OCC4082 · Advanced professional practice

Overview

This unit comprises 10 weeks of practice education placement followed by on campus debriefing workshops. The unit provides you with the opportunity to develop, integrate and enhance their practice skills to reach the entry level of competencies in occupational therapy prior to graduation. By the end of the practice education placement you will be managing a caseload of clients independently. A learning contract developed in OCC4081 will be used to guide placement learning. This unit will conclude with a reflective portfolio that encourages reflection, a self-directed approach to learning and to provide a record of professional competencies as these are developing and achieved.

Areas of study: Occupational therapy

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit. Practice education placement is a competency hurdle to meet a minimum of 1000 hours of placement experience that is a course requirement for course accreditation (OT Council). SPEF-R2 is the national tool used evaluate students’ performance on occupational therapy professional practice/placements. Students need to demonstrate the achievement of competency required to pass professional practice/placement.

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

Requisites

Learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate autonomous and competent application of all stages of the occupational therapy process to the level expected of a new graduate in occupational therapy as outlined in the Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards;
2. Apply professional attitudes and behaviours, and effective time and workload management strategies to occupational therapy practice;
3. Document and evaluate personal and professional learning using a portfolio in preparation for professional accreditation;
4. Devise strategies to overcome service delivery constraints to provide effective occupational therapy intervention for clients;
5. Collaborate, co-operate and communicate with other health professionals and health service providers to deliver effective and efficient practice;
6. Select and critique occupational therapy interventions on the basis of best available evidence;
7. Design and implement strategies for critical self-reflection, evaluation and improvement of own professional development;
8. Develop strategies to provide effective occupational therapy service considering the broad political, legal and industrial issues in the workplace, profession and client group;
9. Plan, implement and evaluate an occupational therapy service;
10. Critique an organization's key performance indicators and service delivery for continuous improvement and meeting the regulatory standards.

Workload

Practice education placement 10 weeks full time (50 days)

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