Unit Outline

This professional experience placement unit further explores concepts associated with occupation and extends your ability to determine an occupational evaluation and intervention plan to facilitate occupation across the lifespan using the Occupational Therapy Practice Framework and key theoretical approaches to practice. Other relevant frameworks, including the International Classification of Functioning (ICF) are examined and evaluated. You will draw on the concepts and principles of occupational therapy and occupational science and apply reflective practice, response to feedback and evidence-based approaches to client centred therapy planning and provision including therapeutic interviewing, occupational performance analysis, and session planning to assist people to meaningfully participate in life.

Intended Learning Outcomes

As per the Assessment and Results Policy 1.3, your results will reflect your achievement against specified learning outcomes.

On completion of this unit, you will be able to:


1	Perform safe and adequate occupational therapy practice at an intermediate level.
2	Analyse how occupational performance, participation and meaning interrelate to inform occupational therapy practice and process.
3	Design occupation-focused session plans to support participation in meaningful life activities.
4	Apply communication strategies with clients, families and support networks to promote health, wellbeing and occupational participation in culturally and socially diverse contexts.
5	Reflect on practice educator feedback to strengthen self-management and advance professional capability in occupational therapy practice.

Requisites


REQUISITE TYPE	REQUISITES
Pre-requisite	CXA717 Occupational Therapy Practice 1

Alterations as a result of student feedback

How will I be Assessed?

For more detailed assessment information please see MyLO.

Assessment schedule


ASSESSMENT TASK #	ASSESSMENT TASK NAME	DATE DUE	WEIGHT	LINKS TO INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES
Assessment Task 1:	Occupational Therapy PEP Learning Plan and Critical Self-Reflection	Week 2	30 %	LO5
Assessment Task 2:	Analysis of Occupational Therapy Practice in Group Interventions	Week 7	40 %	LO2, LO3, LO4
Assessment Task 3:	Occupational Therapy Session Plans - Response to Feedback	Week 14	30 %	LO1, LO4, LO5
Assessment Task 4:	Assessment of Occupational Therapy Practice	Refer to Assessment Description	0 %	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

Assessment details

Assessment Task 1: Occupational Therapy PEP Learning Plan and Critical Self-Reflection

Task Description:

Occupational Therapy PEP Learning Plan and critical Self-Reflection

Part A: Critical Self Reflection

In this assessment you will write a critical self-reflection about your performance in the course thus far, with specific reference to your first PEP and feedback provided to you.

Part B. Professional development learning plan for OTP2.
Building on Part A and using the SPEF-R2 and the Occupational Therapy Competency Standards, identify your specific learning goals for OTP2. Present your goals in SMART format with action-based strategies to achieve them within the PEP.

Task Length:

1500 words

Due Date:

Week 2

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Devise a learning and professional development plan.	LO5
2	Critically reflect on practice to identify learning needs and inform strategies for professional development.	LO5

Assessment Task 2: Analysis of Occupational Therapy Practice in Group Interventions

Task Description:

This assessment task requires you to use occupational groups as a therapy means through tailored activity design.
You are to demonstrate your individual understanding of the principles of occupational therapeutic by designing an intervention and comparing group process and outcomes across the lifespan.

Task Length:

2000 words

Due Date:

Week 7

Weight:

40 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Design an occupational therapy group intervention (for different life span and occupational transition needs).	LO3
2	Apply principles of cultural safety to group facilitation in occupational therapy practice.	LO4
3	Apply principles of group work and occupational therapy to guide practice development in a variety of contexts.	LO2

Assessment Task 3: Occupational Therapy Session Plans - Response to Feedback

Task Description:

Occupational Therapy Session Plans - response to feedback.

This assessment task requires you to critically reflect, self-evaluate and evidence your performance improvement in response to feedback. During the weeks of your PEP, you will write regular structured occupational therapy session plans.

Task Length:

1000 words

Due Date:

Week 14

Weight:

30 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Critically reflect on practice performance in PEP in response to feedback.	LO5
2	Critically reflect on supervision experiences.	LO5
3	Take responsibility for learning actions in PEP.	LO1
4	Apply occupational therapy communication strategies in practice.	LO4

Assessment Task 4: Assessment of Occupational Therapy Practice

Task Description:

Assessment of Occupational Therapy Practice.

During your professional experience placement (PEP), you are required to demonstrate adequate and safe performance in practice. The supervising occupational therapist will assess your performance twice over the duration of the placement. One assessment will occur mid placement and another will occur at the end of the placement.

You will be formatively assessed using the Competency Based Assessment in Occupational Therapy Assessment Tool - Spef-R2©, at this intermediate level stage of your development.

This is a hurdle task and you must pass this assessment to pass the unit.

Task Length:

30 days

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

0 %

CRITERION #

CRITERION

MEASURES INTENDED

LEARNING OUTCOME(S)


1	Perform occupational therapy practice competencies at an intermediate level during PEP, as assessed by the SPEF-R2.	LO1, LO2, LO3, LO4, LO5

How your final result is determined

To pass this unit, you need to demonstrate your attainment of each of the Intended Learning Outcomes, achieve a final unit grade of 50% or greater, and pass any hurdle tasks.

Academic progress review

The results for this unit may be included in a review of your academic progress. For information about progress reviews and what they mean for all students, see Academic Progress Review in the Student Portal.

Submission of assignments

Where practicable, assignments should be submitted to an assignment submission folder in MYLO. You must submit assignments by the due date or receive a penalty (unless an extension of time has been approved by the Unit Coordinator). Students submitting any assignment in hard copy, or because of a practicum finalisation, must attach a student cover sheet and signed declaration for the submission to be accepted for marking.

Academic integrity

Academic integrity is about acting responsibly, honestly, ethically, and collegially when using, producing, and communicating information with other students and staff members.

In written work, you must correctly reference the work of others to maintain academic integrity. To find out the referencing style for this unit, see the assessment information in the MyLO site, or contact your teaching staff. For more detail about Academic Integrity, see Important Guidelines & Support.

Requests for extensions

If you are unable to submit an assessment task by the due date, you should apply for an extension.

A request for an extension should first be discussed with your Unit Coordinator or teaching support team where possible. A request for an extension must be submitted by the assessment due date, except where you can provide evidence it was not possible to do so. Typically, an application for an extension will be supported by documentary evidence: however, where it is not possible for you to provide evidence please contact your Unit Coordinator.

The Unit Coordinator must notify you of the outcome of an extension request within 3 working days of receiving the request.

Late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a late penalty of 5% of the original available mark for each calendar day (or part day) that the assignment is late. Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10 calendar days after the due date, or after assignments have been returned to other students on a scheduled date, whichever occurs first. Further information on Late Penalties can be found on the Assessments and Results Procedure.