OCC5161 Human occupation and health

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

1. 1

   Evaluate and articulate similarities and differences among contemporary perspectives of human activity and occupation within occupational science and occupational therapy literatures.

2. 2

   Critique and synthesize differing perspectives of time use, occupational balance, habits and routines as they relate to human health and well-being in a selected population.

3. 3

   Evaluate and differentiate dimensions of meaning related to occupation, opportunity, choice, identity and occupational justice.

4. 4

   Identify and evaluate research methodologies used to study what people do in daily life, their patterns of participation, occupational engagement and occupational balance.

5. 5

   Demonstrate advanced skills in searching, describing, critiquing, summarising, and presenting evidence (verbally and in written form) from research literature to inform person-centred, culturally relevant and occupation focused practice.