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 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Bundaberg
Rockhampton
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 - 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
In Progress
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
In Progress
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
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