Overview
Understanding the workplace, workers and employers and using modern management techniques to reduce worksite injury and promote early return to work.
REHB 706 provides a strategic, evidence-based approach to promoting safe and effective return to work, making it ideal for health professionals looking to expand their knowledge of work rehabilitation. This course is particularly beneficial for ACC Case Managers and Vocational Rehabilitation Service providers.
The focus of this paper is not to produce vocational rehabilitation specialists, but to equip practitioners from various health and safety disciplines to be more effective members of multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation teams or as independent care management advisers. It is also highly suitable for occupational health nurses and doctors interested in gaining a deeper understanding of work rehabilitation practices.
About this paper
| Paper title | Work Rehabilitation |
|---|---|
| Subject | Rehabilitation |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Not offered in 2026 (Distance learning) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $3,486.75 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- REHX 706
- Limited to
- MHealSc, PGDipRehab, PGCertRehab, PGDipPhty, PGDipHealSc, MPhty
- Eligibility
Suitable for people who hold a degree or diploma from a New Zealand university or are in an appropriate profession approved by the academic board.
If you have not already done so, please contact the department for course advice before selecting your programme, rtru.uow@otago.ac.nz.
- Contact
- More information link
View further information about Rehabilitation Studies
- Teaching staff
- Dr Rob Griffiths
- Teaching Arrangements
This Distance Learning paper is taught remotely.
Regular interaction with classmates and paper tutors via Zoom videoconferencing and the online learning platform, Moodle. Additional on-line events to support whakawhanaunatunga (establishing relationships), and skills development, within the broader Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit learning community.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Critical thinking, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper you will be able to:
- Describe the content and context of vocational rehabilitation
- Look at partnerships in vocational rehabilitation
- Identify barriers to return to work
- Do an assessment of fitness to work and workplace assessment
- Do a disability assessment
Overview
Understanding the workplace, workers and employers and using modern management techniques to reduce worksite injury and promote early return to work.
REHB 706 provides a strategic, evidence-based approach to promoting safe and effective return to work, making it ideal for health professionals looking to expand their knowledge of work rehabilitation. This course is particularly beneficial for ACC Case Managers and Vocational Rehabilitation Service providers.
The focus of this paper is not to produce vocational rehabilitation specialists, but to equip practitioners from various health and safety disciplines to be more effective members of multidisciplinary vocational rehabilitation teams or as independent care management advisers. It is also highly suitable for occupational health nurses and doctors interested in gaining a deeper understanding of work rehabilitation practices.
About this paper
| Paper title | Work Rehabilitation |
|---|---|
| Subject | Rehabilitation |
| EFTS | 0.25 |
| Points | 30 points |
| Teaching period | Semester 2 (Distance learning) |
| Delivery mode | The Distance Learning offering of this paper is taught and assessed remotely |
| Domestic Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for 2027 have not yet been set |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Restriction
- REHX 706
- Limited to
- MHealSc, PGDipRehab, PGCertRehab, PGDipPhty, PGDipHealSc, MPhty
- Eligibility
Suitable for people who hold a degree or diploma from a New Zealand university or are in an appropriate profession approved by the academic board.
If you have not already done so, please contact the department for course advice before selecting your programme, rtru.uow@otago.ac.nz.
- Contact
- More information link
View further information about Rehabilitation Studies
- Teaching staff
Dr Catherine Gray and Dr Rob Griffiths
- Teaching Arrangements
This Distance Learning paper is taught remotely.
Regular interaction with classmates and paper tutors via Zoom videoconferencing and the online learning platform, Moodle. Additional on-line events to support whakawhanaunatunga (establishing relationships), and skills development, within the broader Rehabilitation Teaching and Research Unit learning community.
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Interdisciplinary perspective, Critical thinking, Research.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this paper you will be able to:
- Describe the content and context of vocational rehabilitation
- Look at partnerships in vocational rehabilitation
- Identify barriers to return to work
- Do an assessment of fitness to work and workplace assessment
- Do a disability assessment