Design for Occupation 1

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Complete a summative analysis on a piece of equipment to demonstrate how a given design influences occupational performance
• Engage with outside statutory and voluntary agencies in order to understand a variety of perceptions of design enablers and barriers for different user groups
• Discuss the importance of design to support occupational performance within your own professional practice
• Use ergonomic and design principles/tools to analyse systems/environments/artefacts for accessibility and usability
• Recognise and describe the impact of design on occupational performance by reflecting on personal experience of an environment system or artefact.
• Understand and use language from different disciplines in order to describe design features and their impact on occupational engagement for individuals and populations

• Introduction to design and ergonomics/human factors principles with application to occupational therapy practice
• Engagement with outside agencies to explore design of systems and their impacts on human engagement and performance
• Practical analysis of environments/systems/artefacts to identify enablers and barriers to engagement and performance for

a)The general population

b)People with specified conditions/pathologies

• Group based tasks to enable development of team working in preparation for year 2 design projects

Teaching and learning methods

This module will encompass a range of teaching and learning methods, including:

• classroom based lectures
• workshops
• directed independent learning
• group tasks
• external visits

Resources & Reading list

General Resources

Journals available in library and on line. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy Ergonomics Applied Ergonomics

Internet Resources

Principles of Inclusive Design.

The Helen Hamlyn Centre for Design: Royal College of Art.

Design Council Inclusive Design.

Textbooks

G Salvendy (Ed) (2012). Handbook of human factors and ergonomics. New Jersey: Wiley.

K Jacobs (2008). Ergonomics for therapists. St Louis: Elsevier.

Conway, M. (2008). Occupational therapy and inclusive design: Principles for practice.. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers.

Christiansen, CH., Baum, CM., & Bass-Haugen, J. (2015). Occupational therapy: Performance, participation and well-being.. Thorofare: NJ: SLACK incorporated.

S Pheasant (2006). Bodyspace: Anthropometry, ergonomics and the design of work. London: Taylor and Francis.

KHE Kromer (2008). Fitting the task to the human. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis.

T Sumsion (2006). Client centred practice in occupational therapy: A guide to implementation. Edinburgh: Elsevier.

W Karwowski, MM Soares, NA Stanton (Eds) (2011). Human factors and ergonomics in consumer product design. Boca Raton: Taylor and Francis.

F Stein (2006). Occupational therapy and ergonomics: Applying ergonomic principles to everyday occupation in the home and at work. London: Wiley.

Fine, A. H. (2019). Handbook on animal-assisted therapy: Foundations and guidelines for animal-assisted interventions. London: Academic Press is an imprint of Elsevier.

Farrelly, L. (2014). Designing for the third age: Architecture redefined for a generation of "active agers". London: John Wiley & Sons.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Class discussions

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: You will receive verbal feedback from the module lead
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: External