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 Therapy Administration
  • Unit Code

    OCT4104
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Katrina LIDDIARD

Description

This unit provides students with an overview of occupational therapy leadership and management, emphasising how effective teams can enable efficient and highly productive occupational therapy workplaces. Students will be introduced to key legislation that impacts upon occupational therapy practice and the importance of safety and health in the workplace. In this unit students develop skills in self-management, leadership, and conflict resolution, exploring methods to enhance their ability to supervise, delegate, negotiate and motivate people. Students will gain skills that enhance their efforts to apply and interview for work. They will produce a career plan to identify the capabilities they need to shape their desired occupational therapy career.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in H96 and have passed OCT3108, OCT3205 and OCT3206

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply leadership and management theories and principles to motivate people for a more productive and thriving occupational therapy workplace.
  2. Examine legislation and occupational therapy professional practice requirements to enable safe, lawful and accountable practice in the workplace.
  3. Design an evidence-informed innovative occupational therapy service in collaboration with others to support occupational performance and well-being for individuals, groups or populations.
  4. Formulate a career plan to ensure currency of occupational therapy knowledge, skills and professional capabilities.

Unit Content

  1. Teamwork to develop and plan for an innovative occupational therapy service.
  2. Activities and small group discussion.
  3. Professional communication skills applied to team building.
  4. Human resource management skills to resolve conflict, negotiate, supervise and delegate.
  5. Job interviews as both panel interviewer and interviewee.
  6. Personal career planning based on contemporary evidence.
  7. Legislation that relates to occupational therapy practice.

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 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour studioNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students learn through interactive seminars, self-directed learning and small group activities. Seminars are structured to mimic the continuing professional development activities that students will experience upon graduation. Students are encouraged to debate the concepts of power and leadership and examine their own biases and beliefs about workplace interaction. Students gain experience with using management and leadership skills in simulated occupational therapy contexts and work in small groups to create a novel idea that improves or enhances an aspect of occupational therapy practice. Self-reflection enables students to recognise their existing capabilities and develop a career plan to maintain and improve the currency of their knowledge and skills, considering their own potential as a future leader.

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
ProjectOccupational therapy services business case30%
AssignmentCareer reflection and planning35%
Test ^Leadership and management in occupational therapy practice35%

^ 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 Therapy Administration
  • Unit Code

    OCT4104
  • Year

    2022
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
  • Unit Coordinator

    Ms Katrina LIDDIARD

Description

This unit provides students with an overview of occupational therapy leadership and management, emphasising how effective teams can enable efficient and highly productive occupational therapy workplaces. Students will be introduced to key legislation that impacts upon occupational therapy practice and the importance of safety and health in the workplace. In this unit students develop skills in self-management, leadership, and conflict resolution, exploring methods to enhance their ability to supervise, delegate, negotiate and motivate people. Students will gain skills that enhance their efforts to apply and interview for work. They will produce a career plan to identify the capabilities they need to shape their desired occupational therapy career.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must be enrolled in H96 and have passed OCT3108, OCT3205 and OCT3206

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply leadership and management theories and principles to motivate people for a more productive and thriving occupational therapy workplace.
  2. Examine legislation and occupational therapy professional practice requirements to enable safe, lawful and accountable practice in the workplace.
  3. Design an evidence-informed innovative occupational therapy service in collaboration with others to support occupational performance and well-being for individuals, groups or populations.
  4. Formulate a career plan to ensure currency of occupational therapy knowledge, skills and professional capabilities.

Unit Content

  1. Teamwork to develop and plan for an innovative occupational therapy service.
  2. Activities and small group discussion.
  3. Professional communication skills applied to team building.
  4. Human resource management skills to resolve conflict, negotiate, supervise and delegate.
  5. Job interviews as both panel interviewer and interviewee.
  6. Personal career planning based on contemporary evidence.
  7. Legislation that relates to occupational therapy practice.

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 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 113 x 1 hour studioNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students learn through interactive seminars, self-directed learning and small group activities. Seminars are structured to mimic the continuing professional development activities that students will experience upon graduation. Students are encouraged to debate the concepts of power and leadership and examine their own biases and beliefs about workplace interaction. Students gain experience with using management and leadership skills in simulated occupational therapy contexts and work in small groups to create a novel idea that improves or enhances an aspect of occupational therapy practice. Self-reflection enables students to recognise their existing capabilities and develop a career plan to maintain and improve the currency of their knowledge and skills, considering their own potential as a future leader.

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
ProjectOccupational therapy services business case30%
AssignmentCareer reflection and planning35%
Test ^Leadership and management in occupational therapy practice35%

^ 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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