Welcome to OCTH 511 Course Outline
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: Professional Foundations of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science II Semester
Credit: 3 credits
Course Organization:
Online Prerequisite: OCTH 505 Occupational-based Assessment and Analysis OCTH 502 Professional Foundations of Occupational Therapy I
Programme: Master of Science in Occupational Therapy Semester
Dates: January 13th to April 24th, 2025
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor: Dr. Lesley Garcia
Rank: Adjunct Lecturer
Email: garcial@usc.edu.tt
Virtual Contact: Personal Meeting ID 732 459 5949
Virtual Office Hours: By appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Develops an understanding of how occupation, embedded in a diverse socio-political and cultural context, is shaped and changed throughout the human lifespan. Examines the concept of occupation, as defined in occupational therapy practice and occupation science, in the context of its historical relationship to human adaptation and health. Explores social participation through individual and group occupations.
COURSE RATIONALE
OCTH 511 is taught in the second semester of the curriculum. It introduces conceptual models such as the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (2014) as a basis for client-centered practice approaches that can be applied to individuals, organizations, and population groups and the curriculum. Clinical and professional reasoning and occupational science are introduced as philosophical bases of occupational therapy practice. Topics on professional competence and self-directed development and management are further developed. The relationship to the curriculum philosophy, and institutional and programme missions will be made explicit. This will allow students to lay a scholarly foundation of critical thinking regarding professional advocacy, and occupational justice as future occupational therapists in the service of God and humanity.
Curricular Threads:
1. Occupational Justice and Professional Advocacy
2. Scholarship of teaching and learning
3. Experiential learning through Fieldwork and Service Learning
4. Compassionate Practitioner
5. Evidence-based practice
I am very much looking forward to meeting you all, teaching you this course, and learning together alongside each of you. Best wishes for 2025! I am passionate about occupational therapy and the promise that it holds for individuals, groups and communities. I believe a thorough critical understanding of the foundations of the profession is vital to being a a critical and active occupational therapist. I also believe that lifelong learning is a wonderful and necessary thing so I welcome the opportunity to learn with you as we proceed into this course together.
Warm regards,
Dr. Lesley Garcia
COURSE INFORMATION
Course Title: Professional Foundations of Occupational Therapy and Occupational Science II Semester
Credit: 3 credits
Course Organization:
Online Prerequisite: OCTH 505 Occupational-based Assessment and Analysis OCTH 502 Professional Foundations of Occupational Therapy I
Programme: Master of Science in Occupational Therapy Semester
Dates: January 13th to April 24th, 2025
INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION Instructor: Dr. Lesley Garcia
Rank: Adjunct Lecturer
Email: garcial@usc.edu.tt
Virtual Contact: Personal Meeting ID 732 459 5949
Virtual Office Hours: By appointment
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Develops an understanding of how occupation, embedded in a diverse socio-political and cultural context, is shaped and changed throughout the human lifespan. Examines the concept of occupation, as defined in occupational therapy practice and occupation science, in the context of its historical relationship to human adaptation and health. Explores social participation through individual and group occupations.
COURSE RATIONALE
OCTH 511 is taught in the second semester of the curriculum. It introduces conceptual models such as the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework (2014) as a basis for client-centered practice approaches that can be applied to individuals, organizations, and population groups and the curriculum. Clinical and professional reasoning and occupational science are introduced as philosophical bases of occupational therapy practice. Topics on professional competence and self-directed development and management are further developed. The relationship to the curriculum philosophy, and institutional and programme missions will be made explicit. This will allow students to lay a scholarly foundation of critical thinking regarding professional advocacy, and occupational justice as future occupational therapists in the service of God and humanity.
Curricular Threads:
1. Occupational Justice and Professional Advocacy
2. Scholarship of teaching and learning
3. Experiential learning through Fieldwork and Service Learning
4. Compassionate Practitioner
5. Evidence-based practice
I am very much looking forward to meeting you all, teaching you this course, and learning together alongside each of you. Best wishes for 2025! I am passionate about occupational therapy and the promise that it holds for individuals, groups and communities. I believe a thorough critical understanding of the foundations of the profession is vital to being a a critical and active occupational therapist. I also believe that lifelong learning is a wonderful and necessary thing so I welcome the opportunity to learn with you as we proceed into this course together.
Warm regards,
Dr. Lesley Garcia
- Teacher: Lesley Garcia