| Effective Term: | 2024/20 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Health and Wellbeing |
| Unit Title: | Contextual Determinants of Occupation |
| Unit ID: | NHPOT2014 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (NHPOT2015) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 061703 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This unit provides a comprehensive exploration of the contextual factors affecting engagement in occupation for individuals, groups, and communities. Students will explore the dynamic interplay between physical, social, cultural, and institutional factors that influence occupational participation. Through this process, students will develop skills in assessing contextual factors and implementing enabling strategies to facilitate participation and enhance well-being. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: | Yes - 5 days |
| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | |  | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| On successful completion of the unit the students are expected to be able to: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Identify the physical, social, cultural, and institutional factors impacting engagement in occupation. |
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| K2. | Discuss the interplay between different contextual factors and their collective impact on occupational participation. |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Demonstrate competence in occupational therapy professional communication skills. |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Appraise various information gathering strategies tailored to the needs and situation of individuals, groups, and communities. |
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| A2. | Analyse contextual factors contributing to occupational disruption, alienation, and injustice for individuals, groups, and communities. |
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| A3. | Design enabling strategies that address contextual factors contributing to occupational dysfunction in individuals, groups, and communities. |
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| Unit Content: |
The following documentation has substantially informed the syllabus/content of this unit: The Occupational Therapy Board of Australia (OTBA) Code of Conduct (2014); Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards (2018); National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards (2017); National Standards for Mental Health 2020 as based on Mental Health Act 2014; Aged Care Quality Standards (2021); National Digital Health Framework (2021); and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Curriculum Framework (2020).
Topics may include:
1. Universal Design
2. Ergonomics
3. Home Modification
4. Assistive Technology
5. Accessible public spaces
6. Regulatory Frameworks
7. Funding Models
8. Interprofessional Collaboration
9. Cultural Competence
10. Displaced people
11. Marginalised populations |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: • Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods • Active listening for meaning and influencing • High-level empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams | 2 - No | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments • Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth • Inspiring and enabling others • Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others • Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems | 2 - No | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically on complex problems • Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry • Proposing creative solutions in problem solving | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: • Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research • Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities | 1 - Yes | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: • The responsible conduct of research • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts • Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable • Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | 1 - Yes |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, S1, A1, A2, A3 | 38-40 hours observational placement | Practice Placement | S/U | | 2. | K1, K2, S1, A2 | Written report | Group assignment | 20-30% | | 3. | K1, K2, S1, A1, A3 | Oral presentation | Infographic | 20-30% | | 4. | K1, K2, S1, A1, A2, A3 | All theory focus | Written examination | 40-60% | | 5. | K1, K2, S1, A1, A2, A3 | Attendance and participation in at least 80% of Workshops | Attendance, Participation and Reflection | S/U | | 6. | K1, K2, S1, A1, A2, A3 | Achieving a pass result for written examination | Written examination | S/U |
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