The OCC 2005 Essential Pathophysiology course for Occupational Therapists aims to equip students with knowledge on common pathological processes, evaluation methods, and multi-disciplinary management of musculo-skeletal, medical, and neurological disorders. The course includes lectures, tutorials, and assessments such as assignments, presentations, and exams. Attendance and punctuality are strictly enforced, with specific guidelines for submission of assignments and consequences for late submissions.
The OCC 2005 Essential Pathophysiology course for Occupational Therapists aims to equip students with knowledge on common pathological processes, evaluation methods, and multi-disciplinary management of musculo-skeletal, medical, and neurological disorders. The course includes lectures, tutorials, and assessments such as assignments, presentations, and exams. Attendance and punctuality are strictly enforced, with specific guidelines for submission of assignments and consequences for late submissions.
The OCC 2005 Essential Pathophysiology course for Occupational Therapists aims to equip students with knowledge on common pathological processes, evaluation methods, and multi-disciplinary management of musculo-skeletal, medical, and neurological disorders. The course includes lectures, tutorials, and assessments such as assignments, presentations, and exams. Attendance and punctuality are strictly enforced, with specific guidelines for submission of assignments and consequences for late submissions.
The OCC 2005 Essential Pathophysiology course for Occupational Therapists aims to equip students with knowledge on common pathological processes, evaluation methods, and multi-disciplinary management of musculo-skeletal, medical, and neurological disorders. The course includes lectures, tutorials, and assessments such as assignments, presentations, and exams. Attendance and punctuality are strictly enforced, with specific guidelines for submission of assignments and consequences for late submissions.
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OCC 2005 Essential Pathophysiology for Occupational Therapist
Course Title Essential Pathophysiology
for Occupational Therapist Course Code OCC 2005
Course lecturers Michael KUO (michaelkuo@twc.edu.hk)
Office: MKB 2201a; Phone: 3468 6656 Office hours: by appointment
Jovi FUNG (jovifung@twc.edu.hk)
Office: MKB 2202b; Phone: 3468 6718 Office hours: by appointment
Course Aim Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Outline the common pathological processes underlying musculo-skeletal, medical and neurological disorders. 2. Describe the common evaluation methods used to diagnose and quantify the progress of musculo-skeletal, medical and neurological disorders. 3. Describe multi-disciplinary clinical management for patients with musculo-skeletal, medical and neurological disorders. 4. Analyze the impact of patient’s musculo-skeletal, medical and neurological impairment on their occupational components and occupational performance (OP).
Teaching & Learning Lecture
Strategies The course content will be delivered generally by lectures. The pre-assigned materials are expected to read before the class in order to achieve the intended learning outcomes.
Tutorial Students have chances to clarify confusion from the lectures and/or have elaboration on certain points. Topics will be provided to integrate formal analysis into context to ensure students’ understanding of the subjects taught in the lectures.
Case study on pulmonary disorders Tutorial Michael
Genetic diseases 12. Lecture Michael Paediatric conditions Tutorial Review (all, Michael MKB201) Assignment 13. Presentations Lecture Michael due Lecture Assignment Presentations (all, Michael due MKB201)
14. Other conditions Lecture Michael
Self-study Tutorial Michael
Sem 1 exam Later Exam (40%) week
Assessment Strategy
Assignment & Presentation 30%
Written Test 30% Examination 40% Total Coursework 100%
1. Capriotti, T.M., and Frizzell, J.P. (2016). Pathophysiology: Introductory Concepts
and Clinical Perspectives. FA Davis Company. 2. Norris, T. L. (2019). Porth’s Essentials of Pathophysiology (5th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Wolters Kluwer.
Reference(s)
1. Hubert, R. J. & VanMeter, K. (2018) Gould’s Pathophysiology for the Health Professions (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.
2. McCorry, L. K., Zdanowicz, M. M. & Gonnella, C. Y. (2019). Essentials of Human
Physiology and Pathophysiology for Pharmacy and Allied Health. New York, NY: Routledge
3. Silbernagl, S. & Lang, F. (2016). Color Atlas of Pathophysiology. Stuttgart, NY:
Thieme.
4. Atchison, B. & Dirette, D. P. (2017). Conditions in Occupational Therapy: Effect on
1. All works should be uploaded to ASSIGNMENT and TURNITIN folder via Blackboard. 2. Student should check TURNITIN for similarity. A similarity index of more than 30% is not acceptable in academic work (excluding references). 3. All works should be submitted with an assignment cover page. 4. Students must submit all assessments on or before the deadline. Students who request late submission should seek approval from Dr. Michael Kuo one week before the deadline. 5. Any late work with prior approval will receive one grade lower. 6. Late submission without prior approval: FAIL grade
Attendance and Punctuality
1. Students are expected to attend ALL scheduled classes and activities PUNCTUALLY. 2. Each class will start promptly at the specified schedule. You are encouraged to arrive in the class at least 10 minutes before the class starts. 3. Please go to the front desk of the classroom to sign ONLY for yourself at end of class. 4. There is a ZERO TOLERANCE for forgery of signatures at any level in the programme. Any students involved in the forgery of signatures, regardless whether the students involved are present or not in class when the forgery of signatures is taken place,
will face the consequences of being disqualified from the course, suspended for the semester(s), OR, deregistered from the programme.
5. Students who are LATE for 20 minutes or over for Lecture or LATE for 10 minutes or over for Tutorial will be marked as ‘ABSENCE’ from the class in the attendance record. 6. In exceptional circumstances where students need to take a leave of absence for any justifiable reasons, they should inform and seek PRIOR AGREEMENT from their course lecturers via written notifications as much as possible. 7. All students are required to strictly comply with the 80% Course Attendance Requirement for Examination as stated in the Student Handbook.
