OT4101 - Advanced Rural or Urban Practice (Honours)

Credit points:	06
Year:	2006
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
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Available to level 4 occupational therapy students enrolled in the honours course.

This subject is a fieldwork companion subject to OT4102 and is in place of OT4001. 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 with 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

• appreciate the detailed structure and function of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems and the interrelationships between these systems;
• understand the functions of the human spine and causes of malfunction of the spine;
• undertake some of the procedures and methods commonly used in anatomical sciences.

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:	OT3005 and OT3101
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	OT4001

Availabilities
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Census Date 24-Mar-2006
Coordinator:	Dr Yvonne Thomas
Lecturers:	Dr Yvonne Thomas, jc132624, jc153285.
Contact hours:	500 hours
Assessment:	.
Special Assessment Requirements:	The clinical fieldwork performance report must be passed for 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.