OCC5080 Advanced professional practice
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
OCC5080 Advanced professional practice is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2026 in Semester 1 at Peninsula. It needs OCC5070.
- Credit points
- 12
- Offered in 2026
- Semester 1
- Peninsula
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 27 hours
- per semester
This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before OCC5080
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
After OCC5080
No unit lists OCC5080 as a prerequisite in the 2026 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Equivalent units
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Overview
You will complete a range of on-line and workbook tasks while undertaking an 8 week, full time, Practice Education Placement (PEP). In this placement you will consider your own role within human service organizations and apply and critique contemporary practice knowledge in leadership and management, supervision and mentoring, organizational behaviour, change management, organizational governance and service quality, professional development, and complex, program based multidisciplinary teams. A learning contract developed in OCC5070 will be used to guide practice learning. Practice education provides you with the opportunity to develop, integrate and enhance your practice skills to reach an entry level of competence in occupational therapy prior to graduation. By the end of the Practice Education Placement, you will be managing a caseload of clients independently. A portfolio assessment will be used to encourage reflection, a self-directed approach to learning and to provide a record of professional competencies as these are developing
Offerings in 2026
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Peninsula | Immersive |
Assessment
- Complete on-line discussion group & Zoom meeting tasks (2 x 5 mins presentations & 2 x peer reviews)Presentation25%
- Completion of scoping review article – Part 2 (2,000 words)Written25%
- Portfolio (2,000 words plus other online tasks)Portfolio30%
- Oral portfolio and defence (30 mins)Presentation20%
- Practice Education Placement (PEP) (8 weeks) Pass/FailWork integratedCompetency hurdle-
Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Demonstrate professional attitudes and behaviours at the level expected of a new graduate occupational therapist as assessed through the SPEF-R;
- 2
Demonstrate autonomous and competent application of all stages of the occupational therapy process to the level expected of a new graduate in occupational therapy according to the Australian Minimum Competency Standards for New Graduate Occupational Therapists;
- 3
Analyse and critique personal and professional learning in preparation for professional accreditation;
- 4
Implement, critique and evaluate strategies to effectively meet own learning needs;
- 5
Provide effective occupational therapy service considering the broad political, legal and industrial issues in the workplace, profession and client group;
- 6
Critique and devise strategies to address the change management processes, human resource management and service planning and delivery structures within an organization;
- 7
Critique professional issues arising from contemporary practice as a result of organisational and team management, finance and partnering with consumer groups;
- 8
Investigate, analyse, synthesise and communicate effectively on an issue in an area of occupational therapy practice that contributes to professional practice or scholarship.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials25 hours
- Seminars2 hours
- Teaching approachWork-integrated learning
4 hours of on-campus tutorials
21 hours of online tutorials
1 x on-campus seminar – 2 hours
Total= 27 hours across 12 weeks
2.25 hours per week
4 hours of self-directed learning per week
Practice Education Placement (PEP)
Practice Placement comprises 4.5 days per week for 8 weeks. Placement will require you to travel to practice locations. These may be near or away from the campus. It is possible that this placement could be undertaken anywhere in the world subject to the standard of supervision as well as legal requirements as the accompanying teaching and learning activities are completed online.
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
- Associate Professor Linda Barclay
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Linda Barclay
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for OCC5080?
You need OCC5070 before you enrol. Enrolment rules also apply.
When is OCC5080 offered?
In 2026, OCC5080 runs in Semester 1 at Peninsula.
How much work is OCC5080?
The handbook expects about 27 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does OCC5080 have an exam?
No. OCC5080 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.