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Unit of Study OCCU2014 - Work Integrated Learning in Occupational Therapy I (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

This unit provides students with the opportunity to undertake reflective practice and develop clinical/professional reasoning skills in simulated practice education. Students develop professional behaviours and competencies, and integrate and apply theory and skills learned in foundational units.  

Unit content

150 hours of  practice education will be undertaken throughout this unit. Essential practical skills will be learnt and demonstrated throughout the unit including safe manual handling skills. These skills will be learnt on campus. Students will be assessed on clinical/professional reasoning, various technical skills, communication skills, documentation skills, professional behaviours and competencies

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term4
Term4
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

apply occupational therapy professional reasoning and models of practice to simulated client scenarios

demonstrate safe and competent manual handling and people handling skills in simulated client scenarios

demonstrate an emerging level of ethical practice within the simulated learning environment

demonstrate written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills appropriate for occupational therapy practice

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
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Prescribed Resources/Equipment

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.