OCC3031 Enabling occupation: Performance challenges 1B

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Take responsibility for own attitudes and behaviour, as demonstrated by acknowledging prejudices, limitations, and lack of knowledge, and commitment to change and growth as a result of professional development, and reflective learning;

2. 2

   Further develop skills in self-assessment and the provision of constructive feedback to others;

3. 3

   Function effectively as a member of a small learning group;

4. 4

   Understand further the relationship between the person, the environment (physical social, institutional and cultural) and occupation as the basis for occupational therapy practice;

5. 5

   Further appreciate the complex and interacting factors that contribute to notions of culture and cultural relationships, health and illness and multicultural diversity to professional practice and citizenship;

6. 6

   Describe and apply the Canadian Practice Process Framework to typical occupational therapy practice scenarios and clinical practice;

7. 7

   Describe and critique best evidence available for typical occupational therapy intervention strategies, methods and modalities used with clients of occupational therapy presenting with physical, mental/psychosocial, cognitive, social, and other related occupational performance challenges;

8. 8

   Describe types and processes of traumatic stress reaction and application of strategies for processing of traumatic stress responses and models of critical stress debriefing;

9. 9

   Demonstrate clinical reasoning and client-centred/family-centred approach to the development and implementation of occupationally relevant intervention strategies;

10. 10

    Describe further common medical, surgical, neurological, musculoskeletal, psychosocial and developmental conditions that can present in clients of occupational therapy and their occupational sequela;

11. 11

    Write relevant, concise and comprehensive reports and substantiate both written and oral reports with information form assessments, observations and interviews';

12. 12

    Effectively communicate with other members of the team and refer appropriately;

13. 13

    Maintain the legal, ethical and professional standards and emergency procedures set by the clinical facility, Monash University, and OT AUSTRALIA code of ethics; and

14. 14

    Seek out and apply the principles of evidence-based practice and using best evidence available for practice related to clients of occupational therapy.