HSO104 - Foundations of Occupational Science and Therapy B
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 2: Warrnambool, Waterfront (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Previously coded as: | HSO101 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 2: Jacqui Edwards |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H355 |
| Prerequisite: | HSO102 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSO101 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Stream 1 (Academic): 1 x 1 hour lecture plus 1 x 1 hour seminar per week |
Note:Department of Human Services policy - Police Record Check and Working With Children Check In accordance with Department of Human Services policy, all students are required to undertake a National Police Record Check prior to clinical placements in each calendar year of their course. In accordance with the Department of Justice 2007, Working with Children Act 2005, amended 2017, all students are required to undertake a Working with Children Check at the commencement of their course. Students who fail to obtain a Police Record Check and a Working with Children Check prior to the commencement of clinical placement will not be able to undertake clinical placement and this will impede progress in the course. Students may also be required to declare their immunisation status to satisfy the requirements of health organisations where they will be undertaking their clinical learning experience. A health organisation may refuse to accept a student for placement if the student’s immunisation status is not satisfactory to the health organisation. | |
Content
This level 1 unit comprises both academic and practice education streams. As such it aims to continue the development of students' knowledge in occupational science and therapy. In this unit students will work individually and in small groups to explore population and ecological health issues using occupational perspectives.
Students will employ an active research approach to better understand issues affecting the health of community groups and to consider ways in which occupational therapy seeks to promote health for all. Topics include philosophical, theoretical, and scientific concepts of occupation, health promotion, social and ecological concepts of health; action research methodology; community education; group work; occupational science concepts, needs, deprivation, alienation, adaptation, balance, environments, justice, burnout and boredom; the relationship between occupation and health; and practice contexts involving organisations and communities. Classes, seminars, issue-based learning, presentations and assignments guide project development and learning which concludes in class presentations.
Students will also participate in and observe practice in health and community organisations, developing occupational science and therapy skills and competencies. Students will be encouraged to draw on personal and fieldwork experiences to understand themselves as occupational beings and to begin the development of reflective professional practice.
| ULO | These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes |
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| ULO1 | Apply theoretical models of group theory to analyse and evaluate a practical group experience. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Analyse and explain the relationship between occupational science and occupational therapy. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO3 | Identify, analyse and explain a range of factors that impact on the experience of health and well-being for individuals and communities. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO4 | Identify and describe programs that aim to improve community health and well-being. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO5 | Analyse and apply theories from occupational science to a community program that aims to improve health and well-being. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO6 | Analyse and explain the integration of theory and practice in an occupational therapy practice situation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO7 | Integrate theory and practice as demonstrated through satisfactory performance against the relevant sections of the SPEF-R (1-5). | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO8 | Describe how occupational therapists promote health and minimize occupational injustice. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
Trimester 2:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Written paper | 1600 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 2: Reflection on a Wellness Session | Written paper: 1600 words | 40% |
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| Assessment 3: Practice Education Reflective Journal | Written report: 800 words | 20% |
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| Assessment 4: SPEF-R2 and timesheet | Successful completion of SPEF-R2 and 90% attendance | Pass/Fail |
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Failure of a practice education component in the Bachelor of Occupational Therapy will normally lead to failure of the unit and may lead to exclusion.
Note: students must achieve a pass in both Part A HSO102 and Part B HSO104 in order to meet the prerequisite requirements of HSO202 and HSO205.
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirement
- Must complete all placement requirements (Must pass SPEF-R2 and 90% placement attendance)
- Must pass Assessment Task 4.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSO104 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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