HSO411 - OT Honours Proposal Ethics and Literature
Unit details
| Year: | 2024 unit information |
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| Enrolment modes: | Students are requested to seek approval for enrolment @hsd-tl@deakin.edu.au |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Kirk Reed |
| Cohort rule: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in H455 Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) |
| Prerequisite: | HSO302, HSO305, HSO306, HSO308 |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | HSO401 |
| 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. |
Content
This unit provides a broad understanding of occupational therapy in research situations. Students study research methods to a level of critical analysis and begin to build in their own personal frames of reference to the Occupational Therapy research process. It covers the selection and application of OT theoretical models, the use of occupation-based processes to problem solve, articulation of occupational goals related to occupational therapy research, reflect on personal approaches to research directions using clinical reasoning, time management, needs analysis, and costing of projects.
Topics addressed in this unit include selecting and applying theoretical frameworks, critiquing literature, writing a literature review, search literature for research, developing research questions, planning and documentation, the research process, occupation-based reflective processes, reasoning and practice, personal frames of reference, professional communication and teamwork, management skills and knowledge, ethical and legal contexts of research and management. Teaching methods will include PBL case learning seminars, and profession specific skill and competency development.
| 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 | Prepare an ethics application for an occupationally relevant research project. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Prepare a plain language statement for research participants. | GLO6: Self-management |
| ULO3 | Seek out and synthesise information from the literature to inform a specific occupationally relevant research topic. | GLO3: Digital literacy |
| ULO4 | Argue from the literature the gap in knowledge related to own research topic. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO5 | Integrate literature from a wide range of sources into a cohesive written argument which identifies the gap in knowledge related to own research topic. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO6 | Provide an oral justification for own research topic based on the review of the literature. | GLO2: Communication |
Assessment
Trimester 1:| Assessment description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
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| Assessment 1: Ethics submission to Deakin Ethics Committee. This assignment to reflect the University ethics form. | 25% |
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| Assessment 2: Written assignment | 3000 words | 50% |
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| Assessment 3: Oral Presentation | 15 minutes and 5 minutes questions | 25% |
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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
There is no prescribed text. Unit materials are provided via the unit site. This includes unit topic readings and references to further information.
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