OTDE 6580 - Occupational Therapy in Acute Care

2 credit hours

This intensive course prepares students to develop advanced clinical reasoning and skills for practice in the acute care setting. Students will incorporate relevant evidence-supported frames of reference, evidence-based practice literature, and clinical guidelines in the acute care evaluation process, intervention-planning, infection control, critical lab values and vitals, interdisciplinary communication and disposition planning, and indications and contraindications for occupational therapy intervention. There will be a review of frequently utilized hospital equipment, adaptive equipment, and durable medical equipment, and a general overview of basic diagnoses commonly addressed in the acute care setting. This course prepares students for fieldwork experiences or clinical practice in the acute care environment. This course combines didactic review of common conditions with necessary bedside skills of the entry-level clinician in the complex hospital setting. Prerequisites/co-requisites as appropriate: OCTH5120, OCTH5125, OCTH5140, OCTH5220, OCTH5320, OCTH6530, OCTH6540