School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Analysis
  • Unit Code

    OCT1205
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Melanie Linda DAY

Description

This unit considers the principles involved in the analysis of self-care, work, leisure activities and occupations to understand their component parts, their possible meanings to clients, and their therapeutic potential. It includes an in-depth study of the analytic and occupational therapy processes at the core of occupational therapy practice including clinical reasoning. The importance of ethical and legal aspects of accurate reporting, and the documentation of the outcomes of analyses are reviewed.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 2 units from OCT1101, OCT1104

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Accurately document the outcomes of activity or occupational analysis and the resultant occupational therapy process.
  2. Adapt activities and occupations to meet the needs of clients.
  3. Analyse activity and occupation-based activity for contextual demands and performance skills.
  4. Apply the concepts of clinical reasoning and occupational therapy process to practice.
  5. Define activity and occupational analysis and their component parts.
  6. Explain activity and occupational analysis and their component parts.
  7. Explain the concepts of learning, thought, and behavioural theories as applied to occupation.
  8. Grade activities and occupations to meet the needs of clients.

Unit Content

  1. Activity analysis and clinical reasoning.
  2. Activity analysis, theory-focused activity analysis, occupation-based activity analysis, grading and adaptation.
  3. Analysing occupation and activity as a way of thinking about occupational performance.
  4. Introduction to the ethical and legal requirements for accurate and culturally sensitive documentation related to the occupational analysis and subsequent decision-making processes.
  5. Introduction to theories of learning, thought, and behaviour as related to occupation.
  6. Using activity and occupational analysis and the occupational therapy process to meet a clients goals.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and experiential laboratories, class and small group discussion, guest lecturers from industry, E-learning activities.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentOccupational analysis for expected performance30%
AssignmentOccupational analysis for therapeutic intervention30%
Test ^Final assessment - Client Activity Intervention Plan40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Your unit may be subject to government or third party COVID-19 vaccination requirements. Please consider this before enrolling in this unit, and speak with the unit coordinator if this raises any concerns.

  • Unit Title

    Occupational Analysis
  • Unit Code

    OCT1205
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Melanie Linda DAY

Description

This unit introduces students to the principles for analysing occupations, building upon existing knowledge about the relationship between occupations, health and wellness for individuals and communities. Occupational therapy terminology relevant to occupational analysis is introduced. Students learn how to break down activities into component parts, and how to apply the principles of activity analysis to identify, grade and modify activities suitable for occupational therapy interventions. Students will use activity analysis to further develop their professional reasoning skills.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed OCT1101 and OCT1104.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply the principles of activity and occupational analysis to evaluate occupational performance and develop professional reasoning.
  2. Apply the principles of grading and adapting to facilitate occupational performance for clients.
  3. Use activity analysis to inform intervention planning to enhance a person’s occupational performance.

Unit Content

  1. Analysing occupation and activity as a way of thinking about occupational performance.
  2. Occupation and activity analysis for expected performance and therapeutic intervention.
  3. Modifying occupations and activities through grading and adaptation.
  4. Introduction to theories of learning as related to occupational performance.
  5. Using activity and occupational analysis and the occupational therapy process to meet a client’s goals.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 213 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 1 hour studioNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures and laboratories are highly interactive and support students to develop fundamental skills in facilitating occupational interventions. Students complete creative projects such as sewing and woodwork in small groups, then learn how to evaluate these activities using occupational therapy principles. Guest speakers are invited from time to time, depending upon availability, providing opportunities for students to connect with diverse industry professionals. Laboratory assessments and creative tasks are undertaken in small groups, with students receiving individual marks for their personal analysis.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Due to the professional competency skill development associated with this Unit, student attendance/participation within listed in-class activities and/or online activities including discussion boards is compulsory. Students failing to meet participation standards as outlined in the unit information may be awarded an I Grade (Fail - incomplete). Students who are unable to meet this requirement for medical or other reasons must seek the approval of the unit coordinator.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentOccupational analysis for expected performance30%
AssignmentOccupational analysis for therapeutic intervention30%
Case Study ^Client activity intervention plan40%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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