Biopsychosocial Factors Influencing Performance

3 units

The course will provide an in-depth understanding of the biomedical research literature pertaining to factors that influence performance. The course focuses on psychological, physiological, sensory, perceptual, motor, cognitive processes as well as subjective and objective assessments of the environment for home, work and community contexts that contribute to performance and performance changes with rehabilitation. The course will be team taught with a combination of lecture and seminar formats to lay the foundational principles of performance and to discuss how the capacity to perform supports participation.