OCC4010 Foundations of occupational therapy

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

1. 1

   Explain and justify the role of an occupational therapist, in relation to the history of the profession, current practice, and similarities and differences from other health professionals within a collaborative practice environment.

2. 2

   Apply client-centred communication and interviewing to simulated occupational therapy practice situations.

3. 3

   Compare and contrast key features of contemporary occupational therapy models of practice and an interdisciplinary framework of functioning and disability, and apply these to a practice scenario.

4. 4

   Identify the socio-cultural, economic, and physical determinants of health with respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples  and culturally diverse populations, and describe how these affect care provision within a practice scenario.

5. 5

   . Identify the challenges and barriers to community participation likely to confront a person with a disability.

6. 6

   Describe and apply ethical,  legal and workplace safety issues pertinent to a practicing occupational therapist, including identification of ideal professional behaviours to a practice scenario.

7. 7

   Apply the process of reflective practice in the context of simulated disability experience task and community -based experience activities.

8. 8

   Locate, retrieve and use resources that inform understanding about health and occupational issues.