Overview
This capstone unit will prepare you to use your emerging occupational therapy skills and knowledge to conduct a needs analysis and then design, implement and evaluate programs that will address the complex needs of clients in a community setting. You will work in a small group using an occupational justice lens to complete a unique workplace project identified by local stakeholders. Supervision and mentoring will be provided by academic staff in collaboration with selected community-based organisations. You will undertake a minimum of 150 hours of Work Integrated Learning during this unit. Your stakeholder focused workplace project will generate information that forms the basis of an industry standard conference presentation and written report, utilising the graduate level professional skills you have developed throughout your course of study in occupational therapy.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: OCCT13008 Professional Occupational Therapy Practice 1 OR OCCT13009 Professional Occupational Therapy Practice 1 Co-requisite: OCCT14002 Specialisation in Occupational Therapy
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of 'pass' in order to pass the unit. If any 'pass/fail' tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully ('pass' grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the 'assessment task' section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from SUTE comments
Students noted that tutorial content did not always align with the current stage of their projects.
It is recommended that the content, structure and timing of the support tutorials be reviewed prior to the 2026 offering, to ensure better alignment with the requirements of the community projects.
Feedback from SUTE comments Informal student feedback
Students requested clarity over what could and could not be counted towards the required WIL hours.
It is recommended that an information sheet outlining all expected WIL activities associated with the unit be developed.
Feedback from SUTE comments Educator observation
The volume of written assessment required is high and difficult to manage.
It is recommended that the nature and content of the assessment requirements be reviewed and streamlined where possible.
Feedback from SUTE comments Informal student feedback Educator reflection
The addition of a conference coordinator was beneficial for the organisation of the graduating conference.
It is recommended that the role of conference coordinator be continued by a staff member in 2026.
Feedback from SUTE comments Staff observation
The resultant community projects were high quality; however, projects were not made available until term commenced.
It is recommended that a more proactive and consistent approach to developing potential community projects be introduced for the 2026 offering.
- Select and apply appropriate theoretical principles to underpin the development of a community-based project for clients with complex needs
- Demonstrate a range of complex professional communication and problem-solving strategies to manage the expected and unexpected components of project development
- Exhibit graduate level professional and ethical behaviours to work with the university project supervisor to prioritise tasks, network with stakeholders and share responsibility for management of a community-based project
- Operate as an effective team member using objective reflection to evaluate the role of self and others throughout the project timeframe
- Prepare all project documentation to an industry expected standard incorporating feedback from key stakeholders into final documents.
The unit overview, unit learning outcomes, and assessment pieces are aligned with requirements in the Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards (AOTCS, 2018). These competency standards acknowledge the diversity of roles and contexts that currently exist in occupational therapy practice.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 2 - Presentation - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Workplace Project - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||