HSO403 - Promoting Occupational Engagement Through Assistive Technology

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Waterfront (Geelong)
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Valerie Watchorn
Cohort rule:This unit is only available to students enrolled in H355, H455
Prerequisite:

HSO306 and one of HSO305 or HXJ305

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: Nil
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:

1 x 3 hour seminar per week
1 x 4 hour practical experience (clinical skills) per week

Note:

This unit is taught intensively for 5 weeks.

Content

This unit focuses on the application of assistive technology as a performance facilitator to enhance people's occupational and social lives. This unit builds on knowledge gained from previous units and practice education in relation to human performance, occupational analysis, and environmental contexts. The unit introduces theoretical frameworks that apply person-centred principles specifically to the assistive technology selection process. The Matching Person to Technology (MPT) framework and the Human Activity Assistive Technology (HAAT) model will be applied to a range of scenarios in order to understand factors that may contribute to assistive technology engagement or abandonment.

This unit examines the occupational therapy role of assessment, prescription, technology selection and advocacy in relation to assistive technology. The importance of matching consumer needs with their environmental demands across all life domains and stages is emphasised. This unit emphasises a multidisciplinary approach to assistive technology selection that is informed and driven by consumer engagement. Teaching methods include case scenarios, seminars, web-based simulation resources, site visits and practical assistive technology demonstrations.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes

ULO1

Analyse available Assistive Technology, services, resources and products.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO2

Apply clinical reasoning and specific models of practice relevant to assistive technology to justify assistive technology choice.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO3

Critically evaluate the way Assistive Technology enhances or impedes occupational engagement for a specific consumer.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO4

Effectively interact with a consumer to accurately present the consumer’s experience of using Assistive Technology.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO5

Devise a convincing funding application for Assistive Technology.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management

ULO6

Demonstrate capacity to successfully work within a group to evaluate and apply knowledge of Assistive Technology.

GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO6: Self-management
GLO7: Teamwork

Assessment

Trimester 1:
Assessment description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Assessment 1: Resource evaluation 1200 words 30%
  • Dependant on intensive group
Assessment 2: Individual presentation   30%
  • Dependant on intensive group
Assessment 3: Case study 1800 words 40%
  • Dependant on intensive group

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.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: HSO403 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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