Lecture: 2 hours/week
and
Lab: 12 hours/semester
Lab:
- Mini lectures
- Demonstration and practice
- Small group learning activities
Lecture:
- Discussion forums
- Group work
- Student presentations
- Guest Speakers
The following global ideas guide the design and delivery of this course:
- Safety issues are important threads that are woven throughout all theory and practice of personal assistance skills.
- Basic cleanliness principles are applied whenever the practitioner is performing personal assistance tasks.
- Proper body mechanics for the practitioner and the person who is being supported help ensure safety and comfort while performing personal assistance tasks.
- Health is not a state, but rather a process and continuum. It is a resource for, not the goal of, living.
- Use of an organized, goal directed decision-making process enables the practitioner to apply learning to individual situations.
- The knowledge of the basic structure and function of human body systems and how health related conditions affect these body systems enhance the practitioner's ability to assist in meeting an individual's basic human needs.
- Awareness of self, values, beliefs, and limitations are integral to optimal skill development.
- Practitioners are responsible for conducting themselves in a legal, ethical and caring manner.
- Practitioners' levels of skill are enhanced by applying theoretical concepts to actual lab practice in a controlled, supervised and safe setting, with their peers.
1. Demonstrate and support the self-determination of individuals receiving assistance through culturally responsive communication and personal assistance skills.
- Respect individual privacy and autonomy
- Seek informed consent for personal assistance activities
- Analyze ethical limits of personal assistance practice
- Seek feedback regarding personal assistance skill competence
- Use culturally responsive practices to promote autonomy and wellness
- Advocate for individuals that receive support
2. Analyze appropriate measures for preventing potential health problems for individuals receiving personal assistance.
- Apply knowledge, critical thinking and analytic reasoning in health care planning
- Assess each individual and situation using critical thinking and a decision making process
- Use knowledge of wellness and body systems to provide timely and appropriate assistance
- Explore disability and aging and the implications for providing personal assistance
- Communicate with team members regarding changes in a person's health and wellbeing status
3. Demonstrate proper safety awareness while providing personal assistance.
- Wash hands and use principles of cleanliness when providing personal assistance
- Use proper body mechanics while moving self and others
- Explain legal limits of personal assistance practice
- Report and record safety and health concerns
- Explain the use and maintenance of personal assistance aids and equipment
4. Provide individualized personal assistance to others.
- Consider how the major principles of personal assistance are incorporated into each skill
- Review and practice steps in personal assistance procedures
- Adapt procedures to suit the individual and situation, using a decision making process and the Basic Principles of Care
- Examine best practices for individuals who have diabetes, seizures, or other health issues
- Demonstrate competence in 5-10 personal assistance skills, such as: positioning and transferring, medication administration, vital signs, assistance with elimination, and bathing.
This course will conform to the ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½Evaluation Policy regarding the number and weighting of evaluations. Typical means of evaluation will include quizzes, group presentation, participation, and skill testing. Instructors may use a student’s record of attendance and/or level of active participation as part of the student’s graded performance. Expectations and grade calculations regarding class attendance and participation will be clearly defined in the instructor course outline/syllabus. This is a Graded Course.
A list of required and recommended readings will be provided for students at the beginning of the semester. Instructors are committed to prioritizing OER and publicly available resources.
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