Course Title: Assist with the rehabilitation of clients

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2014

Course Code: OHTH5756C

Course Title: Assist with the rehabilitation of clients

School: 155T Life & Physical Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4321 - 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

Stephen Jones

stephen.jones2@rmit.edu.au

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:

HLTAH407C 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

Check safety and efficiency of any equipment and materials

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

Provide constructive feedback to client about involvement in activities

Modify approaches if client becomes distressed, in pain or communicate their desire to stop or amend the activity

Seek advice if safety issues arise, does not wish to continue, is distressed or in pain or if conflict arises with client

Assist professional to work with client to review progress

Monitor use of adaptive equipment as directed by occupational therapist
 

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

Assist professional to work with client to identify their needs and priorities in terms of specific skills required to manage their lives in the short and medium term

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

Assist professional to work with client to develop goals that will enable work at the client's own pace to acquire, regain and retain skills for daily living

Support the client to identify methods that will build upon their strengths when developing, regaining or retaining skills important for daily living

Follow specific directions from occupational therapist for the fabrication and adaptation of therapeutic aids and equipment

Maintain and update resources for occupational therapy and recreational programs

Work with professional and client to determine methods of evaluating the effectiveness of activities and methods
 

Element:

Clean and store equipment and materials

Performance Criteria:

Clean equipment and materials according to manufacturers requirements

Store equipment and materials according to manufacturers requirements and organisation protocols

Report equipment faults to appropriate person
 

Element:

Document client information

Performance Criteria:

Use accepted protocols to document information relating to the rehabilitation program in line with organisation requirements

Provide regular feedback to the client's care team

Use appropriate terminology to document symptomatic expression of identified problems related to the rehabilitation program
 

Element:

Plan to deliver a rehabilitation program

Performance Criteria:

Obtain information about the rehabilitation program from an allied health professional

Consult allied professional about the rehabilitation plan requirements and desired client outcomes

Identify program requirements outside scope of role and responsibilities as defined by the organisation and discuss with allied health professional

Identify and confirm impact of therapeutic program's contribution to the overall rehabilitation outcome for the client

Obtain information about medical and psychosocial conditions that may impact on rehabilitation outcomes for client

Determine client availability according to organisation protocols
 


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

Visit to ILC

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.

The classes will be held on 17th Dec., 18th Feb., 25th Feb., 2nd March, 3rd March, 4th March, 5th March, 6th March, 11th March, 18th March, 25th March, 30th March, 1st April and 8th April.

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.
The online learning materials listed include: Subject outlines
Lecture notes
Case studies
Assessment details
Practical work details


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 be as-

  • Jargon Journal
  • ADL Challenge
  • Activity Analysis
  • Equipment Project
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Final Exam
  • Clinical placement

The student needs to be deemed competent in all assessments to pass the course. The students will be allocated to attend placements on successful completion of their classroom assessments. The students need to pass both classroom based assessments and clinical assessments to be deemed competent for the course.


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

This competency is assessed and delivered in cluster with the following competencies-

OHTH 5758C- Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status

OHTH 5759C- Conduct group sessions for individual client outcome

The students need to be deemed competent in ALL pre-requisites and core competencies before proceeding to this competency

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