Overview

Students will develop advanced skills for enabling participation by examining the technologies, environments, and systems shaping occupation. Students will critically evaluate technology‑related strategies, and extend their capabilities in quality improvement and enterprise thinking in real world contexts. Emphasis is placed on preparing for contemporary practice through reflection on professional development needs, effective use of supervision, and alignment with the Occupational Therapy Competency Standards to support ethical, culturally responsive, and ongoing capability development.

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

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Select and apply appropriate models and frameworks to understand assistive technology and environmental intervention practice with people with disabilities
  • Articulate the importance of the occupational therapy competency standards and their own development of competence as well as of safe, ethical, culturally responsive, culturally safe, lawful, and accountable practice
  • Analyse and evaluate opportunities for innovation and enterprise
  • Identify and apply quality improvement measures and outcomes tools in practice

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Activity Type Activity Total Hours Number of Weeks Hours Per Week Venue Type and Activity Detail
On-campus Lecture 7 3 weeks 2.33 Lecture - Week 1 (2 + 1 hours), Week 2 (1 + 1 hours), Week 4 (2 hours)
On-campus Workshop 22 5 weeks 4.4 Workshop - Week 1 (3 hours), Week 2 (2 hours), Week 3 (6 hours), Week 4 (2 + 2 + 1.5 + 1.5), Week 5 (2 hours)
On-campus Class 18 5 weeks 3.6 Class - Week 1 (3 hours), Week 2 (3 + 2 hours), Week 3 (3 + 3 hours), Week 4 (2 hours), Week 5 (2 hours)
On-campus Lab 1 1 week 1 Week 2 (1 hour)
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): 32.23  

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
Final PortfolioIndividual 40% 1 
Portfolio Video PackageIndividual 30% 2,3,4 
ReportGroup 30% 2 

Content

  • Collaborative practice strategies to work with individuals and groups with disabilities
  • Assistive technology
  • Policy and practice contexts
  • Quality improvement and outcome measurement
  • Splinting

Study resources

Reading materials

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