Overview and Purpose:

In a small group, you will prepare and deliver a professional presentation about occupational therapy and multidisciplinary team roles in work enablement. You are provided with choices for the legislation and population context in Moodle to use for your group presentation. The task will show your understanding and ability to apply knowledge about legislation and professional ethics pertinent to selected areas of Enabling Work Participation practice as an occupational therapist. You will also gain knowledge from engaging with the presentations delivered by your peers. It is expected you will demonstrate effective and professional presentation skills, building on the skills you have already used in Year 1 & 2. This assessment reflects common oral presentation formats for many professional conferences, in-service and training opportunities and contains the following parts:

Group Component A:

A 15-minute oral presentation using PowerPoint for your chosen legislative and population context. You will design a specific case scenario and apply an occupational therapy practice model to help you contextualise your explanations for the work enabling roles of the occupational therapist and team. You will use appropriate research evidence to prepare the content of your presentation. As part of the professional presentation format, your group will facilitate a class discussion time for your student peers at the end of your oral presentation.

Individual Component B:

A verbal explanation of one source per student from an individually prepared annotated bibliography of three key sources that you will provide to your peers in digital form.

The aims of this assessment are that you will

• Use a practice model to explain the role of an occupational therapist in a team involved in enabling clients to engage in work
• Give an overview of the roles of multidisciplinary team members who may also work in this context
• Research and explain relevant issues for clients who need support to engage in a work role
• Understand a variety of legislation and principles that govern work enabling practice
• Connect legislation and ethics principles to occupationally just and evidence based interventions that promote work participation
• Share key resources with your student peers
• Lead a class discussion to encourage active learning and engagement in your topic

Your task:

You will be allocated to a group before term starts. Your group will have access to a Moodle Choice activity listing the campus based options for the population context and legislation that you will discuss in your presentation. Groups will select and save one choice for your campus of enrolment, then that choice will be unavailable to other groups.  In your group, you will independently research professional literature and relevant legislation to identify factors that influence practice as an occupational therapist in your chosen legislative and population context. You will use professionally prepared PowerPoint slides to support your oral presentation and class discussion time. You will provide a digital copy of your individually prepared annotated bibliography to your peers in the OCCT13001 Microsoft Teams chat before the due date. You will submit your group PowerPoint slides and individual Annotated Bibliography to Moodle for marking before the due date.

Filenames for Submission

Please name your Moodle file submissions as follows:

• PowerPoint slides: Firstname Student 1_Firstname student 2_Presentation e.g. Sue_Maddy_Presentation
• Annotated Bibliography: FirstnameLastname_Annotations e.g. SueJones_Annotations

Schedule of Topics:

The schedule for the presentation order is fixed by your group choice of legislative and population context. For example, the Rockhampton group that selects Moodle Choice 3 will present 3rd and so on. Where possible, presentations are alternated between student groups at each campus. The final Presentation Schedule will be available on Moodle in Week 2.

Please submit one completed CB84 assignment coversheet per group, remembering to submit your draft PowerPoint slides to Moodle to obtain your Turnitin score.

Extensions or absence:

Any student who does not take part in the scheduled Week 5 presentation day will not be eligible for any marks for the class discussion and peer resource sharing criteria. Alternative equivalent tasks may be required to maintain academic integrity.

More details about the required content of your presentation is available on Moodle.

Calculation of marks:

For this assessment, you will receive both group and individual points. Your total raw point score out of 100 will be converted to an equivalent mark out of 25 that appears in Moodle Gradebook.

Group marks (70 points)

• Describes the duties performed by an occupational therapist in the work enabling context. (10 points)
• Develops a case scenario that relates to key interventions for the work enabling context. (10 points)
• Selects and applies an appropriate occupational therapy practice model and explains a payment source. (10 points)
• Describes the contribution of key team members to client care. (10 points)
• Shows connections between advocacy for occupational justice and applying principles from ethics and relevant legislation. (10 points)
• Facilitates a class discussion time that engages the audience and relates to presented content. (10 points)
• Uses multimedia and organisation of content to maximise available time within set limits. (10 points)

Individual marks (30 points)

• Explains why the key source was relevant to the case study and topic. (10 points)
• Provides peers with an APA 7 style Annotated Bibliography for 3 relevant sources. (10 points)
• Uses professional verbal and nonverbal communication. (use of eye contact, body language, speech volume, pace, pronunciation & enthusiasm). (10 points)

Please see the full marking rubric in Moodle for more details.

Overview and Purpose:

As occupational therapists, we can give advice regarding a client’s occupational performance needs for work. In this assignment you will generate a realistic graded Recover at Work plan after an interview with a simulated client.

Scenario:

You are the occupational therapist who has received the WorkCover referral for 22 year old Rick, who sustained a Grade 3 rotator cuff tear while lifting a tray of pizza subs out of the ovens at work. Rick works as a general hand at a commercial food processing factory. He is keen to return to work in some capacity, however his boss has previously told Rick that he wants him to be fully fit before resuming work. You will need to understand all of Rick's usual work duties and explain the benefits of the “Recover At Work” program to Rick’s employer so he agrees to participate, and you can effectively facilitate this as a key part of Rick’s vocational rehabilitation program.

Your task:

You will complete a realistic graded Recover at Work plan for your client, Rick. You will use information from the interview with Rick to complete the following tools:

• Disabilities of Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH with work module)
• Numeric Pain Rating Scale
• The Worker Role Interview
• Functional Capacity Evaluation template

You will submit these completed tools with any comments you make as part of your assignment.

Using the information that you gather from these tools, you will develop a list of barriers, goals, and intervention strategies for each of the four MOHO components: volition, habituation, performance capacity and the environment. Use in-text citations of references containing best practice evidence to support all of your recommended interventions. You will also interpret information from Rick’s current Work Capacity Certificate and the pictures of his workplace to help determine his current functional capacities for all of his usual work duties and to guide your recommended interventions.

One of your recommended intervention strategies will be to commence a six week graded Recover at Work program. You will discuss how this intervention will be negotiated with Rick, his employer and WorkCover case manager. You will provide a clearly documented schedule of hours and duties for Rick to gradually upgrade to all of his usual work duties over the 6 week period of the Recover at Work program.

Word count:

There is no set word limit for this report. However, you should be careful to present your information as concisely as possible while covering all key elements required. In real world practice, the time taken to prepare long wordy reports may not be fully funded. Efficient production of written reports to meet industry standards is a critical professional skill to master.

Formatting requirements and evaluation tools that you need to complete your report for Rick will be available on Moodle.

Calculation of marks: Your work will be given a raw score out of 100 points according to the criteria listed. Your raw score will be converted to an equivalent mark out of 35 that will appear in Moodle Gradebook.

• Uses assessment tools to explain the client’s current functional capacities for work related duties. (10 points)
• Potential MOHO barriers to desired outcomes are identified. (20 points)
• Work related goals for each barrier are presented. (10 points)
• Intervention strategies to address each goal are discussed. (20 points)
• Outlines how the Recover at Work plan will be negotiated with employer, worker and insurer. (10 points)
• Presents a graded schedule of work hours and duties for a 6 week RAW plan. (20 points)
• Evidence to support best practice interventions is cited and referenced in APA 7 style. (10 points)

Please see the full marking rubric in Moodle for more details.

Overview and purpose:

This assessment requires you to apply the work enabling skills and knowledge you have developed throughout this unit of study. You will generate a realistic evidence based Service Agreement document for a complex case scenario, similar to what would be expected in practice.

Scenario:

You are the occupational therapist who has received a referral for a client from the rehabilitation funding provider. Select from one of the complex case studies listed in Moodle as your referred client. You will need to seek approval from the funding body contact before commencing services. You will write a cover letter in response to the rehabilitation funding provider to request approval of payment for your Service Agreement, as well as to flag any other referrals you are recommending and why. You need to develop a comprehensive Service Agreement document for the client that outlines a complex occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan using the Canadian Practice Process Framework. You will use professional reasoning to clearly explain and justify a range of appropriate work enabling interventions that you will personally deliver, detailing the duration and frequency of interventions. Considering the client’s complex comorbidities, you will recommend any best practice physical or psychological referrals for interventions that should occur in conjunction with occupational therapy. You will provide an APA 7 style reference list at the end of your Service Agreement. As part of your committment to professional learning, you will also provide evidence of in person attendance for a minimum of 80% of scheduled OCCT13001 classes across the term.

Task components:

The Service Agreement contains the following components of the Canadian Practice Process Framework:

1. Standardised tools: A list of the clinical assessment tools that you need to carry out with the worker. A clinical assessment suite will usually be approved if there is a maximum of 5 tools required. Ensure that you include at least one occupation centred tool.

2. Occupational needs and expectations: For each assessment tool you list, use professional reasoning to explain how long it will take, what information it provides and how it will inform the work enabling interventions for the client using evidence to support your statements.

3. Impairments, limitations and restrictions: From the client case scenario, discuss a range of barriers (physical, symptomatic, psychosocial and job demand related) to work participation that you identify that are likely to be current for the client’s situation. You will need to broadly research the client’s comorbidities and cite a range of potential barriers that would be experienced. You are permitted to add pertinent appropriate information to the client case scenario if necessary, so that the barriers discussed can be contextualised.

4. Objectives and plan: From your case scenario information and identified barriers, create three short term functional improvement goals (these can be to improve client function in preparation for work) and one long term work focused goal for the client. You can assume the client has collaborated with you to set these goals.

5. Implement plan: Develop evidence based recommendations for occupational therapy interventions to address all goals and barriers. You will research the evidence for the best occupational therapy or other management strategy and provide an in-text citation for the source/s that support your recommendations. Cite primary clinical research or systematic review/meta-analysis evidence where possible.

6. Monitor/Modify: Provide a brief summary of the type, timeframe and frequency of interventions and how many hours of funding you will need to deliver them.

7. Conclude/Exit: Request approval for payment of your plan by writing a professional cover letter to your funding contact. Discuss any referrals that need to be made for the client and why they are needed in relation to the barriers and short term functional improvement goals.

In addition:

8. Your APA 7 style reference list will include 5-10 contemporary primary research or systematic review/meta-analysis evidence as a priority. These should be published within the last 10 years where possible and be relevant to best practice interventions appropriate for the client’s comorbidities.

9. Your individual in class attendance across the term for OCCT13001 meets the 80% minimum expected.

Calculation of marks:

Your work will be given a raw score out of 80 points according to the criteria listed. Your raw point score will be converted to an equivalent mark out of 40 that will appear in Moodle Gradebook.

• Selects a clinical assessment suite of up to five relevant tools. (5 points)
• Provides professional reasoning for each clinical assessment tool selected. (15 points)
• Discusses the physical, psychological, symptomatic, and job demand barriers to work. (15 points)
• Writes work focused goals for key selected barriers that were identified. (10 points)
• Explains occupational therapy interventions to address the nominated goals. (15 points)
• Provides an outline of hours to be funded for assessment and intervention. (5 points)
• Writes a cover letter to communicate with funding organisation. (5 points)
• Cites best practice evidence to support recommended interventions and provides an APA 7 style reference list. (5 points)
• In class attendance across the term for OCCT13001 meets 80% minimum (5 points)
  

Please see the full marking rubric in Moodle for more details.