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Unit of Study OCCU3002 - Evaluation of Occupational Therapy Programs (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    N/A

Unit description

This unit positions students to use evidence and evaluation skills to answer professional questions related to occupational therapy practice. Students will evaluate existing research and use this information to generate evidence-based solutions for the occupational performance needs of a client group and/or to guide assessment, intervention, policy development and clinical decision making.  

Unit content

  • Evaluation in the context of research, quality improvement, accreditation standards, clinical risk and safety, provision of services, needs analysis, assessment, research and policy development 
  • Researching and critically evaluating the empirical literature 
  • Research writing and communication skills 
  • Paradigmatic frameworks of research 
  • Methodology and research design 
  • Approaches to data analysis 
  • Understanding and responding to the values and beliefs of key stakeholders and professional ethics in the design and conduct of practice-based research 
  • Research and evaluation infrastructure

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2023

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:

investigate research to support the design of a well-integrated and comprehensive methodological approach addressing questions of concern

design and implement an evaluation strategy that respectfully addresses the values and beliefs of all stakeholders consistent with professional standards of ethical conduct

prepare an evidence-based evaluation proposal for an identified aspect of occupational therapy practice

evaluate research proposals and reports of professional peers consistent with peer review guidelines employed by academic journals and scholars in occupational therapy.