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 2 - 2023

Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2024 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 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 10.53% 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: Have Your Say
Feedback
Students perceived that the workload for each project was not equal across campuses.
Recommendation
It is recommended that students are informed that project tasks may vary between locations, that the workload for each project continues to be monitored by the Unit coordinator and will take into account the number of team members as well as the expected timeframe for completion.
Action Taken
Students were made aware that the size of their team influenced project scoping so that both smaller teams and larger teams had appropriate workload expectations. Teams were supported by the unit coordinator to manage community partner expectations, especially if desired tasks were not achievable within the project timeframe.
Source: Have Your Say Staff reflection
Feedback
Assessment due dates need review: submission of the final report prior to the conference presentation was considered preferable by students, while also enabling more timely marking.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the conference presentation becomes the last assessment task in OCCT14004.
Action Taken
The graduate conference and team presentation was scheduled as the final assessment task.
Source: Have Your Say Personal communication
Feedback
Use of Microsoft Teams was useful for organising and communicating. There is a need to ensure group documents are not lost or accessible to other students.
Recommendation
It is recommended that discussion with IT services occur to determine what solutions are available for document integrity and retention in Microsoft Teams.
Action Taken
Microsoft Teams was set up with private groups so that student team members could only access their own content.
Source: Have Your Say
Feedback
Clarity about conference planning tasks is required.
Recommendation
It is recommended that students are provided with a list of duties required for each conference planning task, and that the criteria for marking is highlighted to students.
Action Taken
Students were provided with previous years documents detailing each conference planning task. Allocated tasks were discussed every week in class and examples were provided of student performance for each level of marking criteria.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Week 11 content would have been beneficial earlier in the term.
Recommendation
It is recommended that content about writing the final project report is moved to an earlier week of the term.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Provide more examples about evaluation tools and data analysis.
Recommendation
It is recommended that curriculum content about selected evaluation tools, quantitative and qualitative data analysis is reviewed and clarified.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Personal communications
Feedback
Students were satisifed with the timing of the conference presentation as the final assessment task.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the conference presentation remains the final assessment task in future offerings.
Action Taken
Nil.
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