OT4101 - Advanced Rural or Urban Practice (Honours)

Credit points:	06
Year:	2007
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Occupational Therapy

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. This subject provides the opportunity to undertake research at an honours level. 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;
• the ability to collect data for an honours research project and demonstrate, analyse and apply data collection techniques for total quality management of the client or training facility and competent skills in self directed learning;
• develop individual aims of intervention and outcomes of practice for clients referred for occupational therapy intervention and demonstrate competent clinical reasoning and individual ojectives 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:	OT3005 and OT3101
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	OT4001

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 30-Mar-2007
Coordinator:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt
Lecturers:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata.
Contact hours:	500 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	learning plan & introduction letter (20%); centre specific project (30%); professional portfolio (50%); pass/fail - student placement evaluation report (%); pass/fail - attendance record (%).
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.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2
Census Date 31-Aug-2007
Coordinator:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt
Lecturers:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata.
Contact hours:	500 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	learning plan & introduction letter (20%); centre specific project (30%); professional portfolio (50%); pass/fail - student placement evaluation report (%); pass/fail - attendance record (%).
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.
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 23
Census Date 14-Dec-2007
Coordinator:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt
Lecturers:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata.
Contact hours:	500 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	learning plan & introduction letter (20%); centre specific project (30%); professional portfolio (50%); pass/fail - student placement evaluation report (%); pass/fail - attendance record (%).
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.