OT2006 - Occupational Performance: Facilitation and Evaluation

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Available to level 2 Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy IHCAP and Occupational Therapy Honours students.

This subject provides students with an appreciation of the unique role of Occupational Therapy in advocating and ensuring occupational performance for all clients across the lifespan and across disabilities. Connections between occupation and wellbeing will be explored by applying theory to practice in different contexts. Students will complete a practical experience within a community organisation where they will facilitate and evaluate occupational opportunities with clients. The focus of this subject will include mental health, physical rehab, aged care, children, disability services, and health promotion intervention, where occupational performance effects well-being. This subject will build on clinical reasoning skills and provide opportunities for students to reflect on decisions and practice skills.

Learning Outcomes

• apply theoretical knowledge to develop interventions that promote occupational performance and quality of life;
• implement group and individual occupation based interventions;
• demonstrate effective clinical reasoning and evidence based practice in relation to specified client groups;
• demonstrate effective independent learning and group-work skills;
• conduct and analyse occupational profiles and evaluate occupational performance across age ranges in order to determine client-centred goals for group interventions.

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 think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
• The ability to conceptualise problems;
• The potential to resolve conflicts.

Prerequisites:

OT1005

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coordinator:	Professor Matthew Yau, Ms Kate Horstmann
Lecturers:	Professor Matthew Yau, Ms Kate Horstmann.
Contact hours:	14 hours lectures - 1 x 2 hr lecture for the first 7 weeks 26 hours workshops/Seminars 35 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	end of semester exam (30% - 50%); presentations (15% - 25%); tutorial attendance and participation (%); essays (25% - 50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	Satisfactory completion of practical and tutorial components (= minimum 40hours clinical experience) Evidence of current first aid certificate including current CPR certificate prior to week 12. Students must achieve 40% in their final exam to pass the 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.