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OCTY71-701: Professional Practice in Occupational Therapy I

Description

This subject provides supervised practice education in occupational therapy. You will attend a briefing workshop and then complete 15 days of graded supervised practice. Through this experience you will apply your core occupational therapy knowledge and skills, and develop competencies in professionalism, communication and documentation. You will develop your understanding of occupational therapy and the role of other members of the multidisciplinary team. You will be supervised by an occupational therapist with a minimum of 12 months experience.

Subject details

Code: OCTY71-701
Study areas:
  • Health, Biomedical, and Sport Sciences

Learning outcomes

  1. Apply occupational therapy knowledge and skills in a practice setting commensurate with studies completed.
  2. Act professionally in accordance with the requirements of the placement context.
  3. Demonstrate reflective practice through establishing and monitoring learning goals and reflecting on placement experiences.

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Pre-requisites:

Co-requisites:

There are no co-requisites

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions: This subject is not available to
  • Study Abroad Students

Admission in to Master of Occupational Therapy.

This subject is not available as a general elective. To be eligible for enrolment, the subject must be specified in the students’ program structure.