Overview

This unit supports students transition to final professional placement and entry-level occupational therapy practice by consolidating the advanced reasoning, communication, accountability and responsiveness required in complex and evolving practice contexts. Students will integrate and apply knowledge developed throughout the course to strengthen occupational therapy reasoning, evidence-informed decision making, ethical and culturally responsive practice, evaluative judgement, supervision readiness and lifelong learning. They will critically examine how workplace, service and organisational contexts influence safe, sustainable and effective practice. Emphasis is placed on preparing students to communicate and justify professional judgements, respond to uncertainty, and continue developing as reflective, accountable and adaptable practitioners.

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date

Unit learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  1. Critically reflect on professional capabilities, supervision, feedback, and learning needs to support lifelong learning.
  2. Integrate evidence, theory, professional standards, contextual knowledge, and critical reflection on personal competence and professional responsibilities to inform safe, ethical, culturally responsive, culturally safe, lawful and accountable practice.
  3. Analyse, communicate and defend occupational therapy reasoning, professional judgements and practice decisions in complex and evolving practice contexts.
  4. Evaluate practice, service, organisational, and workforce factors that influence quality, outcomes, and innovation in occupational therapy.

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week Venue Type and Activity Detail
On-campus Lecture 10 4 weeks 2.5 Lecture - Week 1 (2 + 2 hours), Weeks 2-4 (2 hours)
On-campus Workshop 24 5 weeks 4.8 Workshop - Weeks 1-4 (4 hours), Week 5 (4 + 4 hours)
On-campus Class 14 4 weeks 3.5 Class - Week 1 (2 hours), Weeks 2-4 (4 hours)
Specified Activities Various 32 5 weeks 6.4 Resource portfolio development
Unspecified Activities Independent Learning 60 5 weeks 12 Independent study, Assignment preparation, Revision
Online Modules 10 4 weeks 2.5  
Total Hours: 150 Total Hours (per week): 31.7  

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULOs
Assignment Individual  30%  1,2,4
Case Formulation Individual  40%  1,2,3,4 
Presentation Group  30%  2 ,3,4

Content

  • Professional reasoning, communication, and decision making
  • Evidence, standards, and accountable practice
  • Supervision, feedback, and lifelong learning
  • Quality, innovation, and uncertain practice contexts
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Verbal communication
  • Graduate Attribute – Communication Skills: Communicating using different media
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Collaboration and negotiation
  • Graduate Attribute – Teamwork Skills: Teamwork roles and processes
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Information literacy
  • Graduate Attribute – Digital Literacies: Technical literacy

Study resources

Reading materials

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