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Unit of Study OCCU2015 - Work Integrated Learning in Occupational Therapy II (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    24

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    Yes

  • Enrolment information

    This unit is double-weighted and includes placement. Students should not enrol in any other units at the same time. This unit contains Work Integrated Learning (WIL) activities that require students to meet mandatory fit to practice obligations prior to attending. Failure to comply by the fit to practice deadline will result in the cancellation of your WIL activity. Full details are available at www.scu.edu.au/healthplacements.

Unit description

This unit provides students with an opportunity to develop and implement their occupational therapy knowledge, behaviours and competencies. Students will be required to integrate and apply theory and skills learned in previous units and develop professional reasoning, reflection and communication skills. Students will complete a 320 hour (8 weeks full time) work integrated learning experience under the supervision of one or more occupational therapy clinicians in remote and metropolitan locations throughout Australia.

Unit content

Students will complete a module and seminar prior to commencing their work integrated learning experience. This initial learning will address work readiness and support students to prepare for the expectations related to their external placement. The work integrated learning experience will enable students to develop professional knowledge and skills as articulated in the SPEF-R2 (Student Practice Evaluation Form – Revised 2). These include:

  • Professional behaviour
  • Self-management skills
  • Co-worker communication
  • Communication skills
  • Documentation
  • Information gathering
  • Service provision
  • Service evaluation

During the external learning experience, students will attend two online tutorials which will explore application of learning and skill development specific to their placement experiences. Students will attend a final tutorial to debrief from the external learning experience.

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Dual Term4
Dual Term4
Gold Coast
Dual Term4
Dual 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:

demonstrate competence in identified core areas of Occupational Therapy practice as specified in the Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards

apply professional problem solving and clinical/professional reasoning skills relevant to occupational therapy service delivery

demonstrate professional verbal and written communication skills with clients, stakeholders and staff

demonstrate initiative, self-direction and reflection in practice

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • No prescribed texts.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.