Unit of Study OCCU1002 Personal Care Occupations (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

OCCU1001 - Introduction to Occupational Therapy and Human Occupations

Unit description

This unit examines occupations of a person and the impact of occupational performance limitations on activities of daily living through activity analysis. Students will explore the personal and environmental factors that affect occupational performance and develop skills in the assessment, enhancement, maintenance and restoration of occupations. There will be an introduction to assistive technology to support occupational performance.

Unit content

Occupational, activity and task analysis
Occupational therapy process
Application of occupational therapy models of practice for assessment and intervention
Personal care routines and tasks and the importance of these activities to human occupation
Factors that impact occupational performance of activities of daily living
Assistive technology to enhance occupational performance

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Coffs Harbour	Term1	Term1
Gold Coast	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

analyse occupations, activities and tasks for an individual

analyse person and environmental factors that impact occupational performance

safely demonstrate use of adaptive equipment to support occupational performance

identify, design and justify intervention strategies to enhance occupational performance in low complexity scenarios

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Laboratory 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Report	60%

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Laboratory 3 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Short written response	40%
Report	60%

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts

No prescribed texts.

Prescribed Resources/Equipment

PLEASE NOTE: When attending laboratory classes you are required to wear fully enclosed footwear at all times as per the laboratory safety procedures

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.

Fee information

Domestic

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