OT3006 - Rural and Urban Practice - Australian OT Perspectives

Credit points:	03
Year:	2016
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	College of Healthcare Sciences

Only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Post Qualification)

This subject is only available for international occupational therapy practitioners who have a prior Diploma or Bachelor qualification (minimum length of course - 3 years) in occupational therapy that is accredited by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists. The subject will provide a minimum of 152 hours (4 weeks at 38 hours/week) of supervised clinical placement with flexible support from the University, to integrate academic material and clinical experience, with a new observational and practical clinical education. The placement will be either rural or urban and will enable the student to apply, utilise and develop the theories and principles of occupational therapy in a variety of settings. Students may be required to undertake clinical 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 professional attitudes and behaviours during practice;
• demonstrate good time management skills and achieve competency for registration requirements.

Prerequisites:

OT3011 and OT3012 (ALLOW CONCURRENT FOR OT3011 AND OT3012)

Availabilities
Townsville, Placement/work experience, Study Period 6
Census Date 16-Jun-2016
Coordinator:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata
Lecturers:	Mrs Kerry Garbutt, Mrs Karen Salata.
Contact hours:	0 hours lectures 152 hours clinical placement
Assessment:	pas/fail - learning plan (%); pass/fail - integrated learning tasks (%); pass/fail - introductory letter to supervisor (%); pass/fail - student practice evaluation form - revised (spef-r) (%); pass/fail - attendance record (%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	This subject will receive a grade of satisfactory/unsatisfactory. All assessments tasks must be passed to achieve a satisfactory in this subject.
Restrictions:	An enrolment quota applies to this offering.

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.