Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2

Overview

Students will choose, analyse, apply and justify assessments and intervention for individuals or groups of people who are experiencing occupational performance challenges related to complex musculoskeletal or neurological problems. Students will develop service provision plans that are occupation based and focus on prevention, remediation or adaptation.

Requisites

Prerequisites

OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1

Rules

Pre-requisite
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
AND
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
AND
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1

Concurrent Pre-requisite
DDD80012 DFM Toolbox: Innovation and Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1

Concurrent prerequisites

DDD80012 DFM Toolbox: Innovation and Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1

Teaching periods

Location

Start and end dates

Last self-enrolment date

Census date

Last withdraw without fail date

Results released date

Term 2

Hawthorn

23-March-2026
24-May-2026

23-March-2026

14-April-2026

28-April-2026

07-July-2026

Term 2

Hawthorn

19-April-2027
30-May-2027

19-April-2027

04-May-2027

11-May-2027

06-July-2027

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual model
Select, analyse and apply professional practice models including Biomechanical, Neurodevelopmental and Rehabilitative/Compensatory to guide assessment and service provision
Analyse person, environment and occupation factors to develop hypotheses about contributing factors to occupational issues
Articulate professional reasoning and critique evidence to justify service provision plan
Appraise and apply research studies
Demonstrate research and communication skills

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type	Activity	Total Hours	Number of Weeks	Hours Per Week	Venue Type and Activity Detail
On-campus	Lecture	4	2 weeks	2	Lecture - Week 1, 6
On-campus	Class	2	1 week	2	Tutorial - Week 1 (small group learning)
On-campus	Class	20	5 weeks	4	Tutorial - Week 2-6 (small group learning)
On-campus	Class	5	5 weeks	1	Class (SR201/2) - Week 1-5 (half group learning)
On-campus	Lab	5	5 weeks	1	Lab (SPW212) - Week 1-5 (half group learning)
On-campus	Workshop	24	6 weeks	4	Thursday workshops (run twice, half group learning)
On-campus	Practical	1	1 week	1	Case Conference - Week 7 (SR201/2 Wednesday and Thursday, students attend in small groups for up to 1 hour). Does not require central timetabling.
Specified Activities	Various	10	1 week	10	ePortfolio (Case Conference preparation)
Specified Activities	Various	57	6 weeks	9.5	Readings, Research, Group work, Asynchronous online learning activities
Unspecified Activities	Independent Learning	22	7 weeks	3.14	Independent study, Assignment preparation, Revision
Total Hours:		150	Total Hours (per week):	37.64

Assessment

Type	Task	Weighting	ULO's
Assignment	Individual/Group	40%	1,2,3,4,6
Case Presentation	Individual	40%	1,2,3,4,5,6
Laboratory Tutorial Quizzes	Individual	20%	2

Content

Scenarios: Adults with occupational performance/participation problems as the result of impairments or disability arising from complex musculoskeletal or neurological conditions.
Evidence-based assessments and interventions
Pain management
Assistive technology
Graduate Attribute 1 (Communication 1 - Verbal Communication)
Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
Graduate Attribute 3 (Teamwork 1 - Collaboration and negotiation)
Graduate Attribute 4 (Teamwork 2 - Teamwork roles and processes)
Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
Graduate Attribute 6 (Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.