Undergraduate - UnitOCC1022 - Foundations of occupational therapy practice

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2012 (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

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;

3. apply skills of self critique and self reflection to group learning tasks;

Theme 2 Population, Society and Health

4. 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

5. describe the historical origins of occupation as therapy;

6. demonstrate an understanding of the clinical reasoning processes in occupational therapy;

7. describe how different health models and occupational therapy intervention methods may be applied to occupational therapy practice;

8. 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;

9. describe and apply the principles of occupational analysis and grading and adaptation of occupations to a therapy situation;

Theme 4 Applied Practice

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

Theme 5 Research

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

Assessment

Formative assessment tasks:
1. You are required to attend 80% of tutorials
2. Completion of review quizzes in tutorial sessions

Graded assessment tasks:
3. Write-up of play/leisure interest profile findings: 1000 words - 10%
4. Critique of an occupational therapy assessment: 1000-1500 words - 20%
5. One class presentation for peer and tutor feedback: 30 minute group presentation - 10%
6. One 10 minute in class presentation for peer and tutor feedback: 10 minutes - 10%
7. One x 2 hour written examination: 2 hours - 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Associate Professor Ted Brown

Prerequisites

OCC1011

Co-requisites

Available only to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy