Occupational Therapy

The student gained knowledge of morphologic and functional relations of the human body. She/He is familiar with medical terminology and the basic development and structures of the human organism. She/He gained basic knowledge of physiology and is able to explain apparatus and their function. She/He knows about the aetiology of diseases and cause and effect of perturbed cellular and tissue structures and functions. She/He gained knowledge of standards of hygiene, epidemiology, infection prevention and control and knows about their application in her/his professional environment.

The student has gained basic knowledge in sociology and pedagogy and their terminology and is aware of the importance of these reference disciplines for occupational therapy. She/He establishes interdisciplinary relationships and identifies fields of practice in occupational therapy associated with sociology and pedagogy. She/He uses select sociologic and/or pedagogic knowledge for social and communicative actions and takes into consideration sociologic theories in client-therapist-interaction. She/He knows about the conditions for health and disease and is able to identify personal, behavioural and contextual factors of health conditions. The student examines teaching and learning processes considering individual, institutional, social and historical aspects. She/He identifies pedagogic fields of practice in therapeutic and institutional settings as well as in societal contexts and therefore applies select educational methods.

The student gained knowledge of the legal framework governing the profession and recognises the limitations inherent to the practice of her/his profession on her/his own authority, considering current legal positions. She/He gained knowledge and understanding of the fundamental social and labour law regulations governing occupational therapy practice and service delivery. She/He knows the core competencies and responsibilities of other health professionals and is able to implement occupational therapy intervention in interdisciplinary cooperation. She/He knows the professional profile of occupational therapy and its fields of practice. The student is able to detect and identify life-threatening conditions in clients and to provide first aid adequately.

The student knows the core assumptions of occupational therapy and has gained a fundamental understanding of human occupation. She/He knows about the reciprocity between occupation, health and well-being and uses professional language and terminology relevant to current and emerging occupational therapy and occupational science. She/He is able to assess clients´ individual occupational performance in their areas of occupation, respecting social, cultural, physical and institutional environments. She/He is aware of the ethical foundation of the occupational therapy profession and respects cultural and religious needs and values and their influence on occupation and participation. The student has gained material knowledge about health and the development of good health.

The student gained knowledge of the functioning of underlying biomechanical skills of occupational performance. She/He uses activity analysis by addressing activity demands and occupational performance skills. She/He identifies clients´ biomedical, sensory-motor, cognitive and psychosocial performance skills. She/He professionally communicates and explains the interaction between occupational performance, health and well-being. The student is familiar with the different steps of the occupational therapy process and knows about the influence of clients´ context factors on occupational therapy service delivery and the necessity of process and service delivery modification. She/He has gained knowledge of the importance of client centeredness and forms of clinical reasoning. She/He considers clients´ cultural and religious needs and values and is aware of their influence on occupation and participation.

The student has gained knowledge of current occupational therapy models and theories, and their explanations of human occupation and occupational performance. She/He observes clients´ resources and deficits while considering occupational therapy reference frameworks and domains. She/He is aware of context parameters and their influence on occupational performance.

The student knows, observes and analyses psychosocial and cognitive performance skills. She/He gained knowledge of assessment instruments and occupational therapy interventions in order to improve, restore or maintain psychosocial and cognitive occupational performance skills.

The student is familiar with the structures of joints, muscles, nervous and vascular system and on this knowledgebase palpates and differentiates relevant structures concerning quality and motility. She/He gained basic knowledge of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the different fields of practice. She/He knows the relevant clinical pictures of diseases and impairments related to internal medicine and rheumatology and transfers and applies this body of knowledge to consecutive modules. She/He gained an overview of indications, fields of practice, goals and terminology of surgery. She/He gained an overview of the structures and functions of the nervous system and transfers and applies this body of knowledge to consecutive modules.

The student knows biomechanical and sensory-motor occupational performance skills and their interrelation with health and well-being and identifies and analyses these components in an occupational context. She/He knows assessments and measures to improve, maintain, restore or compensate biomechanical and sensory-motor skills.

The student knows the importance of the occupational performance areas self-maintenance, recreation, productivity and leisure regarding the clients´ occupational performance and understands their influence on and reciprocity with social participation. She/He identifies clients´ occupational performance in the abovementioned areas regarding environmental factors like social, cultural and institutional context factors. The student gained an overview of assistive device and adaptions in the various areas of occupational performance. She/He knows the occupational therapy process within the scope of promotion of health and health prevention as well as measures to support development and to encourage and maintain good health.

The student performs select handicrafts and differentiates on basis of the following criteria: structuring, creative and/or complex. She/He applies activity analysis and occupational performance analysis. She/He critically examines the application of handicrafts and adapts/graduates their application to clients´ individual occupational skills and needs. She/He gives tailored instructions when applying handicraft in the occupational therapy process with single clients or groups.

The student gained knowledge about body structures and functions related to surgery, traumatology, orthopaedics and rheumatology, and their impact on occupation and participation. She/He gained knowledge about causes of diseases and their clinical pictures, assessment and rehabilitation as well as conservative and operative treatment of select diseases and injuries. The student identifies clients´ biomechanical, sensory-motor, cognitive and psychosocial occupational performance skills. She/He gained basic knowledge in splinting and is able to construct select splints in practice. She/He combines basic knowledge in physical medicine and rehabilitation with occupational therapy knowledge. She/He selects and tailors adequate occupational therapy interventions for clients with orthopaedic diseases or impairments or after surgery and implements occupational therapy interventions. She/He applies current national and international science based knowledge on the occupational therapy process linked with surgery, traumatology, orthopaedics and rheumatology.

The student is able to select, administer and use specific occupational therapy assessments and based on the results develop hypotheses as a professional working basis. She/He identifies health clients´ conditions, resources and strengths, extracts relevant data from existing interdisciplinary assessments and if necessary discusses existing as well as missing information with medical and health professionals. She/He is able to develop occupational therapy intervention plans including goal setting, to implement occupational therapy interventions, evaluate and document occupational therapy service delivery and to reflect on the occupational therapy process. She/He identifies clients´ occupational performance respecting their social, cultural, physical and institutional environment. The student gained relevant professional knowledge to provide and give information and is aware of the importance of a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients.

The student gained knowledge of impairments of body structures and functions related with the areas of neurology and neurosurgery and their impact on occupation and participation. She/He gained knowledge about causes of diseases and impairments and their clinical pictures, assessment and rehabilitation of select neurological diseases. The student identifies clients´ biomechanical, sensory-motor, cognitive and psychosocial occupational performance skills. She/He assesses clients´ occupational performance respecting their social, cultural, physical and institutional environment. She/He selects and tailors adequate occupational therapy interventions for clients with neurological diseases or impairments and implements occupational therapy intervention. She/He applies current national and international science based knowledge on the occupational therapy process linked with neurology and neurosurgery.

The student gained knowledge of impairments related to psychiatry, psychosomatic medicine, and addiction and their influence on occupation and participation. She/He gained knowledge about causes of select psychiatric and psychosomatic diseases and impairments and their clinical pictures, assessment and rehabilitation as well as different psychotherapeutic approaches. The student assesses the clients´ occupational performance respecting their social, cultural, physical and institutional environment. The student identifies clients´ biomechanical, sensory-motor, cognitive and psychosocial occupational performance skills. She/He selects and tailors adequate occupational therapy interventions for clients with psychiatric diseases or impairments and implements occupational therapy interventions. She/He applies current national and international science based knowledge on the occupational therapy process linked with psychiatry and psychosomatic medicine.

The student gained knowledge of impairments of body structures and functions related to paediatrics, neuropaediatrics, childhood and adolescent psychiatry and their influence on occupation and participation. She/He gained knowledge of causes of select paediatric, neuropaediatric, and psychiatric diseases and impairments and their clinical pictures, assessment and rehabilitation. She/He is able to select, administer and use specific occupational therapy assessments and based on the results develop hypotheses as a professional working basis. She/He is able to develop occupational therapy intervention plans including goal setting and to implement occupational therapy interventions. She/He identifies children´s occupational performance respecting their social, cultural, physical and institutional environment and to develop and support an occupation focused and child centred intervention plan. She/He explains intervention plans to children and their parents or legal guardians, tailors the occupational therapy intervention plan to individual needs and guides and motivates children to collaborate. She/He professionally provides and gives information and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself, children and their parents or legal guardians. She/He applies current national and international science based knowledge to the occupational therapy process linked with paediatrics.

The student gained knowledge about impairments of body structures and functions related to gerontology, geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry and their influence on occupation and participation. She/He gained knowledge of causes of select geriatric diseases and impairments and their clinical pictures, assessment and rehabilitation. The student identifies clients´ biomechanical, sensory-motor, cognitive and psychosocial occupational performance skills. She/He assesses clients´ occupational performance respecting their social, cultural, physical and institutional environment. She/He selects and tailors adequate occupational therapy interventions for clients with geriatric diseases or impairments and implements the occupational therapy service. She/He applies current national and international science based knowledge on the occupational therapy process linked with geriatric medicine.

The student gained knowledge of impairments and preventive measures related to occupational medicine, occupational psychology and vocational integration and their influence on occupation and participation. She/He gained knowledge of causes of select diseases and impairments and their clinical pictures, assessment and rehabilitation. The student identifies clients´ sensory-motor, cognitive and psychosocial occupational performance skills. She/He knows about the conditions for health and disease and is able to identify personal, behavioural and contextual factors of health. The student acquired theories of health promotion and prevention of health. She/He assesses clients´ occupational performance respecting their social, cultural, physical and institutional environment. She/He applies current national and international science based knowledge to the occupational therapy process linked within the frame of health promotion, prevention of health and vocational integration.

She/He is able to perform professional work aligned with the legal framework governing the profession and according to economic and ecologic principles. The student develops, creates and implements her/his professional activities, employed and self-employed, in consideration of organisational and economic principals. The student gained basic knowledge of and is familiar with terms related to quality management. She/He knows applications of quality assurance measures related to occupational therapy and cooperates in quality development and assurance activities. She/He takes account of quality management demands.

The student knows about the importance of psyche for health and the influence of psychosocial aspects on illness and disease. She/He considers cultural and religious values, needs and lifestyles. She/He is able to perform professional work aligned with the legal framework governing the profession and according to economic and ecologic principles. The student is able to participate in the professional development through life-long learning and to apply her/his acquired knowledge and skills in her/his professional work in order to fulfil the requirements of continuous medical and scientific progress and thus ensures the standard and quality of occupational therapy service delivery.

The student developed social competences like communication skills, critical faculties, the ability to deal with conflict situations, empathy, the ability to reflect and work in teams. She/He gained basic experience in building client-therapist and collaborative relationships and in working with individuals and groups. She/He discusses intervention plans with clients under professional supervision and guides and motivates clients to collaborate. She/He basically assesses her/his professional, organisational and administrative skills and competences with considering professional requirements. She/He expresses her/his decisions clearly.

According to the Austrian legislation (§2Abs.5 MTD-Gesetz) and following medical prescription the student implements occupational therapy interventions as part of the medical intervention process. This includes assessment, intervention plan, implementation of occupational therapy intervention, intervention review, documentation and evaluation. She/He realistically assesses her/his professional, organisational and administrative skills and competences with considering professional requirements. She/He applies communication and administrative skills and competences necessary for meeting interdisciplinary demands in neurorehabilitation practice. She/He expresses her/his decisions constructively while taking into account cultural and religious needs and values. The student gained professional knowledge and understanding for communicating details and providing information concerning the occupational therapy process and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients.

The student gained knowledge of the different forms of clinical reasoning throughout the occupational therapy process. The student assesses clients´ occupational performance respecting age, gender and culture. She/He critically reviews, evaluates, re-evaluates and modifies occupational therapy interventions regarding clients´ needs. The student draws a connection between cultural and religious needs and values and age and gender related factors and their influence on occupation. The student provides and gives information considering age, gender and culture related factors. She/He implements occupational therapy interventions according to professional and science-based knowledge and experience and thereby makes use of the therapeutic potential of occupation considering age, gender and/or cultural factors and contributes to the development of the occupational therapy profession.

The student realistically assesses her/his professional, organisational and administrative skills and competences considering professional requirements. She/He expresses her/his decisions constructively. She/He applies communication and administrative skills and competences necessary for meeting interdisciplinary demands in practice. She/He professionally communicates details concerning the occupational therapy process and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers. She/He contributes to the professional development of occupational therapy. She/He reflects and forwards gained experience and acquired knowledge, and provides instructions in complex occupations and strategies.

The student applies communication and administrative skills and competences necessary for meeting interdisciplinary demands in practice. She/He professionally communicates details concerning the occupational therapy process and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers. She/He contributes to the professional development of occupational therapy. She/He reflects and forwards gained experience and acquired knowledge, and provides instructions in complex occupations and strategies. She/He is able to handle conflict situations, She/He responds to conflicts adequately and supports interdisciplinary collaboration.

The student is able to plan and conduct small projects. She/He builds networks in order to promote clients´ occupation and participation. She/He applies communication and administrative skills and competences necessary for meeting interdisciplinary demands. She/He realistically assesses her/his professional, organisational and administrative skills and competences considering professional requirements. She/He expresses her/his decisions concerning project management constructively and works aligned with legal framework governing the profession and according to economic and ecologic principles. The student applies occupational therapy interventions to maintain, support, improve and restore clients´ individual occupational performance in the fields of health promotion, prevention of health, in therapeutic settings and rehabilitation. In her/his professional actions in societal and medical contexts She/He complies with general and professional standards of ethical conduct.

The student developed social competences like communication skills, critical faculties, the ability to deal with conflict situations, empathy, the ability to reflect and work in teams. She/He is able to develop client-therapist relationships as a basis for the implementation of the occupational therapy process and to work collaboratively with individuals and groups. The student realistically assesses her/his professional skills and competences, expresses her/his decisions constructively, applies her/his organisational and administrative skills and competences considering professional requirements, builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers, and takes into account cultural and religious values and needs and their influence on occupation and participation. She/He discusses intervention plans with clients and guides and motivates clients to collaborate. She/He contributes to the development of the occupational therapy profession through life-long learning and by meeting the obligation of further training, especially taking into account the development of medical and scientific knowledge and best available evidence.

She/He knows different models for community based rehabilitation (CBR). The student is able to implement the occupational therapy intervention in alignment with legal, socio-political and economic criteria of the health care system. She/He respects cultural and religious needs and values and is aware of their influence on occupation and participation. She/He cooperates with community-based services and adapts her/his occupational therapy interventions to the individual needs of clients and groups. The student develops, creates and implements her/his professional activities, both employed and self-employed, in consideration of organisational and economic principals. The student applies occupational therapy interventions to maintain, support, improve and restore clients´ individual occupational performance in the fields of health promotion, prevention of health, in therapeutic settings and rehabilitation. In her/his professional actions in societal and medical contexts She/He complies with general and professional standards of ethical conduct. The student combines professional occupational therapy knowledge with medical and other relevant interdisciplinary knowledge and on her/his own authority applies this body of knowledge to her/his professional actions taken when implementing occupational therapy interventions.

The student gained knowledge of the legal framework of case management and is familiar with the systemic framework of the case manager as well as of case management itself. The student knows the value of occupational therapy case management tailored to clients´ needs. She/He recognises the limitations inherent to the practice of her/his profession on their own authority, considering current legal positions and connected public authorities. She/He applies communication and administrative skills and competences necessary for meeting interdisciplinary demands in practice. The student develops, creates and implements her/his professional activities, both employed and self-employed, in consideration of organisational and economic principals. The student applies occupational therapy interventions to maintain, support, improve and restore clients´ individual occupational performance in the fields of health promotion, prevention of health, in therapeutic settings and rehabilitation. In her/his professional actions in societal and medical contexts She/He complies with general and professional standards of ethical conduct. The student combines professional occupational therapy knowledge with medical and other relevant interdisciplinary knowledge, and responsibly and on her/his own authority applies this body of knowledge to her/his professional actions taken when implementing occupational therapy interventions.

The student profoundly deals with current occupational therapy trends. She/He combines professional occupational therapy knowledge with medical and other relevant interdisciplinary knowledge, and on her/his own authority applies this body of knowledge to her/his professional actions taken when implementing occupational therapy occupational interventions in the fields of occupational medicine including ergonomics, geriatrics, hand surgery, internal medicine including rheumatology, paediatrics, neurology, orthopaedics, physical medicine, psychiatry, psychosomatics and traumatology. She/He applies occupational therapy interventions to maintain, support, improve and restore clients´ individual occupational performance in the fields of health promotion, prevention of health, therapeutic settings and rehabilitation. In her/his professional actions in societal and medical contexts She/He complies with general and professional standards of ethical conduct. The student works aligned with the legal framework governing the profession and according to economic and ecologic principles. She/He contributes to the development of the occupational therapy profession through life-long learning and by meeting the obligation of further training, especially taking into account the development of medical and scientific knowledge and best available evidence.

The student searches national and international scientific knowledge on a basic level. She/He gained basic knowledge about quality criteria and appraisal factors for scientific literature. The student reads and understands scientific literature in English. She/He conducts literature research following defined research questions. She/He has basic knowledge and understanding of evidence based thinking and acting in health professions.

The student searches national and international scientific knowledge on an advanced level. She/He gained advanced knowledge about quality criteria and appraisal factors for scientific literature She/He formulates research questions following professional interests. She/He selects and applies relevant scientific research methods and processes the data obtained to answer research questions. She/He translates scientific findings into professional practice and is able to design studies for occupational therapy purpose while taking into account ethical aspects. She/He is able to collect, analyse and interpret data. The student develops scientific concepts and presentations for relevant research questions and has knowledge and understandig of scientific thinking and acting.

The student searches national and international scientific knowledge on a profound level. She/He formulates research questions following professional interests. She/He selects and applies relevant scientific research methods and processes the data obtained to answer research questions. She/He translates scientific findings into professional practice and is able to design studies for occupational therapy purpose while taking into account ethical aspects. She/He is able to collect, analyse and interpret data. The student develops scientific concepts and presentations for relevant research questions and has knowledge and understanding of scientific thinking and acting.

According to the Austrian legislation (§2Abs.5 MTD-Gesetz) and following medical prescription the student implements occupational therapy interventions as part of the medical intervention process to select clients, including assessment and occupational performance analysis, goal setting, planning of occupational therapy intervention, implementing occupational therapy intervention, evaluation, documentation and reflection on the occupational therapy process. She/He respects cultural and religious values and needs. She/He gained knowledge of the importance of psyche for health and psychosocial aspects of disease. She/He identifies the relations between occupational performance, health and well-being, and identifies clients´ health problems and resources under professional supervision. She/He identifies select clients´ biomechanical, sensorimotor, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of occupational performance skills. She/He performs occupational performance analyses as well as activity and demand analyses. Her/his theoretical knowledge informs her/his professionally supervised practical work with clients. She/He knows the core competencies of other health professions and is able to work in multiprofessional teams.

According to the Austrian legislation (§2Abs.5 MTD-Gesetz) and following medical prescription the student implements occupational therapy interventions as part of the medical intervention process to select clients, including assessment and occupational performance analysis, goal setting, planning of occupational therapy intervention, implementing occupational therapy intervention, evaluation, documentation and reflection on the occupational therapy process. She/He respects cultural and religious values and needs. She/He gained knowledge of the importance of psyche for health and psychosocial aspects of disease. She/He identifies the relations between occupational performance, health and well-being, and identifies clients´ health problems and resources under professional supervision. She/He identifies select clients´ biomechanical, sensorimotor, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of occupational performance skills. She/He is able to select, administer and use specific occupational therapy assessments and based on the results develop hypotheses as a professional working basis under professional supervision. She/He performs occupational performance analyses as well as activity and demand analyses. Her/his theoretical knowledge informs her/his professionally supervised practical work with clients. She/He knows the core competencies of other health professions and is able to work in multiprofessional teams. She/He provides and gives information under professional supervision and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers.

According to the Austrian legislation (§2Abs.5 MTD-Gesetz) and following medical prescription the student implements occupational therapy interventions as part of the medical intervention process to select clients. . She/He identifies select clients´ biomechanical, sensorimotor, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of occupational performance skills. She/He is able to select, administer and use specific occupational therapy assessments and based on the results develop hypotheses as a professional working basis under professional supervision. Her/his theoretical knowledge informs her/his professionally supervised practical work with clients. She/He develops the occupational therapy process under professional supervision, including goal setting, planning and implementation of occupational therapy interventions, taking into account and adapting relevant theories, occupational therapy practice models and methods. She/He discusses the occupational therapy intervention plan with clients and/or their relatives or caregivers under professional supervision and in consideration of the principles of client-centred practice motivates and guides clients to cooperate. She/He critically reviews, evaluates, reevaluates and modifies the occupational therapy intervention to ensure an occupation focused intervention. She/He knows the core competencies of other health professions and is able to work in multiprofessional teams. She/He provides and gives information under professional supervision and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers. She/He researches national and international scientific data and formulates research questions according to professional areas of interest.

According to the Austrian legislation (§2Abs.5 MTD-Gesetz) and following medical prescription the student implements occupational therapy interventions as part of the medical intervention process to select clients. She/He identifies select clients´ biomechanical, sensorimotor, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of occupational performance skills in a self-directed way. She/He is able to autonomously select, administer and use specific occupational therapy assessments and based on the results develop hypotheses as a professional working basis. She/He implements occupational therapy interventions according to professional and science-based standards and thereby makes use of the therapeutic potential of occupation. She/He discusses the occupational therapy intervention plan with clients and/or their relatives or caregivers and in consideration of the principles of client-centred practice motivates and guides clients to cooperate. She/He critically reviews, evaluates, re-evaluates and modifies the occupational therapy intervention to ensure an occupation-focused intervention. She/He communicates her/his decisions constructively and is able to perform professional work aligned with legal framework governing the profession and according to economic and ecologic principles respecting the legal regulations of the profession as well as economic and ecologic principles. She/He provides and gives information autonomously and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers. She/He chooses and implements scientific methods relevant for the survey of human occupation under consideration of ethical principles, and answers research questions in consideration of the collected data.

According to the Austrian legislation (§2Abs.5 MTD-Gesetz) and following medical prescription the student implements occupational therapy interventions as part of the medical intervention process to select clients. She/He identifies select clients´ biomechanical, sensorimotor, cognitive and psychosocial aspects of occupational performance skills inherent to the practice of the profession on her/his own authority. She/He is able to autonomously select, administer and use specific occupational therapy assessments and based on the results develop hypotheses as a professional working basis. She/He implements occupational therapy interventions according to professional and science-based standards and thereby makes use of the therapeutic potential of occupation. She/He discusses the occupational therapy intervention plan with clients and/or their relatives or caregivers and in consideration of the principles of client-centred practice motivates and guides clients to cooperate. She/He critically reviews, evaluates, re-evaluates and modifies the occupational therapy intervention to ensure an occupation-focused intervention. She/He communicates her/his decisions constructively and is able to perform professional work aligned with the legal framework governing the profession and according to economic and ecologic principles. She/He provides and gives information autonomously and builds up a basis of trust between herself/himself and clients and/or their relatives and caregivers. She/He is able to translate scientific findings into professional practice as well as to make them available to scientific development and occupational therapy practice by critical analysis, interpretation and implementation of findings. She/He contributes to the development of the occupational therapy profession through life-long learning and by meeting the obligation of further training, especially taking into account the development of medical and scientific knowledge and best available evidence.