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OCCT14004 - Developing Occupation-Centred Community Programs

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This capstone course prepares all students to use their evolving skills and knowledge to evaluate, design and implement occupational therapy programs that will address the complex needs of clients with multiple disabilities and serious mental illness in a variety of community settings. This course will also provide opportunities for honours students to complete research focused projects. Students will work in small groups on projects identified by local clinicians that will take them into the field to develop, enhance or evaluate programs using an occupational justice lens. Honours students may work in small groups or individually depending on the nature of the research project. Supervision and mentoring will be provided by academic staff in collaboration with community based contacts. Students will accrue a minimum of 150 hours of fieldwork during this course. It will culminate in a student led professional conference. Honours students will formally present their research findings to their peers at this conference. It addition they will write a research report in the form of a manuscript for a peer reviewed journal. This capstone course integrates the learning experiences of the entire program.

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

OCCT13006

Professional Practice I and

Prereq

OCCT13005

Professional Practice II

Prereq

 

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 - 2010

Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
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. Group Work 40%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Oral Examination 20%

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 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 28.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% 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
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
Content about writing the final report was moved earlier in the term to Week 9.
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
Further information about evaluation tools and data analysis was added to the content.
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
The student conference remained as the final assessment task in the unit.
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
Nil.
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
Nil.
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
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Select appropriate theoretical approaches to be used in the development of a program for clients with complex needs using evidence based practice principles.
  2. Utilise a range of professional communication strategies including interviews, advocacy roles, problem solving, and conflict management and negotiating at a range of levels to understand complex community settings.
  3. Use skills of prioritisation, networking, time management and project administration to manage a research project.
  4. Exhibit professional and ethical behaviours as reflects a new health professional in all actions.
  5. Display capacity to operate as an effective team member understanding own role and roles of others during the completion of a complex project.
  6. Investigate and integrate the systems and influences underpinning community based intervention.
  7. Prepare a business case with a clear rationale and robust evaluation plan.
  8. Evaluate self and others throughout the course and during final conference presentation.
  9. Apply critical thinking and reflective practice in the analysis and interpretation of research results to develop new understanding of topic or problem.
  10. Engage in research communication via discussions with supervisors, in formal presentations and in written reports.


 

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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