UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

OCC5161 Human occupation and health

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

OCC5161 Human occupation and health is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2025. It has no prerequisites.

Credit points
6
Offered in 2025
Not offered
Assessment
No exam
3 tasks

The 2027 handbook has no page for OCC5161. This is its 2025 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

Before OCC5161

No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.

After OCC5161

No unit lists OCC5161 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.

Enrolment rules

Corequisite: Must have an occupational therapy qualification and be enrolled in a postgraduate degree.

Overview

In this unit, you will develop advanced knowledge of contemporary perspectives of human activity, occupation, and occupational engagement from occupational science and occupational therapy literatures that inform occupation focused practices.
You will review evidence from research related to time use, occupational balance, meaning-related and contextual influences on occupational engagement, occupational choice and identity over the lifespan to deepen your understanding of occupational engagement and its interrelationships with wellbeing.
You will also critically reflect on and discuss how these concepts and evidence may be used in your practice to further advance person-centred, culturally relevant and occupation focused practice that promote the health and wellbeing of individuals, families and communities.

Offerings in 2025

The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for OCC5161.

Assessment

  • Oral presentation (individual x 20 minutes)Presentation
    20%
  • Essay (3,500 words)Written
    60%
  • Critique of an contemporary occupational issue (1,500 words)Written
    20%

Learning outcomes

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.

Learning resources

Required resources

See Moodle for details about required resources.

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Professor Ellie Fossey
Chief Examiners
Professor Helen Bourke-Taylor

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for OCC5161?

OCC5161 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.

When is OCC5161 offered?

OCC5161 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.

Does OCC5161 have an exam?

No. OCC5161 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
6
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Department of Occupational Therapy
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.125
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
202020212022202320242025