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OCC1022

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

18 September 2017 19 April 2024

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Monash University

6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

Undergraduate - Unit

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Faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Organisational Unit

Department of Occupational Therapy

Coordinator(s)

Associate Professor Ted Brown

Offered

Peninsula

  • Second semester 2016 (Day)

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 should be able to:

Theme 1: Personal and Professional Development

  1. Describe the principles of client-centred occupational therapy practice;
  2. Explain the key skills that contribute to critical appraisal, critical reasoning and critical thinking skills in scenario/case-based learning;

Theme 3: Fundamental knowledge for the Health Sciences

  1. Explain the clinical reasoning processes used in occupational therapy;
  2. Describe how different health models and occupational therapy intervention methods may be applied to occupational therapy practice;
  3. 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;

Theme 5: Research

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

Assessment

Formative assessment tasks:
1. You are required to attend 100% of all scheduled unit tutorials; unless a medical certificate is provided. (Hurdle)
2. Completion of review quizzes in tutorial sessions. (Hurdle)

Summative assessment tasks:
Write-up of play/leisure interest profile findings (1,500 words) (20%)
Critique of an occupational therapy assessment (1,500 words) (20%)
One group presentation for peer and tutor feedback (30 minutes) (10%)
One individual presentation for peer and tutor feedback (10 minutes) (10%)
4 x Invigilated class tests (30 minutes each) (10% each) (40%)

Workload requirements

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

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Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Ted Brown

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

Occupational therapy

Prerequisites

OCC1011.

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in course M3001.