Professional Practice 2
Duration
- Eight weeks full time
Contact hours
- 320 placement hours
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
Prerequisites
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1
AND
OCC70010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 2
AND
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
AND
OCC70010 Enabling Participation: Mental Health 2
AND
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
Aims and objectives
During their placement, students will demonstrate professional skills required in occupational therapy practice, develop and practice core occupational therapy skills and manage a small caseload.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Conduct themselves in a professional manner
2. Demonstrate effective self-management skills
3. Communicate effectively within the workplace, and with service users and significant others
4. Develop and maintain appropriate documentation
5. Practise assessment/information gathering skills
6. Practise intervention/service provision methods (individual/ group), defining goals, coordination and implementation
7. Observe, describe, practise and reflect on effective evaluating skills
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Conduct themselves in a professional manner
2. Demonstrate effective self-management skills
3. Communicate effectively within the workplace, and with service users and significant others
4. Develop and maintain appropriate documentation
5. Practise assessment/information gathering skills
6. Practise intervention/service provision methods (individual/ group), defining goals, coordination and implementation
7. Observe, describe, practise and reflect on effective evaluating skills
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
This unit will involve up to 320 hours of work including:
| Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| Face to Face Contact Placement |
40 |
8 |
320 |
| Online Contact | N/A | ||
| Specified Learning Activities | N/A | ||
| Unspecified Learning Activities | N/A | ||
| TOTAL | 320 hours /25 cp |
Assessment
| Types | Individual or Group task | Weighting | Assesses attainment of these ULOs |
| Completion of the Student Practice Evaluation Form , Revised Edition SPEF-R), by practice educator, Midway placement (end of week 4) and final week of placement | Individual | 100% | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
- problem solving skills
- analysis skills
- communication skills
- ability to work independently
- problem solving skills
- analysis skills
- communication skills
- ability to work independently
Content
- Integration of theoretical and practice skills
- Assessment of client capacities and development of goals
- Development of professional reasoning skills
- Experience all of the different stages of the occupational process
- Engage in the process of reflective practice and self-evaluation
- Assessment of client capacities and development of goals
- Development of professional reasoning skills
- Experience all of the different stages of the occupational process
- Engage in the process of reflective practice and self-evaluation
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A reading list will be provided in the unit outline