OTPP 1: Foundations of Professional Practice PG (12250.1)

This occupational therapy professional practice (OTPP) education unit provides students with the opportunity to apply the occupational therapy process in a practice context. Students will engage in simulation as well as supervised practice placements to continue to develop and demonstrate foundational professional skills in communication, professional reasoning, and reflective practice. Emphasis is placed on understanding and developing professional roles, receiving and applying feedback, and discussing contextual factors which shape the development of collaborative relationships and implementation of the occupational therapy process.

Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of this unit, students will be able to
1. Demonstrate essential professional behaviours for ethical and safe occupational therapy practice;
2. Discuss theories and knowledge of occupation and its relationship with health and wellbeing to inform occupation-centred practice;
3. Carry out occupation-centred practice that acknowledges the relationship between health, wellbeing and occupation;
4. Use appropriate communication strategies to build partnerships and enhance occupational participation; and
5. Critically integrate existing skills and knowledge into occupational therapy practice.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
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 - evaluate and adopt new technology

Prerequisites

12249 Occupational Therapy and Mental Health PG OR 10414 Occupational Therapy in Mental Health PG
AND
12248 Professional Reasoning in Occupational Therapy PG OR 11910 Assistive Technology to Enable Occupation G

Corequisites

Must be enrolled in 132JA Master of Occupational Therapy

Incompatible units

12259 OTPP1 Foundations of Professional Practice

Equivalent units

8350 Occupational Therapy Professional Practice 1

Assumed knowledge

None.