UnitLevel 4Undergraduate

OCC4071 Participatory community practice 2: Implementation

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

OCC4071 Participatory community practice 2: Implementation is a level 4, 12-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2025 in Semester 1 at Peninsula. It needs OCC3052 and (OCC3062 or OCC3072) and unlocks 2 units.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Semester 1
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 continue to work two days per week in collaboration with a community-based agency and apply the principles of enabling occupational participation, occupational rights and justice to promote health and wellbeing for an identified population.
Furthermore, you will learn and apply collaborative project management skills to implement, evaluate and report on chosen quality improvement activities that will enable occupational participation for your specific population.
You will consolidate skills in evidence-based practice by developing your project deliverable/s based on best practice. In this unit, you will also evaluate your project processes and the impact of your deliverable/s and use your findings to support project recommendations.
You will consolidate your communication skills by disseminating project information in written and verbal forms via a conference poster presentation and a written project report.
Finally, you will apply ethical principles to ensure safe practice when implementing a project plan that will contribute to service development.

Offerings in 2025

Teaching periodCampusMode
First semesterPeninsulaImmersive

Assessment

  • Report (3,000 words)Written
    30%
  • Oral presentation (30mins)Presentation
    20%
  • Report (6,000 words)ProjectCompetency hurdle
    50%
  • Reflection (1,000 words total)WrittenCompetency hurdle
    -
  • Practice Education (22 days)Work integratedCompetency hurdle
    -

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Apply ethical principles when implementing your project plan and adapt service provision to ensure safe practice.

  3. 3

    Interpret and synthesise primary and secondary information sources to guide the development of project deliverable/s.

  4. 4

    Collaborate with key stakeholders to co-design project deliverable/s and facilitate effective project handover.

  5. 5

    Identify and implement appropriate strategies to evaluate project processes, impacts and outcomes.

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    Identify and implement appropriate reflection strategies during and following service provision, and adapt this to improve own performance.

Workload and teaching

  • Workshops12 hours
  • Applied sessions165 hours
  • Tutorials12 hours
  • Teaching approachActive learning

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.

For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

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

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for OCC4071?

You need OCC3052 and (OCC3062 or OCC3072) before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

What can I take after OCC4071?

OCC4071 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 2 units, including OCC4082 and OCC4092.

When is OCC4071 offered?

In 2025, OCC4071 runs in Semester 1 at Peninsula.

Does OCC4071 have an exam?

No. OCC4071 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
4
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