Course Title: Assist with the rehabilitation of clients
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2012
Course Code: OHTH5668C
Course Title: Assist with the rehabilitation of clients
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4215 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
Course Contact: Veemita Kaul
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4662
Course Contact Email: veemita.kaul@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Kate Lambeth
Nominal Hours: 90
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
There are no pre-requisites and co-requisites for this course.
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to receive and respond to rehabilitation programs developed by allied health professionals.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTAH407B Assist with the rehabilitation of clients |
Element: |
Assist with the delivery of a rehabilitation plan |
Performance Criteria: |
Gather the equipment and materials to deliver the program, in line with client needs, specifications of the allied health professional and legislative and organisation guidelines |
Element: |
Assist with the development of a rehabilitation program |
Performance Criteria: |
Assist professional to work with client to identify current skills and abilities and how these can be built upon to manage their lives and environment more effectively |
Element: |
Clean and store equipment and materials |
Performance Criteria: |
Clean equipment and materials according to manufacturers requirements |
Element: |
Document client information |
Performance Criteria: |
Use accepted protocols to document information relating to the rehabilitation program in line with organisation requirements |
Element: |
Plan to deliver a rehabilitation program |
Performance Criteria: |
Obtain information about the rehabilitation program from an allied health professional |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
The learning activities include-
• Face to face teaching
• Case studies
• Class room activities and practical work
• Reflections and discussions
• Accessing information online
and
a trip to Independent living centre
The details of the class schedule on weekly basis is available on the time table that has been provided to students and is also available on RMIT Learning hub.
Teaching Schedule
There will be face to face teaching and practical activities for this course and the details of the class date and time will be in the timetable provided to the students.
Timetable can also be accessed online in the learning hub.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
There is no prescribed text for this course as comprehensive course material will be provided by the teacher through RMIT Learning Hub. |
References
Online learning materials can be accessed using the RMIT Online Learning Hub. |
Other Resources
The students can access library for more resources like-
• Videos
• Articles of interest
• useful external links
• Learning Lab
Overview of Assessment
The assessment will involve, assignments, written examination and practical assessment in the simulated environment. On gaining competency in these assessments, students will undertake clinical placement for this competency
Assessment Tasks
The assessment tasks will include a range of activities and assessments to assess the student for the learning outcomes for the course.
The assessment tasks will include-
- ADL Challenge
- Activity Analysis
- Case study and treatment plan
- Environmental assessment report
- Health Promotion Project
- Assessment reading presentation
- Equipment presentation
- Terms and abbreviation log
- Treatment plan
- Final practical assessment
- Clinical placement assessment
The details of the assessments will be provided to the students by the teacher through the RMIT Learning Hub.
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
This course will be delivered and assessed along with the following courses-
- OHTH 5669C- Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status
- OHTH 5670C- Conduct group sessions for individual Client outcome
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