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OCC1011

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 22 November 2024
Monash University

Undergraduate - Unit

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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LevelUndergraduate
FacultyFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational UnitDepartment of Occupational Therapy
OfferedPeninsula First semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)Associate Professor Ted Brown

Synopsis

In this unit students begin to describe the role of an occupational therapist as distinct from other health professionals. Students demonstrate appropriate professional behaviours and apply these to a practice through a fieldwork component. Students develop an awareness of the legal, cultural and ethical issues of practice and begin to understand and articulate some of the challenges faced by clients/consumers of health services. Students demonstrate a beginning competence with some early clinical skills applicable to fieldwork.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject students will be able to:

Theme 1 Personal and Professional Development

  1. explain the role of an occupational therapist
  2. explain the role of other health professionals within a team and how interdisciplinary teams function to provide optimal client care
  3. identify the characteristics that distinguish ideal professional behaviour
  4. describe ethical and legal issues pertinent to a practicing occupational therapist.
  5. demonstrate effective communication and interview skills for practice
  6. articulate strategies to apply when communication requires cross cultural sensitivity and understanding

Theme 2 Population Society and Health

  1. consider concepts of disability and appreciate the impact of disability upon the individual
  2. describe challenges and barriers likely to confront a person with a disability and how these affect participation in the community

Theme 4 Applied Practice

  1. develop a beginning competency in pre clinical skills of client handling skills, basic skills in equipment use and prescription and correct use of mobility techniques
  2. examine safety issues in the workplace and outline standard emergency and infection control procedures
  3. describe different methods of recording and reporting medical information and the role of professional records for communication
  4. explain appropriate interaction with an interpreter and identify criteria that indicate when an interpreter should be used
  5. apply task and activity analysis to the occupational therapy practice context.

Assessment

1. Students complete a two hour disability experience (e.g., visual impairment, limited mobility) to gain insights into some of the environmental, physical, social, and attitudinal challenges that the clients they work with may experience in their day-to-day lives. Students will complete a 1000 word disability experience reflective assignment - 10%

2. Students will be introduced to the use of writing reflectively through the use of a reflective journal and complete a 1000 word paper. A reflective journal entry will be completed for each clinical day of fieldwork education completed to record learning in practice - 10%

3. Students will be introduced to some early clinical skills and core concepts of professionalism in the unit. A two hour written examination will be used to assess these skills. Students will complete this during the formal end of semester examination period - 50%

4. Students will explore occupational and activity analysis, using objective methods (observation and activity analysis) for analysing productive occupations. Students in pairs will interview an adult and analyse a meaningful activity they carry out in their home or in their immediate community. Students will document the outcomes of the occupational and activity analysis - 30%

Details of hurdle assessment tasks:
All hurdle assessment tasks are required assessments for successful completion of this unit. If students fail to complete any hurdle requirements they may fail the unit outright or be asked to undertake further supplementary assessment to meet the hurdle requirement. The hurdle task requirements for this unit are:
1) You are required to attend 100% of all scheduled unit tutorials;
2) You are required to achieve a minimum grade of 50% on the OCC1011 final examination (AT4), failure to achieve a grade of 50% or more on the OCC1011 final examination will result in students failing the unit;
2) You are required to provide evidence of compliance with FMNHS immunization policy requirements to Student Services;
3) You are required to provide evidence of Working with Children approval to Student Services;
4) You are required to provide evidence of Fit to Work / Police Check to Student Services.

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Ted Brown

Workload requirements

Lecture component: 2 hours per week; Tutorial/Practicum component: 2 hours per week; Fieldwork component: 2 days; Private Study, 4 hours per week.

This unit applies to the following area(s) of study

Occupational therapy

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy.

Prohibitions

HSC1011.