanent mental disabilities, in regaining their ability to perform daily activities. They provide treatment and rehabilitation to enable them to actively participate in society, to live their lives according to their wishes and to perform those activities that are meaningful to them. Occupational therapists work in public health and social care services, but can also be involved in supporting asylum seekers, refugees and/or homeless people.
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Theoretical Knowledge
human anatomyhealth care occupation-specific ethicssupervision of personscommunity-based rehabilitationhygiene in a health care settingmedical terminologyvocational rehabilitationprofessional documentation in health caresociologypathologyoccupational therapy theoriesmovement techniquesoccupational sciencegeriatricspaediatricsoccupational physiologyphysical medicinegeneral medicinepsychiatrymedical informaticshuman physiologyhealth care legislationorthopaedicsoccupational healthergonomicsneurologypsychologypublic healthpsychotherapy principlesosteopathyfirst aidbobath therapyneuropsychologypedagogymechanotherapydisorders affecting self-awareness
Practical Skills
assist healthcare users achieve autonomycommunicate in healthcarework in multidisciplinary health teamsuse computer programs to improve patients' skillsinstruct on the use of special equipment for daily activitiesprovide nursing advice on healthcareinteract with healthcare usersadvise on environmental alterationsperform occupation analysesprovide health educationprovide assistive technologyfollow clinical guidelinesinform policy makers on health-related challengesensure safety of healthcare usersidentify the healthcare user’s personal capacityrespond to changing situations in health careeducate on the prevention of illnessuse e-health and mobile health technologiesrecord healthcare users' progress related to treatmentcontribute to continuity of health caremanage healthcare users' dataadvise healthcare users on occupational healthencourage healthcare user's self-monitoringundertake healthcare examinationapply techniques of occupational therapyassess risks for the elderlyapply context specific clinical competencescomply with legislation related to health caredevelop a collaborative therapeutic relationshipuse techniques to increase patients' motivationmonitor patients' progress related to treatmentcreate individual treatment programmesdeal with emergency care situationsperform patient activity analysescomply with quality standards related to healthcare practiceremediate healthcare user's occupational performanceempathise with the healthcare userprovide stroke rehabilitation serviceswork in a multicultural environment in health caredevelop a rehabilitation programmeadvise on healthcare users' informed consentpromote inclusionassist children with special needs in education settingsprovide early intervention therapy to infantsuse foreign languages in patient caremanage occupational therapy studentsidentify research topicsassist in performing physical exercisesuse clinical assessment techniquesuse foreign languages for health-related research