This is a practice education unit comprising 8 weeks of industry-based placement. In this unit students are required to attend the placement site for approximately 7.5 - 8 hours per day for 8 weeks. This unit gives the opportunity to practise, under supervision, authentic occupational therapy informational gathering, interventions and evaluations. The placement may be in current or emerging practice contexts. This practice education unit builds on previous placement blocks and aims to enable students to demonstrate application of knowledge and translation of theory to practice, and practice to theory at a new graduate level. This unit forms part of the 1000 hours of practice education mandated by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists and is guided national and international professional standards as required for Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA).

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Integrate professional behaviours into ethical and safe occupational therapy practice for routine and complex practice;
2. Synthesise theories and knowledge of occupation and its relationship with health and wellbeing to inform occupation-centred practice; and
3. Create routine occupation-centred practice that acknowledges the relationship between health, wellbeing and human occupation within the complexity of the practice environment; and
4. Integrate appropriate communication strategies to build partnerships and enhance occupational performance and participation in routine and complex practice.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - adapt to complexity, ambiguity and change by being flexible and keen to engage with new ideas
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

10416 Occupational Therapy Professional Practice 2 PG

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.