Available in 2024
Course code

OCCT3262

Units

10 units

Level

3000 level

Course handbook

Description

Productivity includes the paid and unpaid occupations that humans do to produce goods or services, provide sense of belonging in a community, and contribute to meeting the needs of others in society. This course addresses: 1) the meaning of productive occupations for all individuals, inclusive of health status, identity, disability, employability, employment status, and age and 2) the diverse roles occupational therapists’ hold within the practice of enabling productive occupation. Course content includes: a) evidence-informed models of practice, clinical reasoning, assessment, communication, and intervention skills needed for creating ergonomically and psychologically safe paid and unpaid productive occupation and b) how to enable productive occupations for individuals who are neurodiverse, aging, and/or experience mental health issues, occupational injustice and/or intellectual disabilities.


Availability2024 Course Timetables

Callaghan

  • Semester 2 - 2024

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of the course students will be able to:

1. Explain how occupational therapists practice across the field of work rehabilitation and in enabling participation in productive occupation.

2. Analyse the relationship between a worker, work and the environment and that of a person, their productive occupation and their environments.

3. Evaluate a client's capacity to work and return to work.

4. Formulate a viable plan to enable transition within or re-entry into work/productive occupation.

5. Justify the role of occupational therapy for enabling productive occupation within traditional and non-traditional/emerging practice.

6. Communicate and collaborate effectively, in both oral and written form, independently and within a group, using the appropriate conventions of the discipline.


Content

This course will focus on diverse groups of individuals who are seeking to enhance their possibilities to become productive citizens. This participation in occupation may be through formal paid employment or other related productive areas according to the needs and abilities of individuals.

Students will learn content related to the practice area of occupational rehabilitation, a key employer of occupational therapists locally, through lectures, discussion and laboratory activities. Students will conduct a worker/workplace assessment. Another portion of the class is related to practical strategies to assist all persons, with and without disabilities to engage in paid or non-paid work as productive occupation.  Such activities are also reflected in current practice.  Many class sessions and laboratories will be led by clinical specialists.  Students will also demonstrate ability to integrate research evidence into their practice reasoning.

 


Requisite

This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) program.

Pre-requisite - successful completion of OCCT2150, OCCT2151, OCCT2252 and HUBS2103.


Assumed knowledge

Prior successful completion of OCCT2150, OCCT2151, OCCT2252 and HUBS2103.


Assessment items

Written Assignment: Worker/Workplace Assessment Report

Presentation: Return to Work Plan Case Conference

In Term Test: Final Examination


Contact hours

Semester 2 - 2024 - Callaghan

Laboratory-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 12 week(s)
  • Laboratory for 1.5 Hours per Week
Lecture-1
  • Face to Face On Campus 2 hour(s) per week(s) for 13 week(s) starting in week 1
  • Lecture for 2 Hours per Week for 13 Weeks
Online Activity-1
  • Online 1 hour(s) per week(s) for 7 week(s) starting in week 1
  • 1 hours per week for 7 Weeks (Weeks 1-7)

Course outline