Occupational Therapy: Complex Case Management

This module aims to develop student knowledge and skills in working with people for whom psychosocial factors affect occupational performance. This course builds on the psychiatric and mental health foundations provided in the earlier course. Content addresses assessment and service delivery processes in psychosocial fields of adult occupational therapy, including: mental health, physical health, ageing and intellectual disability. A specific focus is on understanding the impact of psychological, social, emotional, and behavioural factors that may affect person with either physical or mental health conditions. This module requires student to relate complex cases back to occupational therapy theory while focusing on the psychosocial issues that may affect client and family. Complex case studies will be presented expanding from conditions previously covered. The principle of case management will also be covered in this module. Students are required to integrate theory with evidence based practice when working on the complex case studies. The use of local community resources will be emphasized in this module. An assignment relating to how all other modules in the trimester are linked to occupational therapy practices will be included.