Course Title: Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2018

Course Code: OHTH5913C

Course Title: Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4367 - 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

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 unit describes the skills and knowledge required to support clients to participate in
developmental activities that will enhance or maintain functional status.
This unit applies to allied health assistants and should be performed under the direction and
supervision (direct, indirect or remote) of an allied health professional


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTAHA010 Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

Element:

1. Plan to deliver a daily living skills program based on identified goals

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Obtain information about the daily living skills program from an allied health professional 1.2 Consult allied health professional about the daily living skills program requirements and desired client outcomes 1.3 Use screening and data collection tools to gather information on functional status and performance to feedback to allied health professional in line with role 1.4 Identify program requirements outside scope of role and responsibilities as defined by the organisation and discuss with allied health professional 1.5 Identify and confirm impact of the program's contribution to the client's overall care plan 1.6 Determine client availability according to organisation protocols 1.7 Identify cultural and spiritual issues that might have an impact on client's maintenance of daily living function 1.8 Identify and plan for any risk and safety issues that may impact on the client's ability to participate in program

Element:

2. Assist with developing daily living skill and maintenance program based on identified goals

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Assist professional to work with client and carers to identify current skills and abilities and how these can be built upon to participate more meaningfully in the client's environment(s) 2.2 Assist professional to work with client and carers to identify their needs and priorities in terms of specific skill development and maintenance 2.3 Identify skills that need to be developed that are outside scope of role and responsibilities as defined by the organisation and refer to the allied health professional 2.4 Assist allied health professional to work with the client and carers to develop goals that will enable work at the client's own pace to acquire and retain skills for daily living 2.5 Support the client and carers to identify methods that will build upon their strengths when developing, and retaining daily living skills

Element:

3. Deliver daily living skill development and maintenance program

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Gather the equipment and materials to deliver the daily living program, in line with client needs, specifications of the allied health professional and legislative and organisation guidelines 3.2 Check safety and efficiency of any equipment and materials 3.3 Support client to carry out activities in ways that promote safety, involvement and confidence, and adhere to the cultural and spiritual beliefs and preference of the client 3.4 Provide support according to principles and practices of active support, in a manner that is respectful of the client and provides encouragement and motivation to optimise client interest and involvement 3.5 Set up the environment to optimise client interest, participation and involvement 3.6 Identify and respond appropriately to any risk to clients or others and report accordingly 3.7 Provide reinforcement and constructive feedback to client and carers about involvement in activities 3.8 Recognise when client becomes distressed, in pain or communicates their desire to slow down, change activity or stop and follow stepping down procedures outlined in treatment plan or organisational guidelines 3.9 Seek advice if safety issues arise

Element:

4. Assist with evaluating daily living skill development and maintenance program

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Assist allied health professional to work with client to review progress 4.2 Work with professional and client to determine methods of evaluating the effectiveness of activities and methods 4.3 Under direction of an occupational therapist, adapt the environment and activity to maximise functional independence

Element:

5. Comply with supervisory requirements

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Seek assistance when client presents with needs or signs outside limits of own authority, skills and/or knowledge 5.2 Report client difficulties to the supervising allied health professional for advice before continuing the program 5.3 Participate in supervision processes with the treating allied health professional in accordance with organisational protocol

Element:

6. Clean and store equipment and materials

Performance Criteria:

6.1 Clean equipment and materials according to manufacturers requirements 6.2 Store equipment and materials according to manufacturers requirements and organisation protocols 6.3 Report equipment faults to appropriate person

Element:

7. Document client information

Performance Criteria:

7.1 Use accepted protocols to document information relating to the program in line with organisation requirements 7.2 Provide regular feedback to the client's care team 7.3 Use appropriate terminology to document symptomatic expression of identified problems related to the program


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

 

A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:


- Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
- Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning
- Observations of performance in the clinical placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience
- Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
- Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas
- Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
- To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform

- Visit to independent living centre


Teaching Schedule

                               OVERALL SESSION PLAN – TIMETABLE

 

OT Units RMIT 

  Practical: Site Visit to INDEPENDENT LIVING CENTRE (ILC)

 These two units have been clustered together and will be delivered and assessed together.

HLTAHA010 – Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

HLTAHA016 – Support the fitting of assistive equipment                                                 

 

 

Session #

Topic/Activity

 

Session 1:  

INTRO TO OT

 

 

Session 2:

AHA Practice

 

 

 

Sessions 3: 

Session 4: 

OT and Human Development

Client Function and Rehabilitation

 Goal Setting

 

 

Session 5:

Session 6: 

Assessment and Outcome Measures

 

Activity Analysis

 

Session 7:

Session 8:

 

Assistive devices

 

ADL Experiential Learning

 

 

Session 11:  

Session 12

Body Mechanics and Manual Handling

 

Practical session

 

 

Sessions 13

Session 14: 

Visit to ILC: AT1 Student Presentations:  EQUIPMENT PROJECT

 

Visit to ILC :AT1 Student Presentations:  EQUIPMENT PROJECT

 

 

Sessions 15:

Session 16: 

-  Orthopaedic Conditions and OT

 

Documentation

 

Session 17:

Session 18: 

Cardiac Conditions

 

Joints & Splinting

 

 

Session 19: 

Session 20: 

Home Environment

Falls Prevention

Pressure Care

 

 

Session 21:  

Session 22: 

Neurology – Stroke, ABI & Spinal Cord Injury

 

Practical: NEURO ADL & UPPERLIMB

 

 

Session 23: 

Session 24: 

Neurology – Stroke, ABI & Spinal Cord Injury

Practical: NEURO ADL & UPPERLIMB

 

 

Session 25:  

Session 26: 

Mental Health

 

Paediatrics , AT2

 

 Session 27:  

Session 28:

-       AT3 Preparation

 

AT4 Preparation

 

Session 29:

Session 30: 

AT3: Practical Assessment – teach a skill & Equipment

 

 

Session 31: 

Session 32: 

AT3: Practical Assessment – teach a skill & Equipment

 

AT4: in class written assessment

 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

RMIT Library


Overview of Assessment

You must demonstrate Performance and Knowledge Evidence of the unit in order to be deemed competent.
Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over a range of assessment tasks.
You may be assessed by:
• Oral or written questioning
• Oral presentations
• Assignments and projects
• Direct observation of actual work practice- Clinical Placement & Skills Checklist
• Work-based activities


 


Assessment Tasks

 

Assessment Tasks related to Occupational Therapy (AH20)

There are a total of two units associated with the Occupational Therapy component of your study.

 Three of the units are assessed as a cluster:

 HLTAHA010 – Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

HLTAHA016 – Support the fitting of assistive equipment

 There are four assessment tasks associated with these units.

 You are required to achieve competency in all of the assessment tasks in order to pass the Occupational Therapy component of the Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance.

Assessment Tasks

 

Assessment Tasks

Date of Assessment

AT1: Equipment Project  (2 parts)

  1. Completion of written workbook
  2. Five minute oral presentation on a piece of Assistive Equipment.

 

Session 13, 14

AT2: OT Client Function Assignment

Complete a written assignment that combines questions across each unit of study covered in the cluster. 

 

Session 25,26

AT3: Practical – Teach an ADL functional skill & Equipment Fitting

You will be required to complete 2 x practical tasks linked to relevant case scenario’s.

Safely and independently complete the tasks

 

Session 29- session 32

(given class sizes Ax will take place over two days)

 

AT4: Written assessment –

Written short answer and case study completed in class

Session 32

 

 

 Clinical Placement assessments will be done during your clinical placement and you need to fill in and get signed off on your evidence log book.

Need to achieve Satisfactory in all assessment tasks including clinical placements to be deemed competent in Units


Assessment Matrix

 

 

 

 

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