OCC5080 - Advanced professional practice

Upon successful completion of this unit, students should be able to:
1. Demonstrate professional attitudes and behaviours at the level expected of a new graduate occupational therapist as assessed through the SPEF-R;
2 Demonstrate autonomous and competent application of all stages of the occupational therapy process to the level expected of a new graduate in occupational therapy according to the Australian Minimum Competency Standards for New Graduate Occupational Therapists;
3. Reflect, develop and critique personal and professional learning using a portfolio in preparation for professional accreditation, including opportunities for supervision and a plan for continual professional development that reflects a self-directed and life-long approach to learning;
4. Implement, critique and evaluate strategies to effectively meet own learning needs using a learning contract;
5. Provide effective occupational therapy service considering the broad political, legal and industrial issues in the workplace, profession and client group;
6. Critique and devise strategies to address the change management processes, human resource management and service planning and delivery structures within an organization;
7. Apply evidence-based occupational therapy theory to an area of practice;
8. Critique professional issues arising contemporary practice as a result of organisational and team management, finance and partnering with consumer groups
10. Critically analyse an occupational therapy intervention a client or group receives in the context of a client's total service provision from an agency or organisation.