Occupational Therapy Lab

The Occupational Therapy Laboratory was established in 2018 to serve and develop occupational therapy students academically and practically for specialization.

Laboratory Location: B + 703

The laboratory has two teaching rooms, one to give the theoretical aspect of the laboratory materials and one to practical application, as well as a simulated bathroom for people of determination in accordance with international measurements and standards directly beside the laboratory.

Students are given all the practical and theoretical skills that the student needs and aims to develop his skills and his ability to deal with patients before the fourth year of specialization.

The laboratory is also used to prepare for any occasion related to the specialization of occupational therapy, such as the day of occupational therapy universal and other in which students are involved.

The competencies and skills covered in the lab:

The patient's comprehensive assessment process, both physically and mentally and socially, and the identification of therapeutic objectives.
The process of building the necessary treatment plan for each patient and selecting the most appropriate ways to successfully implement it.
The process of documenting and writing the patient's condition with regard to his/her health and basic information and writing the objectives of the treatment and everything related to the treatment process.
The skills needed to meet and debrief the patient and deal with him within the ethics of the medical profession with professionalism and respect.
In addition to learning all safety procedures for both the patient and the student himself, such as learning how to move the patient from one place to another in a safe and easy way, the best ways to deal with patients, especially those with physical injuries, and the need to move their limbs and stimulate them by therapists, patients with mental and cognitive problems and optimal ways to deal with them.

Targeted students in the lab:

Occupational therapy students.

Courses covered in the lab:

Occupational therapy for physical diseases (practical)
Occupational therapy of diseases in children (practical)
Occupational therapy for psychiatric illnesses (practical)
Basics of occupational therapy (practical)
Occupational therapy evaluation (practical)

Major equipment and facilities in the lab:

The first room has a modern display screen to display explanations, theoretical lectures, and practical videos on it. In addition, there is a simulation room for daily activities that contains a circular dining table, an adjustable bed, and a model of a home kitchen to simulate the patient life inside the home. In addition to the presence of a library of laboratory tools that students use to learn the practical skills necessary for treatment, such as assessment and measurement tools and therapeutic intervention tools, in addition to the presence of tools that the students themselves made with simple and practical tools that have therapeutic goals. The second room of the laboratory (the operating room) also contains three beds, in addition to 5 wheelchairs, a model of a realistic staircase, and a set of tools used to treat patients of various conditions and ages.

Occupational health and safety instructions of the lab:

Wearing the laboratory uniform (lap coat + scrubs)

Maintain ventilation, lighting, exit ports, sanitary drainage, etc.

In addition to learning all safety procedures both for the patient and for the student himself, such as learning how to move a patient from one place to another in a safe and easy way,

and the best ways to deal with patients, especially those with physical injuries who need to move their limbs and stimulate them by therapists,

and patients who suffer from psychological problems and Mental and cognitive and the best ways to deal with them.

Lab Team:

Moamen Shehadeh

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