OT4001 - Advanced Rural or Urban Practice

Credit points:	12
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:

Available to level 3 and above Occupational Therapy students.

The subject will provide a minimum of 500 hours (14 weeks at 36 hours) of advanced supervised clinical placement with flexible support from the University to integrate and develop previously learnt material with new observational and practical clinical training. The placement will be either rural or urban at an advanced level and will enable the student to apply, develop, analyse and integrate the theories, principles and practice of occupational therapy in a variety of settings.Students may be required to undertake clinical placement in a facility away from the campus at which they are currently enrolled, at their own expense.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate competency in observation and evaluation of function or dysfunction in activities affecting independent living in relation to culturally specific requirements;
• demonstrate competency in the re-evaluation of clients safety, independence, change in health status following occupational therapy intervention and the culturally specific requirements of the client;
• demonstrate competent skills in self directed learning;
• demonstrate, analyse and apply data collection techniques for total quality management of the client or training facility;
• develop individual aims of intervention and outcomes of practice for clients referred for occupational therapy intervention and demonstrate competent clinical reasoning;
• develop individual objectives for their own professional development. The student will demonstrate good time management skills;
• need to achieve competency for personal accreditation and registration requirements.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to speak and write logically, clearly and creatively;
• The ability to access and employ online technologies effectively;
• The ability to use and interpret different media;
• A coherent and disciplined body of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning processes and products;
• The ability to learn independently and in a self-directed manner;
• A commitment to lifelong learning and intellectual development.

Prerequisites:	OT3001 and OT3005
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	OT4101

Availabilities
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Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator:	jc132624
Lecturers:	Dr Yvonne Thomas, jc132624, jc153285, Mrs Karen Salata.
Contact hours:	500 hours
Assessment:	.
Special Assessment Requirements:	The clinical fieldwork performance report must be passed f or accreditation. The learning contract, professional portfolio/graduate profile and project provide a University grade for this subject.

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.