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Study Course Description

Clinical Placement in Psychiatry

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
REK_091
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
12.00
Target Audience
Medical Services; Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts

Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291

About Study Course

Objective

To apply previously acquired theoretical knowledge into practice, to improve practical skills and their competence in order to be able to work independently as an occupational therapist in mental health care.

Preliminary Knowledge

Psychology, psychiatry, occupational therapy.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.Students will be able to find, choose and explain the tactics of occupational therapy intervention strategies working with a variety of psychiatric nosology patients.

Skills

1.Students will be able to collect systematic information to evaluate the patient, to comply with ethical standards and confidentiality. To communicate, to build a therapeutic relationship and to cooperate with the patient and other professionals. To plan, to document the treatment process and assess its effectiveness. Will be able to organise and manage the group sessions. Will be able to plan and use time effectively.

Competences

1.Will be able to formulate and analyse a person with mental health problems occupational performance difficulties, to develop and implement the intervention plan.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

-
-
Scientific article summary and clinical case preparation and presentation.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

-
-
2.

Examination

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-
Presentations of 2 clinical cases 20%, scientific article presentation 10%, presented documentation in accordance with the requirements 20%, defense of placement 50%.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Getting to know the place of placement, internal rules. Outpatient and inpatient treatment specifics.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

Client - centred practice principles, forming therapeutic relationships. Evaluation of psychiatric patients' occupational performance, resources and difficulties.
  1. Lecture

Modality
Location
Contact hours
On site
Specialized room
2

Topics

OT documentation. Treatment planning and realisation.
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
12.00
Contact hours:
6 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Placement)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Catana Brown, Virginia C. Stoffel. Occupational Therapy in Mental Health : a Vision for Participation Philadelphia. F.A. Davis Company, 2019

2.

Jennifer Creek. Occupational therapy and mental Health. Churchill Livingstone, 6th edition, 2022. Treatment planning and implementation: 119.

3.

Pacienta tiesību likums. Pieejams no: http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=203008

4.

Ārstniecības likums. Pieejams no: http://likumi.lv/doc.php?id=44108

5.

Latvijas ergoterapeitu asociācijas Ētikas kodeks.

6.

LR Labklājības ministrija. Rīcības plāns deinstitucionalizācijas īstenošanai 2015. - 2020. gadam. Pieejams no: http://www.lm.gov.lv/upload/aktualitates/null/2015_15_07_ricplans_final.pdf

Additional Reading

1.

Manuilovs R. Psihiatriskās aprūpes deinstitualizācijas psihosociālie un medicīniskie aspekti Latvijā. Pieejams no: http://www.dukonference.lv/files/proceedings_of_conf/53konf/sociologija_socialapsihologija/Manuilovs.pdf

2.

SO "Gaismas stars". Rokasgrāmata ģimenēm - šizofrēnijas slimnieku aprūpētājiem. Rīga, 2004.

Other Information Sources

1.

Moho - konceptuāla prakses modeļa mājaslapa. Pieejams no: http://www.cade.uic.edu/moho/