OT4001 - Advanced Rural or Urban Practice

Credit points:	12
Year:	2009
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Available to level 3 Occupational Therapy and Occupational Therapy IHCAP students.

The focus of this subject will be on the student developing a higher level of professional skills and competencies, and further advancing their clinical reasoning skills and reflective practices through the integration of practical and course components. This subject will provide students with an opportunity to further integrate their learning gained from previous fieldwork practice. Students will complete a minimum of 532 hours (14 weeks at 38 hours/week) of advanced supervised fieldwork placements with flexible support from the university. 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 placements in a facility away from the campus at which they are currently enrolled, at their own expense.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate competency in the observation and assessment of function or dysfunction in activities affecting occupational performance;
• demonstrate competency in the evaluation of clients occupational roles and activities following occupational therapy intervention;
• develop individual aims of OT intervention and outcomes of practice for clients demonstrating competent clinical reasoning within cultural psychosocial and environmental contexts;
• demonstrate data collection and analysis techniques for evidence based practice;
• demonstrate professional attitudes and behaviours during practice, demonstrate good time management skills and achieve competency for 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
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	OT4101, OT4006

Availabilities
Townsville, Placement/work experience, Study Period 1
Census Date 27-Mar-2009
Coordinator:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata
Lecturers:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata.
Contact hours:	532 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	pass/fail - introduction letter and learning plan (%); pass/fail - professional portfolio (%); pass/fail - student placement evaluation report (%); pass/fail - attendance record (%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject will receive a grade of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. All assessment tasks must be passed to achieve a satisfactory in 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.