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Courses Handbook 2015

This handbook contains information on courses and components (majors, minors, streams and units) at Curtin in 2015.
Information for the previous year's courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2014.

OCCT6008 (v.1) Current Concepts in Occupational Therapy Professional Practice

Area: School of Occupational Therapy and Social Work
Credits: 25.0
TUITION PATTERNS: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 5 Days Semester
Seminar: 1 x 5 Days Semester
Equivalent(s): 314311 (v.1) Occupational Therapy Professional Practice 643 or any previous version
Prerequisite(s):     311080 (v.2) Paediatrics 641 or any previous version
    OR
    MEDS6016 (v.1) Paediatrics or any previous version
AND
    314042 (v.2) Neuroscience 641 or any previous version
    OR
    MEDS6018 (v.1) Neuroscience for Occupational Therapy or any previous version
AND
    311078 (v.2) Clinical Counselling and Group Work 641 or any previous version
    OR
    OCCT6001 (v.1) Clinical Counselling and Group Work or any previous version
AND
    314044 (v.2) Ergonomics and Safety Science 641 or any previous version
    OR
    OCCT6006 (v.1) Ergonomics and Safety Science or any previous version
AND
    311086 (v.2) Neuropsychiatry 642 or any previous version
    OR
    MEDS6017 (v.1) Advances in Neuropsychiatry or any previous version
AND
    311084 (v.2) Orthoses and Rehabilitation Science 642 or any previous version
    OR
    MEDI6002 (v.1) Orthoses and Rehabilitation Science or any previous version
AND
    311087 (v.2) Community Based Rehabilitation and Development 642 or any previous version
    OR
    OCCT6002 (v.1) Community Based Rehabilitation and Development or any previous version
AND
    314310 (v.1) Collaborative Research Project 642 or any previous version
    OR
    OCCT6007 (v.1) Collaborative Research Project or any previous version
UNIT REFERENCES, TEXTS, OUTCOMES AND ASSESSMENT DETAILS: The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Syllabus: Integration, evaluation and critique of core occupational therapy practice skills and theories including clinical reasoning; professional behaviours and leadership; occupational therapy models; occupational therapy process; ethics and values based practice; application of person and client centered practice; interprofessional practice; reflective practice; evidence based practice; practice in intercultural context and cultural competency; promotion of the occupational therapy profession.
Field of Education: 061703 Occupational Therapy
Result Type: Grade/Mark


Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2015 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

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Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External


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