Professional/Short course Rehabilitation

Content

Four main areas which relate to rehabilitation will be addressed and deconstructed:

• The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) which is a framework developed by The World Health Organisation (WHO) to measure health and disability. This provides a common language in the multidisciplinary teams across the world in their approach to Rehabilitation.
   
• Health promotion which is current and ever growing in national and international agendas for resource management in health and social care; exploring its application and how this relates to rehabilitation.
   
• How perspectives in recovery as a concept in mental health and in conditions like cancer affect intervention and rehabilitation processes.
   
• Identifying marginal populations and their needs which impact on traditional rehabilitation process and practitioner skills and autonomy.

Learning and Teaching

Scheduled learning includes tutorials, and discussion board engagement.

Independent learning includes hours engaged with online activities including lectures, seminars and discussion boards, essential reading, case study preparation, assignment preparation and completion etc.

These sessions constitute an average time per level as indicated in the table below. Scheduled sessions may vary slightly depending on the module choices you make.

Study time

Contact hours will include phone and email contact with staff throughout the module typically with up to four hours available for tutorial/assignment/module support and synchronous discussion boards.

Assessment

This module will be assessed by two components to enable you to both articulate and present your critical application of rehabilitation principles to a variety of settings:

• A 15 minute presentation with an additional 5 minutes (20 minutes in total) for defended questions which will require you to present a critical application of the ICF and health promotion. The presentation may be carried out in person or via virtual means.
• A 3,000 word essay which will require you to critically analyse how practitioner autonomy and skills are affected in the rehabilitation and recovery process within or outside of health and social care legislation.

Opportunities for formative assessment and discussion will be provided throughout the module through online seminars, discussion and individual feedback.