Undergraduate - UnitOCC1022 - Foundations of occupational therapy practice

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Occupational Therapy
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Associate Professor Ted Brown

Synopsis

The unit introduces student to the historical origins of the use of occupation as theory and the theory of core elements of occupational therapy intervention. Current theoretical concepts and models underpinning occupational therapy practice will be explored along with the occupational therapy problem solving and clinical reasoning process. Case scenarios will be used throughout and students will learn the problem solving strategies that will support their learning in occupational therapy intervention units elsewhere in the course.

Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

Theme 1 Personal and Professional Development

describe the principles of client-centred occupational therapy practice;
explain the key skills that contribute to critical appraisal, critical reasoning and critical thinking skills in scenario/case-based learning;
apply skills of self critique and self reflection to group learning tasks;

Theme 2 Population, Society and Health

demonstrate understanding of the rights of consumers and carers and strategies to integrate their lived experience of health issues into service planning and delivery;

Theme 3 Fundamental knowledge for the Health Sciences

describe the historical origins of occupation as therapy;
demonstrate an understanding of the clinical reasoning processes in occupational therapy;
describe how different health models and occupational therapy intervention methods may be applied to occupational therapy practice;
identify how key theoretical models of human occupation (e.g., MOHO, PEO, CMOP-E, PEOP, Kawa Model, OTPF-II) relate to client-centred occupational therapy;
describe and apply the principles of occupational analysis and grading and adaptation of occupations to a therapy situation;

Theme 4 Applied Practice

describe and apply the clinical reasoning process to the occupational therapy process in a simulated practice situation; and

Theme 5 Research

locate, retrieve and use resources that inform understanding about health and occupational issues.

Assessment

Formative 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 OCC1022 final examination (AT4), failure to achieve a grade of 50% or more on the OCC10 final examination will result in students failing the unit;
3. Completion of review quizzes in tutorial sessions.

Summative assessment tasks:
Write-up of play/leisure interest profile findings (1,000 words) (10%)
Critique of an occupational therapy assessment (1,000 - 1,500 words) (20%)
One class presentation for peer and tutor feedback (30 minutes) (Group presentation) (10%)
Class presentation for peer and tutor feedback (10 minutes) (10%)
Written examination (2 hours) (50%)