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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.

  • Unit Title

    Health Conditions

  • Unit Code

    OCT2208

  • Year

    2017

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Amy WALLIS

Description

Students are introduced to diseases, disorders and impairments as barriers to occupational performance and participation in society across the lifespan.This includes an introduction to the principles, processes, conditions and cultural factors that affect a person's physical and mental health, and general wellbeing.The focus is on facilitating learning about these conditions from an occupational perspective and how they affect a persons ability to participate and engage in daily activity. Also considered are the sensitivities needed by occupational therapists when working with specific client populations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 5 units from EBH1101, OCT1102, OCT1205, OCT1206, OCT1208

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded OCT2201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe at a basic level the physiological processes and conditions that affect a person's health.
  2. Describe commonly occurring medical and developmental disorders in the systems of the human body.
  3. Analyse the impact of illness upon the occupational performance of an individual.
  4. Describe culture within the context of a persons family, friends, community, health and wellbeing.
  5. Describe the influence of behavioural factors, life-style choices and environmental factors on the cause and progression of disease.
  6. Explain the classification of tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous) and processes of repair following injury.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to the common facts, processes and conditions that affect a person's health, including aetiology, basic pathogenesis, commonly observed signs and symptoms, functional impairments and precautions.
  2. Injury and processes involved with tissue repair.
  3. Secondary health factors such as age, gender, family background, cross-cultural and international outlook on disease pattern and progression.
  4. Ethical considerations, especially when a client's capability to provide informed consent is an issue.
  5. Classification, structure and function of the four tissue types.
  6. Cultural influences that affect the extent to which a person uses adaptive mechanisms in response to illness or disability.
  7. Common medical and developmental disorders including cardio-pulmonary, musculo-skeletal and integumentary conditions.
  8. An overview on a systems approach to the study of abnormal health conditions.
  9. The impact of illness on body functions and structures and subsequent occupational performance.
  10. Culture within the context of a persons family, friends, community and membership in various cultural groups.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, guest speakers from industry, laboratories, E-learning activities, working in teams/small groups.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid semester test20%
PresentationGroup presentation20%
Reflective PracticeReflective writing on journal articles based on group topic10%
Examination ^End of semester examination *50%

^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

Core Reading(s)

  • Corwin, E. J. (2008). Handbook of pathophysiology. (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
  • Neighbors, M., & Tannehill-Jones, R. (2010). Human diseases (3rd ed.). Clifton Park, NY: Delmar Cengage Learning.

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 Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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.

  • Unit Title

    Health Conditions

  • Unit Code

    OCT2208

  • Year

    2017

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    3

  • Credit Points

    15

  • Full Year Unit

     N

  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus

  • Unit Coordinator

    Mrs Amy WALLIS

Description

Students are introduced to diseases, disorders and impairments as barriers to occupational performance and participation in society across the lifespan.This includes an introduction to the principles, processes, conditions and cultural factors that affect a person's physical and mental health, and general wellbeing.The focus is on facilitating learning about these conditions from an occupational perspective and how they affect a persons ability to participate and engage in daily activity. Also considered are the sensitivities needed by occupational therapists when working with specific client populations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must pass 5 units from EBH1101, OCT1102, OCT1205, OCT1206, OCT1208

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded OCT2201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe at a basic level the physiological processes and conditions that affect a person's health.
  2. Describe commonly occurring medical and developmental disorders in the systems of the human body.
  3. Analyse the impact of illness upon the occupational performance of an individual.
  4. Describe culture within the context of a persons family, friends, community, health and wellbeing.
  5. Describe the influence of behavioural factors, life-style choices and environmental factors on the cause and progression of disease.
  6. Explain the classification of tissue types (epithelial, connective, muscle and nervous) and processes of repair following injury.

Unit Content

  1. Introduction to the common facts, processes and conditions that affect a person's health, including aetiology, basic pathogenesis, commonly observed signs and symptoms, functional impairments and precautions.
  2. Injury and processes involved with tissue repair.
  3. Secondary health factors such as age, gender, family background, cross-cultural and international outlook on disease pattern and progression.
  4. Ethical considerations, especially when a client's capability to provide informed consent is an issue.
  5. Classification, structure and function of the four tissue types.
  6. Cultural influences that affect the extent to which a person uses adaptive mechanisms in response to illness or disability.
  7. Common medical and developmental disorders including cardio-pulmonary, musculo-skeletal and integumentary conditions.
  8. An overview on a systems approach to the study of abnormal health conditions.
  9. The impact of illness on body functions and structures and subsequent occupational performance.
  10. Culture within the context of a persons family, friends, community and membership in various cultural groups.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Lectures, guest speakers from industry, laboratories, E-learning activities, working in teams/small groups.

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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
TestMid semester test20%
PresentationGroup presentation20%
Reflective PracticeReflective writing on journal articles based on group topic10%
Examination ^End of semester examination *50%

^ Mandatory to Pass
* Assessment item identified for English language proficiency

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 Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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