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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Health Conditions

  • Unit Code

    OCT2208

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    1

  • Version

    4

  • 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 person's 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 the following 5 units 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. Apply knowledge of body system pathophysiology to improve occupational performance.
  2. Develop and evaluate occupational therapy management plans using knowledge of clinical frameworks and evidence based practices.
  3. Describe the impact of behaviour, lifestyle, culture and environmental factors on the health and wellbeing of individuals.
  4. Develop occupational therapy management plans using culturally sensitive and ethically responsible practices.
  5. Reflect on personal performance to further develop occupational therapy practice skills.

Unit Content

  1. Pathophysiology of a healthy versus non-healthy system.
  2. Impact of health conditions on occupational performance and participation.
  3. Ethical practice.
  4. Cultural context of health.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 126 x 1 hour studioNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Guest presentations from industry, E-learning activities and working in teams/small groups. Students apply critical thinking and written communication skills in the student seminar assessment.

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
AssignmentStudent Seminar30%
Literature ReviewIndividual Journal Article Critique20%
Examination ^End of Semester Examination *50%

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

Core Reading(s)

  • Lazenby, R. Browder., & Corwin, E. J. (2011). Handbook of pathophysiology (4th ed.). Philadelphie, Penn: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/643443359
  • Neighbors, M. (2015). Human diseases. Australia  United States: Cengage Learning []. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/893202417?databaseList=638
  • Grossman, S., & Porth, C. (2013). Porth’s pathophysiology : concepts of altered health states (9th ed., pp. xxiv, 1660). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/863174667

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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Health Conditions

  • Unit Code

    OCT2208

  • Year

    2020

  • Enrolment Period

    2

  • Version

    4

  • 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 person's 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 have passed OCT1102, OCT1205, OCT1206, OCT1208 and MHS1102

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded OCT2201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of body system pathophysiology to improve occupational performance.
  2. Develop and evaluate occupational therapy management plans using knowledge of clinical frameworks and evidence based practices.
  3. Describe the impact of behaviour, lifestyle, culture and environmental factors on the health and wellbeing of individuals.
  4. Develop occupational therapy management plans using culturally sensitive and ethically responsible practices.

Unit Content

  1. Physiology vs pathophysiology of human systems.
  2. Impact of health conditions on occupational performance and participation.
  3. Ethical practice.
  4. Cultural context of health.

Learning Experience

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour labNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 2 hour lectureNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 126 x 1 hour studioNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Guest presentations from industry, E-learning activities and working in teams/small groups. Students apply critical thinking and written communication skills in the student seminar assessment.

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
AssignmentStudent Seminar30%
Literature ReviewIndividual Journal Article Critique20%
Examination ^End of Semester Examination *50%

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

Core Reading(s)

  • Lazenby, R. Browder., & Corwin, E. J. (2011). Handbook of pathophysiology (4th ed.). Philadelphie, Penn: Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Health. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/643443359
  • Neighbors, M. (2015). Human diseases. Australia  United States: Cengage Learning []. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/893202417?databaseList=638
  • Grossman, S., & Porth, C. (2013). Porth’s pathophysiology : concepts of altered health states (9th ed., pp. xxiv, 1660). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/863174667

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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