Syllabus Information

1. General information

The subject is developed within the context of the study of human occupation, delving into the effect of occupations on the health and well-being of individuals and communities. This fifth block of the Module "Functional Independence and Applied Occupational Activities" will lead students to the knowledge and application of professional intervention and assessment tools, techniques and skills, which are used in the occupational therapy process in the intervention in, with and based in the community. The aim is the practical application of these contents in the usual contexts and in community participation, emphasizing the contribution that occupational therapists, as specialists in human occupation, can make in the different professional teams that carry out community interventions.

Through it, we delve into the consideration of people from an occupational perspective, providing the possibility of working in community health, in the social field and in community-based rehabilitation understanding that, through occupations, the health and wellbeing of people, organizations and communities can be improved and that this can contribute to the transformation towards more just and egalitarian societies.

These objectives and approaches are in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda

Of The United Nations in such a way that the acquisition of the learning results of the subject provides training and competence to contribute, to some extent, to their achievement, in particular:

• SDG 5: Gender Equality.
• SDG 10: Reduction of Inequalities

2. Learning results

Upon completion of the subject, the student will be able to:

1. Define and describe social participation and occupational performance in the community.
2. Explain Community Health Work.
3. Define and describe the social determinants of health and community health assets.
4. Incorporate the vision of communities as co-creators of health and the importance of collective processes.
5. Explain Community Based Rehabilitation and Social Occupational Therapy.
6. To know the professional profile and the possible roles and functions of Occupational Therapy in the field of community intervention.
7. Justify the importance of occupation as an agent promoting the health of people, organizations and populations.
8. Use approaches that include interculturality and the intersectional gender perspective in the processes of Occupational Therapy.
9. Assess the needs and resources of a community and, based on them, design occupational therapy intervention plans.
10. Know the possibilities of intervention from Occupational Therapy with people, organizations and communities, including work in situations of vulnerability, exclusion and social injustice.
11. Apply professional reasoning to detect the occupational needs in the community and to design processes aimed at covering them.
12. Make proposals aimed at reducing social inequalities in health and at the transformation of communities into more inclusive and equitable environments.

3. Syllabus

Block 1. Social participation, community and health:

• Social Participation Occupations
• Importance of bonding in health
• Social Model of Disability and Occupational Therapy
• Social Determinants of Health
• Salutogenesis and Assets for Community Health.

Block 2: Community Health Work

• Contribution of Occupational Therapy to health promotion
• Primary Prevention and Occupational Therapy
• Health Education and Occupational Therapy
• Possible areas of intervention from the Occupational Therapy perspective

Block 3. Occupational Therapy in/with/community-based

• Community-Based Rehabilitation (CBR) and Occupational Therapy
• Social Occupational Therapy
• Occupational rights and occupational justice (definition, requirements, occupational injustices, questioning and critiques of these approaches, etc.)

Block 4. Occupational Therapy Process in Community Work

• Professional reasoning
• Assessment
• Intervention
• Results

Block 5: Important aspects in the intervention in the occupations of social participation and in the community environment

• Therapeutic Relationship in Community Occupational Therapy
• Professional skills and abilities
• Teamwork: models and recommendations
• Interculturality and critical approaches in Occupational Therapy

4. Academic activities

Teaching assignments and other activities (24 hours)

Self-study and evaluation (66 hours)

5. Assessment system

The evaluation is carried out throughout the term, by means of the following evaluation activities:

EVALUATION OF PRACTICES (35% of the total grade):

• Observational record based on criteria previously established and communicated to the students, which will take into account the following aspects: attendance, skills, abilities, participation and attitude: 10%.
• Individual and group work and assignments performed before, during or after each practice: 25%

Final practical exam if the required criteria have not been met.

WRITTEN THEORETICAL TEST (40% of the total grade):

A global final exam, the date of which will be published in Academic Planning.

This test will be composed of: 5 multiple-choice questions and 7 short questions.

WORK (25% of the total grade):

Final group work on Socio-Community Occupational Therapy

* The distribution of the grade assigned by the teacher will be carried out through peer evaluation, taking into account the following aspects: contribution to the bibliographic search, contribution to the group cohesion, encouragement of the participation of all the members of the group and intervention in the final result of the work.

In order to pass the subject students must pass all three parts: practical, work and written theoretical test.