OT3004 - Rural and Urban Practice 1

Credit points:	06
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Available to level 2 or higher level Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy IHCAp and Occupational Therapy HOnours students.

This subject will provide a minimum of 266 hours (seven weeks at 38 hours/week) of supervised fieldwork placement with flexible support from the University. The aim of this placement is to integrate previously learnt material with new observations and practical clinical education. The placement will be either rural or urban and will enable the student to apply and utilise the theories and principles 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 skill in observing and evaluating the nature and degree of disability or illness of clients and in re-evaluating these, following occupational therapy intervention;
• apply and integrate the theories and principles of occupational therapy in the placement setting, demonstrate clear and appropriate communication skills to enable therapeutic interactions;
• demonstrate skill in formulating aims of occupational therapy intervention for clients at any level of recovery or service delivery and in selecting culturally appropriate therapeutic activities and techniques to fulfil these aims;
• identify the unique roles and functions of occupational therapy within the placement environment;
• work as an effective team within a range of settings to develop skills in the provision of occupational therapy services applicable to the placement environment and develop evidence based practice and clinical reasoning skills relevant to occupational therapy service delivery.

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 ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• 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 select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:

OT2004 AND OT 3002 AND OT3003

Availabilities
Townsville, Placement/work experience, Study Period 2
Census Date 25-Aug-2011
Coordinator:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Ms Bronwyn Tanner
Lecturers:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Ms Bronwyn Tanner.
Contact hours:	276 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	pass/fail - learning plan (%); pass/fail - integrated learning tasks (%); pass/fail - introductory letter to supervisor (%); pass/fail - student practice evaluation form - revised (%); 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.