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Acute Care in Occupational Therapy (OCT 5 200)

Term: 2015-2016 Academic Year Summer

Faculty

Mary Beth Zadnik
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Schedule

Tue, 8:00 AM - 10:50 AM (5/5/2016 - 8/17/2016) Location: AUST AUST2 205

Description

This course is intended to clarify medical conditions and issues routinely encountered by occupational therapists working in an acute care setting. The units include: ICU, pulmonary, cardiac, vascular, infectious disease, oncology, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary. Students will apply occupation-based practice and address the contextual issues of delivering occupational therapy services in a challenging medical model setting. Laboratory activities will provide experience with typical equipment, evaluations, and interventions utilized in the acute care setting.