oct6rps pain and disability
PAIN AND DISABILITY
OCT6RPS
Not currently offered
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
This elective has been designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the role of the occupational therapist in the management of pain. The focus is on the pain experience of clients and the physiological, psychosocial, and environmental components of that experience, with an application of profession-specific theoretical frameworks to assess and manage pain and the impact of pain on everyday life. The inclusion of specific management strategies is intended to build on knowledge previously examined, supplemented by self-directed learning. As such, a review of potential interventions rather than detailed instruction of each management strategy should be expected. Students should be familiar with the theoretical models behind interventions as well as the empirical evidence of effectiveness of any management strategies, and will be expected to adopt a critical appraisal perspective as a basis for decision making when reviewing the benefits and limitations of interventions.
FacultyFaculty of Health Sciences
Credit points15
Subject Co-ordinatorEllie Fossey
Available to Study Abroad StudentsYes
Subject year levelYear Level 6 - Doctoral
Exchange StudentsYes
Subject particulars
Subject rules
PrerequisitesN/A
Co-requisitesN/A
Incompatible subjectsN/A
Equivalent subjectsN/A
Special conditionsN/A
Learning resources
Readings
Resource Type | Title | Resource Requirement | Author and Year | Publisher |
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Readings | Enabling occupation: an occupational therapy perspective | Recommended | CAOT (2002) | (REVISED ED) OTTAWA: CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS |
Readings | Model of human occupation | Recommended | Kielhofner, G (2002) | 3RD EDN. BALTIMORE: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS |
Readings | Pain mechanisms: a new theory. Science 150: 971-979 WHO | Recommended | Melzack, R. wall, P. (1965) | (2001) INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF FUNCTIONING, DISABILITY AND HEALTH. GENEVA: WHO PUBLICATIONS |
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