Occupation Revisited:

An Introduction to Occupational Reasoning,

 Linking Occupational Science to Occupational Therapy.

Dates:

• November 7, 8 and 9 (Following the 17th Enothe meeting) 
• Follow up and assessment: February 6 and 7, 2012

See course content for more information. Special

Course price: € 500,  €300 for the second participant from the same organisation, € 300 for tutors clinical fieldword from Artevelde University College,  and €300 for partners (bilateral agreement).

More information: please mail: dominique.vandevelde@arteveldehs.be

PrciLocation: Artevelde University College 

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The course is for:

• Teachers Occupational therapy
• Occupational therapists

Aim of the course


To develop and knowledge on the concept of occupation in relation with the contemporary health paradigm and in relation with the recent knowledge of occupational science

Specifically, the course aims to help you in

• placing the concept of occupation in a historical perspective.
• defining the different substrates, characteristics, forms and patterns of occupation
• analyzing the process of occupation
• relating occupation with other concepts such as health, wellbeing, identity and participation.
• starting a reasoning process from an occupational perspective

Content of the Course

Content:

Essential Elements of Occupation; Person, Environment, Activity, Occupation.

Presentation of a comprehensive model of occupation.

Characteristics of occupation

• Occupational Balance
• Meaning
• Breaking the thinking patterns: creativity
• Occupational Adaptation
• Occupational identity

The Occupational Process

• Occupational Reasoning – How to apply it?
• Defining, applying and explaining Occupational Disruption, Deprivation and Alienation;
• state of the art, the relation between Occupation and Health, Participation and Quality of Life.

Preliminary schedule of the programme:

Credits: 5 ECTS

General information

Participants will be introduced to the concept of occupation through different lectures. These interactive lectures will be connected to the recent literature on the topic. The literature will enhance the participants in their learning process. After these introducing lectures students will be organized in study groups serving as tools for discussion.

The course starts on monday November 7, Tuesday november 8 and Wednesday 9 with the introducing lectures.
After these two days, all participants go home and in December, January and Februari the course is based on distance learning activities. During this period, computer and internet are required. In February the course ends with a follow-up meeting and a presentation of the work.

The examination of each participant takes place during the follow-up meeting: 6 and 7 February. Absence at this follow-up meetings needs  to be discussed with the course coordinators and alternative presentation/examination is agreed upon.

Grades are pass or not pass.

In case of a pass, you will be granted with a with an equivalent of 5 ECTS.

 Criteria for pass is fulfilment of the study aims (see further). Feedback will be given orally at the presentation. When revisions are needed, the task is graded as “not pass” until revisions are made and the assignment has been graded as pass and you will be granted a certificate and a transcript of records for 5 ECTS. When someone wishes not to take part in this assignment, a certificate of attendance will be given.

You were introduced into the concept of occupation through different lectures. These  lectures are connected to the literature on the topic. The literature is given as a tool to broaden up the scope on the different topics and to inspire you.   It is the goal to enable you in using this literature and the content of the different lectures to write a paper  that is both interesting for you as for the audience (other participants). It is hoped that your own knowledge and expertise together with this new knowledge is incorporated in this paper and expertise can be shared throughout the entire group. We encourage you to work in groups (of two or more)  because this increases the richness of the paper, but we also allow to work individually.

Paper

The paper should not be shorter than 5 pages en not be longer than 8 pages (Times New Roman, 12, double spaced). This is only to give you something to hold on to. Please refer in your paper to the literature appropriately (APA, Vancouver, … whatever) so we can check the use of the literature in this paper.   This paper should be written in English or in Flemish.

We allow much flexibility in the assignment and we have no intention to force you into a strict format or template. The assignment should in the first place have a surplus value for your own practice, whether this is in OT practice, teaching or research.  Feel free to design your own assignment.

Only consider the following evaluation criteria (course aims) when writing your paper.

The participants shows:

• The ability to the use at least one of the concepts (identity, balance, meaning, adaptation, creativity) in a reasoning process (and the link with the literature should be obvious).
• The ability to relate this concept to a  specific domain of your work, e.g. patient/client group (as a practitioner), research project (in case you are a researcher) of educational domain (in case of lecturer).
• The ability to present in an clear, structured and open way
• The ability to open a discourse through adding at the end of your paper some discussion points.

If you agree with the  assignment, please let us know by the sending a mail to Dominique.vandevelde@arteveldehs.be  by  December 5 and include a short overview of your paper on 1 single page maximum. The format of this preliminary overview should be written in the form of an abstract: introduction, aim, method, results and discussion. We will sent you a formal agreement, so this proposal will have the aim of a formal contract.

Submit the entire paper towards the course leaders, and towards your opponent (see further) by January 30. Who will be the opponent of your paper will be appointed later.

Oral presentation:

Based on the paper we expect you to prepare an oral presentation, by means of a PowerPoint or similar presentation form. This presentation should be an accurate representation of the paper you have written. Each group (or individual) has half an hour for the presentation, and afterwards there will be approximately one hour for discussion (depending on the number of presentations). The discussion will be opened by the opponent who has read your paper beforehand. The presentation and the powerpoint  should be English.

Opponent ship:

to each group (or individual) there will an opponent (group or individual)  assigned. The task of the opponent is three-folded:

• Read the paper carefully and prepare questions.
• Write down the questions on a single paper
• Open a discussion within the entire group
  • start by directing your questions to the presenters,
  • broaden this discourse throughout the entire group.
•  End the discussion, by presenting the strong and the weak points

Short overview:

• Write a proposal for your work: December 5, 2011
• Feedback and agreement will be given: December 9, 2011
• Submit the paper to course leaders and to opponent: January 30, 2012
• Opponent prepares feedback through preparing some questions
• Presentation of the paper: February 6 or 7, 2012
• Feedback: February 7, 2012

Course location:

Artevelde University College, campus KANTIENBERG (see number 1 on the map).

Voetweg 66, 9000  Gent, Belgium

0032 9 234 70 00

website:  www.arteveldehs.be

mail: dominique.vandevelde@arteveldehs.be

How to reach the campus:

By Plane to Belgium:

• Flight to Brussels International airport: http://www.brusselsairport.be/en/ 
• Flight to Brussels South  airport: http://www.charleroi-airport.com/en/brussels-south-charleroi-airport/index.html 

By train to Ghent:

• Take the train to the central station Ghent: 'GENT SINT PIETERS'
• Direct from Brussels international airport
• Semi Direct from Brussels South: first to BRUSSEL, than to GENT SINT PIETERS.

By Bus to the campus or by feet:

• Take bus 34, 35, 36, 55, 57, 58, 70, 71, 72 of 77  > stop at  the 'Heuvelpoort' > walk through the 'Overpoortstraat, Stalhof en de Benedictijnenstraat'  to the campus  in the  Voetweg.
• Or, you can walk from the 'Sint-Pietersstation'. take the  'Koningin Astridlaan, and proceed through the  'Citadelpark' and the 'Kunstlaan'. At the end ot he 'Kunstlaan' you reach the 'Voetweg'.
   

By Car to the campus:

• From Brussels; Take the E40 highway, exit Gent, follow 'Gent centrum'
• Please check google maps for detailled information.

Accomodation for overnight stay:

1. Ghent River Hotel
www.ghent-river-hotel.be  

2. NH Gent Belfort 
www.nh-hotels.com  

3.Ghent Marriott Hotel
www.marriottghent.be  
      

4. Hotel Gravensteen
www.gravensteen.be  
  

5. Accor Hotels
www.accorhotels.com
 

6. Novotel Gent Centrum
www.novotel.com
 

7. Ibis Gent Kathedraal
www.ibishotel.com  

8. Ibis Gent Opera
www.ibishotel.com
  

Course leaders: Dominique Van de Velde, Patricia De Vriendt

Teachers:
 

	Dr Charles Christiansen: Dr. Charles Christiansen is Executive Director of the American Occupational Therapy Foundation, located in Bethesda, Maryland. Prior to his current position he served as Vice Provost for Health Sciences and Founding Director of the Center for Allied Health Programs at the University of Minnesota. Earlier, and for nearly fourteen years, he served as University Chief Academic Officer, and Dean and George T. Bryan Distinguished Professor in the College of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB). He has also held administrative and academic appointments at The University of British Columbia, at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and at Texas Woman’s University.
	Dr. Christiansen was born in Panama and schooled in the United States and abroad. During his youth, He graduated from high school in Germany and returned to the United States to earn an undergraduate degree in Occupational Therapy at the School of Medicine, University of North Dakota. He later earned a master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Ball State University and a doctorate in Educational Administration from the University of Houston. He completed a postdoctoral administrative residency through Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Christiansen is an elected member of several honorary and professional societies, including Pi Theta Epsilon, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Xi, the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine, the Human Factors Society, the Society for the Study of Occupation (USA) and several international organizations, including the International Society on Quality of Life Studies. He has served as the Vice President and Treasurer of the American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA) and as a board member for the Society for the Study of Occupation: USA. Dr. Christiansen is the recipient of numerous awards, including selection as Occupational Therapist of the Year in 1984 by the Texas Occupational Therapy Association, The Ruth Zemke Lectureship in Occupational Science in 2006, and recipient of the Eleanor Clarke Slagle Lectureship by the American Occupational Therapy Association in 1998, that association’s highest academic honor. In 1997 he was presented with the Leone Award for Administrative Excellence and is the inaugural holder of the first endowed distinguished professorship established in the College of Health Professions at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Christiansen was appointed an honorary (adjunct) Professor in the School of Health and Rehabilitation at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia and was honored as an outstanding alumnus of the University of North Dakota during its centennial homecoming celebrations in 2005. In 2007 he received a joint Presidents Commendation (Wilma West Award) from the American Occupational Therapy Association and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation for distinguished service to occupational therapy. Chuck was Founding Editor of the journal OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health (now in its 28th year), and has been a senior editor and contributor to three textbooks: Occupational Therapy: Enabling Function and Well‐Being, Ways of Living: Adaptive Strategies for Special Needs, (each in their third edition) and Introduction to Occupation: The Art and Science of Living (now in its second edition). He is co-editor of Life Balance: Multidisciplinary Theories and Research published in 2009. He has been a consulting editor or content expert for the past seven editions of Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary and has published over 100 articles, chapters. Editorials, and abstracts in scholarly books and journals. He resides in Rockville, Maryland and Rochester, Minnesota and enjoys running, hiking, kayaking, fly‐fishing, sailing, music, art collecting, and literature. He is passionate about his three children, attaining an affordable and effective health care system for all, and argues relentlessly for sustainable development and the ethical, humanitarian and civic responsibilities of academics and professionals.
	Dr. Staffan Josephsson is associative professor at Karolinska Institutet Sweden and Sør-Trøndelag University College Norway; he earned his occupational therapy degree at the university college of health science in Stockholm and is licensed as an occupational therapist in Sweden. He received his doctoral degree in medical sciences in the area of geriatrics from the karolinska Institutet. He is interested in narrative reasoning in occupational therapy and chronic disease.
	Dr. Hans Jonsson is associate professor in the department of occupational therapy, karolisnka Institutet Stockholm Sweden. He earned his occupational therapy degree in at the university College of Health Sciences in Stockholm and is licensed as a registered occupational therapist in Sweden he earned his doctoral degree in medical sciences in the area of occupational therapy. He is interested in occupational transitions, especially retrirement and narrative methodology in research.
	Lieven is an occupational therapist , drama Therapist and Master in Medical Science OT. He teaches Drama Therapy  and OT at Artevelde University College of Ghent. He is co- founder of the Belgium Arts Therapy Federation (BVCT- ABAT vzw) and is a self- employed dramatherapist.
	Philipp Eschenbeck is an occupational therapist, lecturer, and researcher in the field of stroke rehabilitation / neurology. He was born in Germany, worked as an occupational therapist in stroke rehabilitation, several times as a volunteer in an aid project in the slums of Cali/Colombia and as a guest lecturer at the Hogeschool Zuyd of Heerlen, Netherlands. In 2004 he moved to Sweden for a master program at Karolinska Institutet. In 2006 he graduated in the Masters of Medical Sciences in Occupational Therapy at Karolinska Institutet. His thesis, supervised by Prof. Kerstin Tham, had the focus on the process of awareness and adaptation in stroke patients. In 2007, he got a position as a PhD student at the Research Centre Juelich, Germany. Here he was a member of the Cognitive Neurology Group supervised by Prof. Dr. G. Fink. In his PhD research, he had the focus on the development of instruments to assess the cognitive deficits of visual neglect, awareness (of disability) and visual extinction. The research emphasizes the need of standardized test instruments, which are prerequisites for further studies, for monitoring the course of theses cognitive deficits and for the development of effective therapeutical interventions. In the best case, these assessments should be ‘activity of daily living’-based to aim the efforts of the ICF. At the end of 2010 Philipp Eschenbeck was appointed professor of occupational therapy and the University of Health (University of applied Sciences) in Bochum, Germany. Since 2011 he is Head of the Occupational Therapy program (B.Sc.) in Bochum.
	Dominique van de Velde, MrMSc OT and PhD Candidate earned his occupational therapy degree at the Artevelde University College (at that time, Higher Institute for Paramedic Professions), in Ghent Belgium in 1991. After graduating he started a career as OT in a local hospital in Bruges and has a working experience in a neurological and physical rehabilitation unit for eleven years. He was head of the occupational therapy department. He received his master degree at the Karolinksa Institute in Stockholm Sweden in  2006. Interest in scientific research concerning occupational therapy and occupational science made him decide to leave the practice and start a career as lecturer occupational therapy. Currently he is the curriculum-designer of the OT department at the Artevelde University College and is preparing his PhD defense at the University Ghent at the department of the rehabilitation sciences and physiotherapy. For his Phd dissertation, he is researching determinants for participation in persons suffering a Spinal Cord Injury. Since 2011 he is program director of the inter-associative master programme OT in Belgium, research assistant at University Ghent and  special guest-lecturer at Leuven University (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven). He is a member of the editorial board of the Dutch Scientific  Journal of Occupational Therapy. Further research interest are occupation based curricula, occupational science, theory-building and are community based practice.

Part 1: Introduction: Occupation in a Historical perspective

Part 2: Essential elements of occupation

• Balance: Hans Jonsson
• Creativity: Lieven Desomviele
• Adaptation: Philipp Eschenbeck
• Meaning: Staffan Josephsson
• Identity: Charles Christiansen

Part 3: The occupational process – Occupational reasoning

• The process of occupational development
  a. Identity, balance, creativity, meaning, participation
• The process of occupational restoration
  a. Identity, disruption, deprivation, alienation, creativity, adaptation, meaning, participation
• The process of occupational therapy
  a. Identity, disruption, deprivation, alienation, occupational therapy intervention, creativity, adaptation, meaning, participation