OTPP 3: Transition to Professional Practice (12261.1)

This occupational therapy professional practice (OTPP) education capstone unit provides students with an extended practice education experience, where they are expected to demonstrate entry-level competency as occupational therapists. Through immersive, supervised placement, students will refine their professional reasoning, professional judgment, and autonomous practice skills. Emphasis is placed on managing workload, delivering evidence-informed occupational therapy practice, and collaborating effectively within multidisciplinary teams. Development of reflective practice, ethical decision-making, and professional identity are key components, preparing students for the transition to graduate practice.

Learning outcomes

Upon 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;
3. Create routine culturally responsive occupation-centred practice that acknowledges the relationship between health, wellbeing and occupation within the complexity of the practice environment; and
4. Integrate appropriate communication to build partnerships and enhance occupational participation in routine and complex practice.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
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
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
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - use Indigenous histories and traditional ecological knowledge to develop and augment understanding of their discipline

Prerequisites

10311 Humans as Occupational Beings 2 AND
12262 Contemporary Occupational Therapy Practice OR 11917 Professional Practice Context and Governance
AND
12260 OTPP 2: Developing Practice Competency OR 10309 Occupational Therapy Professional Practice 2

Corequisites

Must be enrolled in 373JA Bachelor of Occupational Therapy

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

10312 Occupational Therapy Professional Practice 3

Assumed knowledge

None.