Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Occupational Therapy)
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I completed my Open Colleges course, everything was OK. I was able to work at my own pace which was great since I'm a new mum. The website was easy to use and the staff at Student Support were incredibly helpful. Thank you, Open Colleges.
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Studying online was excellent, making it easy to fit around my other commitments. The workbooks and links were well structured. Assignments were marked quickly and always gave helpful feedback. Thank you Open Colleges.
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Course
Online
Description
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Type
Course
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Methodology
Online
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Duration
24 Months
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Start date
Different dates available
Get qualified to assist an Occupational Therapist and help improve the health and quality of life for people who have suffered injury, illness or accident.What you'll learnDuring the course you will learn how to:Communicate and build relationships with health care professionals and patients.Work within the healthcare sector.Use exercise, assistive equipment and occupational therapies to help rehabilitate patients.Monitor patients and their progress.Why study this course?The Certificate IV is ideal for busy people as learning materials are divided into bite-sized, 15-20 minute chunks.The online occupational therapy assistance course features a simulated clinic, Caresure Health Centre. The online clinic will get you used to working in a health centre by hosting tours, lessons and quizzes.The online learning materials let you leave comments and questions, which both students and Trainers can respond and add to.Forums let you chat and interact with your fellow students, while Trainers and Assessors can be contacted anytime through messaging on OpenSpace, our online campus.This course involves work placement that currently needs to be undertaken in Australia. More information available in our FAQs
Facilities
Location
Start date
Start date
Reviews
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I completed my Open Colleges course, everything was OK. I was able to work at my own pace which was great since I'm a new mum. The website was easy to use and the staff at Student Support were incredibly helpful. Thank you, Open Colleges.
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Studying online was excellent, making it easy to fit around my other commitments. The workbooks and links were well structured. Assignments were marked quickly and always gave helpful feedback. Thank you Open Colleges.
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Course rating
Recommended
Centre rating
Silvia
Colleen
This centre's achievements
All courses are up to date
The average rating is higher than 3.7
More than 50 reviews in the last 12 months
This centre has featured on Emagister for 6 years
Subjects
- Materials
- Occupational Therapy
Course programme
- Assist with an allied health program
- Communicate and work in health or community services
- Use communication to build relationships
- Work with diverse people
- Interpret and apply medical terminology appropriately
- Recognise healthy body systems
- Confirm physical health status
- Follow safe work practices for direct client care
- Manage legal and ethical compliance
- Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status
- Support the fitting of assistive equipment
- Assist in the rehabilitation of clients
- Organise workplace information
- Provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation
- Provide basic emergency life support
- Provide first aid
Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance (Occupational Therapy)