UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

OCC5060 Enabling occupation 3

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

OCC5060 Enabling occupation 3 is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2025. It needs OCC5050 and unlocks 1 unit, leading on to 2 units in all.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2025
Other periods
Peninsula
Assessment
No exam
5 tasks

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

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Requisites

Before OCC5060

Prerequisites

Pass these before you enrol.

After OCC5060

1 unit list OCC5060 as a prerequisite or corequisite.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Must be enrolled in one of the following course codes: 4515, M6017

Overview

In this unit, you will begin to shift your view beyond the occupational challenges facing individuals, to consider the ways in which the occupations, health and well-being of groups, communities, and populations' may be impacted by social, political and organisational factors. You will apply advanced clinical reasoning and intervention skills in case-based scenarios applied to groups of people and communities who are experiencing complex health and social problems rather than individuals. The cases chosen highlight the multiple approaches to occupational intervention, both individual/clinical and community/prevention.

Additionally, 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.

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
Term 4PeninsulaImmersive

Assessment

  • Essay (3,600 words)Written
    30%
  • Oral presentation (20 minutes, 10 minutes per student)Presentation
    15%
  • Oral presentation (90 minutes preparation time, 15 minutes presentation, 5 minutes questions)Presentation
    25%
  • Report (3,600 words per student)Written
    30%
  • Practice education (Pass/Fail)Work integratedCompetency hurdle
    -

Learning outcomes

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

  1. 1

    Appraise the historical, political, cultural, societal, environmental and economic factors influencing health, wellbeing and occupations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and explain how to implement these into population-level occupational therapy practice.

  2. 2

    Interpret frameworks that underpin health promotion, and how these are operationalised and evaluated in health care settings.

  3. 3

    Evaluate the challenges and opportunities for integrating health promotion into contemporary practice in occupational therapy.

  4. 4

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

  5. 5

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

  6. 6

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

  7. 7

    Interpret and synthesise primary and secondary information sources to guide project scope and to prepare for service provision.

  8. 8

    Interpret and apply different methodological approaches used in project management.

  9. 9

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

Workload and teaching

  • Applied sessions135 hours
  • Assessments-
  • Tutorials50 hours

9 weeks of academic and practice education comprising:

  • 2 days per week PCP practice education
  • SBL tutorials: 4.5 hours per week
  • 4 hours Tutorials per week
  • 12 hours per week self-directed study

Practice education (weeks 1-9)
Up to 12 hours per week. Practice education will require you to travel to practice education locations. These may be near or away from the campus.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Ms Kirsty Pope
Chief Examiners
Ms Kirsty Pope

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for OCC5060?

You need OCC5050 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.

What can I take after OCC5060?

OCC5060 is a prerequisite or corequisite for 1 unit, including OCC5070. Those lead on to 2 units in all.

When is OCC5060 offered?

OCC5060 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

Does OCC5060 have an exam?

No. OCC5060 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
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