Program Overview

OCC105 Occupational Therapy Practice

This subject introduces students to the profession of occupational therapy. Students will be introduced to occupation-based models and ways in which occupational therapists work with people who have, or are at risk of having, occupational performance issues. Students will extend their skills of occupation-based activity analysis by analysing the occupations and activities of other people, integrating their knowledge and understanding of the complex impact of the person-environment-occupation factors on occupational performance. Students will be introduced to practice-based occupation-focused assessment, and enabling skills and strategies that occupational therapists use when working with people who may be challenged in engaging in their valued occupations.

Subject Outlines

Subject Outlines are available for recent sessions. Please note that Subject Outlines and assessment tasks are updated each session.

Availability

The subject is available in Session 2 with 60 students. It is offered on campus at the Albury-Wodonga Campus and Port Macquarie Campus.

Subject Information

Grading System

The grading system for this subject is HD/FL.

Duration

The subject is one session in duration.

School

The subject is offered by the School of Community Health.

Enrolment Restrictions

Students must be enrolled in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy to undertake this subject.

Incompatible Subjects

This subject is incompatible with OCC100.

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this subject, students should:

• be able to explain potential occupational performance issues that may occur as a result of an illness, injury or impairment
• be able to explain person, environment and occupation factors that impact on peoples' occupational performance
• be able to provide an overview of an occupational therapy decision-making process
• be able to describe key elements of occupation-based models used by occupational therapists
• be able to select relevant practice-based assessments and conduct an occupation-based activity analysis to identify occupational performance issues
• be able to select a range of relevant occupational therapy enabling strategies to address identified occupational performance issues

Syllabus

This subject will cover the following topics:

• Relationship between illness, injury and impairment and occupational performance
• Reflection on person, environment and occupation factors that impact on peoples' occupational performance
• Occupational therapy decision making process
• Occupation-based models
• Occupation-focused assessment
• Occupation based activity analysis skills
• Occupational therapy enabling skills and strategies