UnitLevel 3Undergraduate

OCC3062 Participatory community practice 1: Development

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

OCC3062 Participatory community practice 1: Development is a level 3, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 2 at Peninsula. It needs (OCC3031, OCC3041 and OCC3061); or (OCC3031 and OCC3051) and unlocks 3 units, leading on to 4 units in all.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Semester 2
Peninsula
Assessment
No exam
5 tasks

This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Requisites

Overview

In this unit you will apply the principles of enabling occupational participation, occupational rights and justice to promote health and wellbeing for an identified population. You will learn and apply collaborative project management skills to co-design a project plan, outlining the rationale for potential strategies for addressing a population-based occupational participation issue. Within this unit you will consolidate skills in information gathering and how to apply ethical principles to ensure safe practice when planning quality improvement activities.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
Second semesterPeninsulaImmersive

Assessment

  • Report (3,000 words)Written
    30%
  • Oral project presentation (30 minutes per project partnership)Presentation
    20%
  • Report (6,000 words per project partnership)WrittenCompetency hurdle
    50%
  • Reflection (1,500 words)WrittenCompetency hurdle
    -
  • Practice education placement (22 days)Work integratedCompetency hurdle
    -

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

    Identify, justify and implement collaborative practice with key stakeholders to co-design and plan a quality improvement community partnership project that addresses an occupational participation need for an identified population.

  2. 2

    Apply the principles of enabling occupational participation, occupational rights and justice to promote health and wellbeing for an identified population.

  3. 3

    Apply ethical principles in designing and planning quality improvement activities to a community partnership project and adapt service provision to ensure safe practice

  4. 4

    Interpret and synthesise primary and secondary information sources to guide community partnership project scope and service provision

  5. 5

    Interpret and apply different methodological approaches used in project management

  6. 6

    Interpret and disseminate relevant project management knowledge, skills and ideas to key stakeholders using effective verbal and written communication.

  7. 7

    Develop strategies to empower service providers, community leaders, consumers and carers to determine and set priorities for change; and

  8. 8

    Use findings of assessments/needs analyses to develop programs using best available evidence.

Workload and teaching

  • Practical activities165 hours
  • Tutorials12 hours
  • Workshops12 hours

Practice education placement in external agencies for the equivalent of 15 hours a week for 11 weeks / 165 hours for the semester; 12 hours of on-campus workshops; 12 hours of on-campus tutorials; 5 hours of on-campus assessment in the form of oral project presentations; 6-8 hours per week of private study; and 6 supervision meetings with allocated Monash University practice education supervisor across the semester.

Practice education placement: 22 days.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Mrs Marie-Claire Ryan
Ms Lisa Murphy
Chief Examiners
Ms Lisa Murphy

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for OCC3062?

You need (OCC3031, OCC3041 and OCC3061); or (OCC3031 and OCC3051) before you enrol; and OCC3052 before or alongside it. Enrolment rules also apply.

What can I take after OCC3062?

OCC3062 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 3 units, including OCC4071, OCC4081 and OCC4092. Those lead on to 4 units in all.

When is OCC3062 offered?

In 2025, OCC3062 runs in Semester 2 at Peninsula.

Does OCC3062 have an exam?

No. OCC3062 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
3
Study level
Undergraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Department of Occupational Therapy
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available