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Unit description
This unit introduces students to occupations and occupational therapy. The unit will explore occupational therapy professional values and beliefs, philosophical bases, foundational concepts, models and scope of practice. This units lays the foundation for professional behaviours, communication, documentation skills and reflective practice required for occupational therapy practice.
Unit content
- Occupational Therapy and occupations
- Occupational Therapy models and frameworks
- Occupational Therapy evaluation – occupational profile
- Occupational Therapy evaluation – analysis and synthesis
- Occupational Therapy professional practice skills
- Occupational Therapy – beyond the evaluation
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: | |
|---|---|
| 1 | describe the philosophy, scope and process of occupational therapy in Australia |
| 2 | analyse and explain the relationship between occupations, health and wellbeing |
| 3 | apply occupational therapy theoretical models and frameworks to low complexity scenarios |
| 4 | demonstrate ethical practice, professional written and verbal communication skills and behaviours appropriate to occupational therapy practice |
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
- describe the philosophy, scope and process of occupational therapy in Australia
- analyse and explain the relationship between occupations, health and wellbeing
- apply occupational therapy theoretical models and frameworks to low complexity scenarios
- demonstrate ethical practice, professional written and verbal communication skills and behaviours appropriate to occupational therapy practice
Teaching and assessment
Fee information
Domestic
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