Occupational Therapy

Overview Occupational Therapy is concerned with promoting health and well being through engagement in occupation. It draws from the fields of medicine, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and many other disciplines in developing its body of knowledge. In Occupational Therapy, “occupation” is viewed broadly to include everything people do to “occupy” themselves, caring for self and others. Since an injury, illness, and/or environmental barrier limits a persons’ participation in everyday activities (occupations), occupational therapists are called upon to address the barrier and/or help persons regain or develop their skills and abilities so they can participate in their everyday activities. Occupational therapist work with individuals who suffer from a mentally, physically, developmentally, and/ or emotionally disabling condition. The therapists use treatments that develop, recover, or maintain clients’ activities of daily living. This helps clients not only to improve their basic motor functions and reasoning abilities, but also to compensate for permanent loss of function. Visit School Course evidence: Level 100 Semester 2 Practice Placement credits are listed as 0 since none was provided in the handbook text, but Level 200/300 Practice Placements had 3 credits. OTTR 400 and 420 span multiple semesters with different credits. Programme confirmation source: IPO and central catalogues. Course structure source: University of Ghana College of Health Sciences Handbook (2017 handbook edition).