OCCT14004 - Developing Occupation-Centred Community Programs

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 4
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 30%
2. Presentation 30%
3. Workplace Project 40%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 66.67% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE comments, informal class discussion.
Feedback
Students requested greater clarity about assessment requirements.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the assessment instructions and requirements be reviewed for clarity and consistency.
Action Taken
All assessment task instructions and requirements were revised and updated for 2024.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
The relevance of some lecture content was unclear to students.
Recommendation
It is recommended that unit content and communication about its relevance is reviewed.
Action Taken
The majority of unit content was updated for 2024. Communication about the relevance of weekly content to project tasks was provided in class by teaching staff.
Source: SUTE comments, observation, informal discussions with students.
Feedback
Organising the student conference was challenging.
Recommendation
It is recommended that processes concerning conference organisation are clearly communicated and that a clear channel of communication about the conference is established and enacted.
Action Taken
Weekly class time was allocated for conference planning discussions with students from both campuses. Students were encouraged to communicate and share conference resources and planning documents using the Microsoft Teams channel.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students reported some repetition of content already covered in other units.
Recommendation
It is recommended that CB84 curriculum is reviewed during team planning.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students from Bundaberg campus reported feeling less supported than their Rockhampton peers.
Recommendation
It is recommended to review student support initiatives for students on the Bundaberg campus.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The timeframes for formative feedback return were not clear.
Recommendation
It is recommended that students are provided with clear expectations regarding the timeframe for return of formative feedback.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Select and apply appropriate theoretical principles to underpin the development of a community-based project for clients with complex needs
  2. Demonstrate a range of complex professional communication and problem-solving strategies to manage the expected and unexpected components of project development
  3. 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
  4. Operate as an effective team member using objective reflection to evaluate the role of self and others throughout the project timeframe
  5. 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 • • •
2 - Presentation • •
3 - Workplace Project • • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
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 • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10