Public Health and Occupational Therapy: Society, Culture and Health
- Faculty
- Faculty of Business Management and Social Sciences 
- Version
- Version 1 of 21.10.2025. 
- Module identifier
- 22B1662 
- Module level
- Bachelor 
- Language of instruction
- German 
- ECTS credit points and grading
- 5.0 
- Module frequency
- only summer term 
- Duration
- 1 semester 
- Overall workload
- The total workload for the module is 150 hours (see also "ECTS credit points and grading"). 
- Teaching and learning methods
- Lecturer based learning - Workload hours - Type of teaching - Media implementation - Concretization - 30 - Lecture - Presence - - - 30 - Learning in groups / Coaching of groups - Presence or online - - - Lecturer independent learning - Workload hours - Type of teaching - Media implementation - Concretization - 30 - Preparation/follow-up for course work - - - 30 - Work in small groups - - - 30 - Creation of examinations - - 
- Graded examination
- Multiple choise written examination or
- Written examination or
- Placement Report, written
 
- Literature
- Bächli, K.; Flury, L. (2020). Gemeinwesenzentrierte Ergotherapie Überblick über den Forschungsstand und Erkenntnisse für die Zukunft. https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/bitstream/11475/20884/1/Ba%CC%88chli_Katja_Flury_Laura_ER17_DigitalCollection.pdf - Deutscher Verband der Ergotherapeuten e.V. (DVE) (2015). Gemeinwesenorientierte Ergotherapie – Möglichkeiten der praktischen Umsetzung. In: https://dve.info/resources/pdf/ergotherapie/fachbereiche/gemeinwesenorientierte-ergotherapie/2376-broschuere-gemeinwesenorient-ergoth-online/file - Feiler, M.; Zettel Tomenendal, M. (2012). Gesundheit und soziale Gerechtigkeit: eine sozialmedizinische Ergotherapie - Community Based Rehabilitation und Community Based Practice in der Ausbildung an der FH Campus Wien. In: ergoscience 7(1), 28-34. - Klemperer, D. (2020). Sozialmedizin - Public Health - Gesundheitswissenschaften. Bern: Hans Huber. - Lauckner, H. M.; Krupa, T. M.; Paterson, M. L. (2011). Conceptualizing community development: Occupational therapy practice at the intersection of health services and community. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(4), 260- 268. - Leclair, L. (2010). Re-examining Concepts of Occupation and Occupation-based Models: Occupational Therapy and Community Development. In: Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. February 2010 77(1), 15-21. - Leclair, L L.; Ashcroft, M. L.; Canning, T. L.; Lisowski, M. A. (2016). Preparing for community development practice: A Delphi study of Canadian occupational therapists. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 83(4), 226-236. - Leclair, L. L.; Lauckner, H.; Yamamoto, C. (2019). An occupational therapy community development practice process. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 86(5), 345-356. - Schmidt-Semisch, H.; Schorb, F. (2021). Public Health. Disziplin - Praxis - Politik. Wiesbaden: Springer Nature. - Schwartz, F. W.; Walter, U.; Sigrist, J.; Kolip, P.; Leidl, R.; Dierks, M.-L.; Busse, R.; Schneider, N. (2016). Public Health: Gesundheit und Gesundheitswesen. München: Elsevier, Urban & Fischer. - Tiemann, M.; Mohokum, M. (2021). Prävention und Gesundheitsförderung. Berlin: Springer-Verlag GmbH Deutschland. - Townsend, E. A.; Polatajko, H. (2007). Enabling Occupation II: Advancing an Occupational Therapy Vision for Health, Wellbeing & Justice through Occupation. CAOT Publications. - Van Hartingsveldt, M.; Ammeraal, M. (2019): Die Ergotherapie im gesellschaftlichen Kontext. In: le Granse, M.; van Hartingsveldt, M.; Kinébanian, A. [Hrsg.]: Grundlagen der Ergotherapie. Stuttgart. Georg Thieme Verlag KG. 96-122. 
- Applicability in study programs
- Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy (dual programme)
- Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy (dual programme)
 
- Person responsible for the module
- Berding, Jutta
 
- Teachers
- Berding, Jutta