OCC2020 · Enabling occupation: Performance challenges 1A

Overview

This is the first unit of the occupational therapy intervention units. It comprises integrated case-based learning, skills-based learning, theories and evidence-based practice with participation in practice education placement to consolidate application of knowledge into practice. You will apply and critique the principles of assessment and intervention for clients with problems related to capacities to engage in activities, occupations, and participation in community life. Intervention principles will also incorporate environmental supports and barriers (advocacy, organisational change, environmental adaptation), and evidence-based practice. You will begin to develop appropriate intervention plans for clients based on assessment findings and evidence. Building on the skills acquired in OCC2013, you will further develop their professional competencies in professional behaviour, information gathering, communication with clients and co-workers, documentation, time-management, occupational therapy assessment, intervention and evaluation. You will participate in two weeks (four days per week) of practice education placement to develop these competencies. You will be provided with feedback and guided to reflect on and in practice within both academic and clinical contexts.

Areas of study: Occupational therapy

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Apply the Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOP-E) and the Canadian Practice Process Framework (CPPF) to typical occupational therapy practice scenarios addressing different areas of practice;
2. Apply and explain typical occupational therapy theories, intervention strategies, methods and modalities used with clients of occupational therapy;
3. Describe common musculoskeletal, medical, surgical, neurological, mental and psychosocial disease processes relevant to clients of occupational therapy in the context of their occupational sequelae;
4. Apply principles of orthotic fabrication to design, manufacture and critique orthoses;
5. Select, measure, prescribe and use appropriate assistive equipment to create recommendations for increased occupational participation and performance in typical client scenarios;
6. Demonstrate effective use of search strategies to identify and apply evidence-based practice for typical occupational therapy scenarios.
7. Integrate evidence-based practice with a client-centred approach to recommend relevant occupational therapy intervention strategies and services;
8. Demonstrate effective communication skills to provide relevant, concise and comprehensive written and oral reports based on information gathered from assessments, observations and interviews;
9. Demonstrate abilities to apply knowledge and skills for information gathering, evaluation, goal setting and intervention planning related to occupational therapy practice.
10. Implement appropriate professional behaviour in both academic and practice education environments with health care team members, consumers, carers, practice education supervisors, and academic staff.

Workload

This unit will run for 10 weeks of academic teaching, followed by one week Swot Vac, one week of exams and four weeks of practice education placement. The workload demand is 10-15 hours contact time . • 5.5 hours Scenario Based Learning (SBL) tutorials • 4 to 6 hours seminars/online lecture • 3 to 4 hours workshops/ tutorials (practical) Private study: 10 - 14 hours of self-directed study per week. This time will involve research and preparation for SBLs, reveiwing prescribed readings and completing preparatory tasks for practicums and workshops. Practice education placement: 7 days (or equivalent)

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.