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

    Enabling Occupation: Physical Conditions
  • Unit Code

    OCT3102
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Amy WALLIS

Description

In this unit students learn a range of therapeutic interventions to improve occupational performance for people with physical injury or illness. Physical conditions in this unit include orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune, and integumentary conditions. Students will relate changes in self-care, instrumental activities of daily living, work, play, sleep, and social participation, to physical injury or illness and learn to remediate or restore occupations. Hands on laboratories provide the opportunity for students to practice interventions such as: grading and adapting, transfers, home modifications, prescription of pressure garments, work simplification, energy conservation, joint protection.

Prerequisite Rule

OCT2102 or OCT2208 OCT1205

Equivalent Rule

Previously coded OCT3201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse changes in occupational performance to understand the biological, psychological, and social impacts of physical injury and illness.
  2. Formulate client centred assessment and intervention plans to remediate and restore occupational performance for people with physical injury or illness.
  3. Independently apply therapeutic techniques and skills relevant to rehabilitation of physical injury and illness.
  4. Analyse professional reasoning and decision making to enable formulation of occupational therapy interventions for people with physical injury or illness.

Unit Content

  1. Biopsychosocial approach
  2. Clinical assessments
  3. Physical interventions
  4. Adaptive approaches

Learning Experience

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

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Interactive laboratory classes enable students to apply knowledge in practical ways. Students will gain insights from expert guest clinicians. Students undertake a small group case study assessment where they are required to formulate an occupational therapy intervention plan for a client with a physical illness or injury. Students are also assessed on their ability to identify intervention goals, safely run a therapy session, and justify intervention decisions in an individual viva 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 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
Laboratory WorkLaboratory activities30%
Case StudyPhysical Condition Intervention Plan20%
Viva ^End of semester viva50%

^ 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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

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 as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. 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 or generative artificial intelligence tools, 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.

  • Unit Title

    Enabling Occupation: Physical Conditions
  • Unit Code

    OCT3102
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Amy WALLIS

Description

In this unit students learn a range of therapeutic interventions to improve occupational performance for people with physical injury or illness. Physical conditions in this unit include orthopaedic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, immune, and integumentary conditions. Students will relate changes in self-care, instrumental activities of daily living, work, play, sleep, and social participation, to physical injury or illness and learn to remediate or restore occupations. Hands on laboratories provide the opportunity for students to practice interventions such as: grading and adapting, transfers, home modifications, prescription of pressure garments, work simplification, energy conservation, joint protection.

Prerequisite Rule

OCT2102 or OCT2208 OCT1205

Equivalent Rule

Previously coded OCT3201

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse changes in occupational performance to understand the biological, psychological, and social impacts of physical injury and illness.
  2. Formulate client centred assessment and intervention plans to remediate and restore occupational performance for people with physical injury or illness.
  3. Independently apply therapeutic techniques and skills relevant to rehabilitation of physical injury and illness.
  4. Analyse professional reasoning and decision making to enable formulation of occupational therapy interventions for people with physical injury or illness.

Unit Content

  1. Biopsychosocial approach
  2. Clinical assessments
  3. Physical interventions
  4. Adaptive approaches

Learning Experience

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

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

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Interactive laboratory classes enable students to apply knowledge in practical ways. Students will gain insights from expert guest clinicians. Students undertake a small group case study assessment where they are required to formulate an occupational therapy intervention plan for a client with a physical illness or injury. Students are also assessed on their ability to identify intervention goals, safely run a therapy session, and justify intervention decisions in an individual viva 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 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
Laboratory WorkLaboratory activities30%
Case StudyPhysical Condition Intervention Plan20%
Viva ^End of semester viva50%

^ 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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

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 as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. 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 or generative artificial intelligence tools, 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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