Overview and Purpose:

In a small group, you will prepare and deliver a professional presentation about legislation influencing occupational therapy and multidisciplinary team roles in work enablement. The task will show your understanding and ability to apply principles from legislation and occupational justice pertinent to selected contexts for enabling work participation practice as an occupational therapist. You will also gain knowledge from engaging with the presentations delivered by your peers. It is expected you will demonstrate effective and professional presentation skills, building on the skills you have already used in Year 1 & 2.

This assessment reflects common oral presentation formats for many professional conferences, in-service and training opportunities and contains the following parts:

Group Part A:

A 15-minute oral presentation using PowerPoint for a specific legislative and population context. You are provided with choices for the legislation and population context in Moodle to use for your group presentation. You will design a specific case scenario and apply an occupational therapy practice model to help you contextualise your explanations for the work enabling roles of the occupational therapist and team. You will use appropriate research evidence to prepare the content of your presentation. As part of the professional presentation format, your group will facilitate a class discussion time for your student peers at the end of your oral presentation.

Individual Part B:

A verbal explanation of one source per student from an individually prepared annotated bibliography of two key sources that you will provide to your peers in digital form. Your personal professional verbal and nonverbal communication will be evaluated during the presentation.

Preparation for your Assessment task:

You will be allocated to a group before term starts. Your group will have access to a Moodle Choice activity listing the campus-based topic options for the population context and legislation that you will discuss in your presentation. Groups will select and save one choice for your campus of enrolment, then that choice will be unavailable to other groups. In your group, you will independently research professional literature and relevant legislation to identify factors that influence practice as an occupational therapist in your chosen legislative and population context. You will use professionally prepared PowerPoint slides to support your oral presentation and class discussion time. You will provide a digital copy of your individually prepared annotated bibliography to your peers in the OCCT13001 Microsoft Teams chat before the due date. You will submit your group PowerPoint slides and individual Annotated Bibliography to Moodle for marking before the due date.

Filenames for Submission

Name your Moodle file submissions as follows to expedite marking:

• Annotated Bibliography: FirstnameLastname_AB e.g. SueJones_AB
• PowerPoint slides: Campusgroupnumber_PP e.g. BDG1_PP

Schedule of Presentation Topics:

The schedule for the presentation order is fixed by your group choice of legislative and population context. For example, the Bundaberg group that selects Moodle Choice 3 will present 3rd and so on. The draft and final Presentation Schedule will be available on Moodle.

Group Part A: Oral Presentation Content

1. For your context, use a case scenario and practice model to explain the role of occupational therapy and give an overview of multidisciplinary team member roles: (suggest 4-6 slides)

• Develop a case scenario for a client within the legislative and population context chosen. An ideal case scenario will be realistic for the population context, with clearly identified client occupational needs and consistently linked to work enabling principles and interventions discussed throughout the presentation.
• Research evidence from professional literature and current Australian occupational therapy practitioners to clearly outline the role of the occupational therapist in your allocated area of work enabling practice. Give examples of expected work enabling duties for an occupational therapist helping your case scenario client.
• Select an appropriate occupational therapy practice model (CMOP-E, MOHO, KAWA, or PEO) and use it to support occupational therapy interventions for your case scenario client. State who would pay for occupational therapy interventions in this context.
• Describe other professionals and stakeholders who would potentially be part of the multidisciplinary team working with the client. Provide a summary about what each of the other key professionals and stakeholders in the team contribute to the process of enabling the case scenario client’s work participation.
• Use in-text citations on your slides to provide appropriate professional evidence to support your explanations.

2. Explain how principles from the legislation can help you advocate for occupational justice with your case scenario client: (suggest 3-4 slides)

• Discuss 4 key principles from your legislation. Explain their relationship to the occupational justice framework relevant to your case scenario client's context.
• Explain how you would use all four principles to promote occupational justice for your case scenario client to engage in a work role.
• Use intext citations on your slides to provide appropriate professional evidence to support your explanations.

3. Engage your audience.

• Use multimedia to enhance the appearance of your slides, referencing image sources appropriately. Deliver within the time limits set (minimum 12-maximum 17 minutes) for the 15-minute presentation and maximum 5 minutes’ question time.

4. Facilitate a Class Discussion: (suggest 1-3 slides)

• Develop 2 questions to ask your audience to facilitate peer engagement in the 5-minute class discussion time after your presentation.
• Please do not prepare any new information to present during the class discussion time.
• Ensure your questions are open ended and easily able to be answered by your peers in relation to what you have already presented. (Suggest 1-3 slides)
• NB: Any student with an approved extension who is not able to present in class on the scheduled day cannot facilitate a class discussion time and will be set an alternative task as part of the presentation assessment.

5. Provide a reference list: (suggest 1-3 slides, not directly marked)

• Use APA 7 style to provide the full references for all your cited sources as the last section of your PowerPoint presentation, including your Legislative Act.

Individual Part B: Annotated Bibliography Content

6. Share key resources: (suggest 1-2 slides for 1 key source)

• Use the occupational therapy assignment coversheet (Word document) as the first page of your Annotated Bibliography document, and ensure you complete all relevant sections.
• The CQUniversity library has an information sheet about Academic Writing for Annotated Bibliographies. that guides inclusions for the Coverage, Currency, Authority, Objectivity and Relevance of your sources.

i) Provide peers with Annotated Bibliography document

• You will individually select two key sources to annotate in your Word document. Use APA 7 style to list the full reference and write 200 words about each source. In your Annotated Bibliography Word document, present detail about the Coverage and Relevance of each source. Please provide minimal information about the Currency, Authority and Objectivity of each source.
• Provide the Word document as a digital resource for your peers via the OCCT13001 Microsoft Teams chat before your presentation. It is expected that group members will select different sources to include in the Annotated Bibliography so that your peers will be provided with a broad range of key sources about the legislative and population context.
• The Annotated Bibliography will NOT include your allocated Legislative Act.
• If you do not share your Annotated Bibliography in Microsoft Teams with your peers before the presentation you will not obtain any marks for this component.
  
  

ii) Oral presentation of one key Annotated source

• Each group member will orally present one key professional literature source (not a website) from your individual Annotated Bibliography of 2 sources. Provide an oral explanation of the source’s
• Coverage: explain the main points, argument, and level of content
• Relevance: why you found the key source useful in your topic preparation, new information you learned and how it shaped your presentation and/or your case scenario.
• Use in-text citations for sources on your other slides.
• Provide the full source APA 7 style citation when you discuss your key source- include a few key points on your slide that outlines the main aim, content, or recommendations of the source.
• Deliver your presentation using professional verbal and non-verbal communication. You will be individually marked on all of your oral delivery including your annoted source.

Tips for preparing your content:

See the Task instruction document on Moodle for tips on designing your slides and facilitating the class discussion.

Word count:

Research has found that on average we can clearly present up to 150 spoken words per minute of presentation time, less if there are a lot of complex words of more than three syllables. Your group's prepared presentation script, including individual annotations, should therefore be approximately 2250-2500 words (you do not need to submit your script). Ensure that you present your information as concisely as possible while covering all key elements required.

See the Marking Rubric 2024 for points available for each section of the assignment. Your total points score out of 100 will be weighted at 25% of your OCCT13001 grade.

1. Develops a case scenario that relates to key interventions for the work enabling context. (10 points)
2. Describes the duties performed by an occupational therapist in the work enabling context (10 points)
3. Selects and applies an appropriate occupational therapy practice model and explains a payment source. (10 points)
4. Describes the contribution of key team members to client care. (10 points)
5. Applies principles from occupational justice and contextually relevant legislation to concepts for client advocacy (10 points)
6. Facilitates peer engagement in class discussion time that relates to presented content. (10 points)
7. Uses multimedia and organisation of content to maximise available time within set limits. (10 points)
8. Explains why the key source was relevant to the case study and topic. (10 points)
9. Provides peers with an APA7 style Annotated Bibliography for 2 relevant sources. (10 points)
10. Uses professional verbal and nonverbal communication. (use of eye contact, body language, speech volume, pace, pronunciation & enthusiasm). (10 points)

Overview and Purpose:

As occupational therapists, we can give advice regarding a client’s occupational performance needs for work. In this assignment you will address the needs of a client at Level 1 of the Return-to-Work Hierarchy who is likely to return to the same job with the same employer. You will highlight principles related to section 228 of the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 when discussing the obligations of the client’s employer. You will generate a realistic graded “Suitable Duties “plan for the worker observed during the in-class worksite evaluation.

Scenario: You are the occupational therapist who has received the WorkCover referral for the university maintenance employee who has had a Grade 2 neck and (right) shoulder strain from lifting heavy objects at work. The worker is keen to return to work in some capacity, however the supervisor has previously mentioned that he wants the worker to be fully fit before resuming work. You will need to explain the benefits of the “Suitable Duties” program and selected key points from the “Guideline for standard for rehabilitation” (2nd ed., 2023) to the supervisor so he agrees to participate. This will enable you to facilitate the worker’s return to work as a key part of an effective vocational rehabilitation program.

Your task:

You will document information in the "Job Analysis Template" after the workplace evaluation of one of the worker’s colleagues, to consider how to grade the usual work duties. You will interpret information from the workplace evaluation to help determine essential functional capacities for all usual work duties and to guide your recommended interventions. You will have access to additional information about the client from a written referral, the DASH and Work Capacity Capabilities Form for the worker's job type.

Synthesising the information that you gather, you will develop tables for each of the four MOHO components: volition, habituation, performance capacity and the environment in the “Intervention planning template”. You will identify barriers and set goals for the client before developing an evidence-based range of work enabling interventions. Use in-text citations of references containing best practice evidence to support all your recommended interventions.

One of your intervention strategies will be to create a graded "Suitable Duties Plan" for your client using an industry standard template. You will discuss how this intervention will be negotiated with the worker, the supervisor and WorkCover Rehabilitation Counsellor and how it addresses principles from the “Guidelines for standard for rehabilitation”. You will provide a clearly documented schedule of hours and duties to gradually upgrade to all usual work duties over the 4-week period of the Suitable Duties Plan.

Use the Word document settings that are contained within the templates. You will submit the following files to Moodle:

• Job Analysis Template (available on Moodle, 600 words ±10%)
• Intervention Planning Template (available on Moodle, 2600 words ±10%)
• WorkCover Queensland Suitable Duties template (available on Moodle, 150 words ±10%)
• Completed CB84 Assignment coversheet.

Filenames for submission:

Name your Moodle file submissions as follows to expedite marking:

• Occupational therapy coversheet FirstnameLastname_CS e.g. SueJones_CS
• Job Analysis Template: FirstnameLastname_JA e.g. SueJones_JA
• Intervention Planning Template: FirstnameLastname_Ix e.g. SueJones_Ix
• WorkCover Queensland Suitable Duties Template: FirstnameLastname_SD e.g. SueJones_SD

Use of professional language and medicolegal writing style is expected for this report:

Correct tense

• Use third person past tense for history, assessment (e.g., client was referred, Assessments were carried out)
• Use third person present tense for job analysis, identification of barriers (e.g., can, uses both hands)
• Use third person future tense for Goals and intervention strategies (e.g., In 3 weeks, client will…., occupational therapist to provide…)

Be professional and accurate

• Use professional terminology as discussed in OCCT13001 classes (e.g., workplace assessment, task modification, home exercise program)
• Maintain an objective and factual tone with your content. Make sure you are cautious about information the client has reported but may not have any evidence for.
• Avoid value judgements not based on fact (e.g., could barely drive, has a great family, is really wanting to work)
• Carefully choose words that precisely reflect the intended meaning.

Be careful with the following

• Do not use colloquial phrases unless it is presented as a “direct quote” from a client (e.g., it was “okay”, “took it easy”, “smokos”, etc.)
• Do not use abbreviations or acronyms unless you have clearly defined what they mean first
• Do not attribute blame to any person, this is not our role.

Communicate clearly:

• Keep your sentences short and succinct. Do not include long sentences if you can use dot points.
• This type of document can be subpoenaed to a court of law. It could be read by lawyers, judges, the client, and/or employer(s). Keep this in mind as you write your information.

Word count:

Overall, we expect this assignment will take 3350 words ±10% to complete as per the suggested word counts for each document. In real world practice, the time taken to prepare long wordy reports may not be fully funded. Efficient production of written reports to meet industry standards is a critical professional skill to master.

Marking Criteria:

See the Marking Rubric 2024 for points available for each section of the assignment. Your total points score out of 100 will be weighted at 35% of your OCCT13001 grade.

1. Documents observations from the simulated worksite visit in the Job Analysis template. (10 points)
2. Potential MOHO component barriers to desired outcomes are identified. (10 points)
3. Work related goals for each barrier are presented. (10 points)
4. Interventions to address volition and habituation goals are discussed. (10 points)
5. Interventions to address performance capacity and environmental goals are discussed. (10 points)
6. Outlines how the Suitable Duties plan will be negotiated with worker, supervisor, doctor, and insurer. (10 points)
7. Presents a graded schedule of work hours and restrictions for a 4-week Suitable Duties plan. (10 points)
8. Uses templates to record information about the client’s capabilities for work. (10 points)
9. Word choices, language structure and style used is chosen to communicate intended meaning. (10 points)
10. Evidence to support best practice is cited and referenced in APA 7 style. (10 points)

Overview and Purpose:

This assessment requires you to apply the work enabling skills and knowledge you have developed throughout this unit of study. You will generate a realistic evidence-based Service Agreement for a complex case scenario at Level 6 of the return-to-work hierarchy where the worker is looking for a different job with a new employer.

Scenario:

You are the occupational therapist who has received a referral for a client from the rehabilitation funding provider. They are asking you to provide case management for a worker. You will select from one of the five complex case study choices in Moodle as your referred client. You will seek written approval from the funding body before services commence. You will write a cover letter in response to the rehabilitation funding provider to request approval of payment for your Service Agreement, as well as to flag any other referrals you are recommending.

You will develop a comprehensive Service Agreement document (of around 4000 words ±10%) for the case study client that outlines a complex occupational therapy assessment and intervention plan using the Canadian Practice Process Framework. You will use professional reasoning to clearly explain and justify the range of appropriate work enabling interventions that you recommend, detailing the duration and frequency of interventions. Considering the client’s complex comorbidities, you will outline any best practice physical or psychological referrals for interventions that should occur in conjunction with occupational therapy. You will provide an APA 7 style reference list at the end of your Service Agreement.

Task components:

The Case Study Service Agreement contains the following parts of the Canadian Practice Process Framework:

1. Standardised tools: A list of the clinical assessment tools that you hope to carry out with the worker. A clinical assessment suite will usually be approved if there is a maximum of 5 tools required with minimal overlap or repetition of the information provided by each tool. Ensure that you include at least one occupation centred tool. (100 words)
2. Occupational needs and expectations: For each assessment tool you list, use professional reasoning to explain how long it will take, what information it provides and how it will inform the work enabling interventions for the client using evidence to support your statements. (700 words)
3. Impairments, limitations, and restrictions: Relevant to the client case scenario, discuss at least one of each type of barrier for work participation: physical, symptomatic, psychosocial and job demand related. You will need to broadly research the client’s comorbidities and cite evidence for a range of potential barriers that would be experienced. You are permitted to add pertinent appropriate information to the client case scenario if necessary, so that the barriers discussed can be contextualised. (900 words)
4. Objectives and plan: To address each type of identified barrier, create four short term functional improvement goals (these can be to improve client function in preparation for work) and one long term work focused goal for the client. (This plan will not achieve the long-term goal but will focus on achieving short term goals that make progress towards the long-term goal). Write all goals in the behavioural objective style. Assume the client has collaborated with you to set these goals. (100 words)
5. Implement plan: Develop evidence-based recommendations for occupational therapy interventions to address your four short term goals. You will research the evidence for the best occupational therapy or other management strategy and provide an in-text citation for the source/s that support your recommendations. Cite primary clinical research or systematic review/meta-analysis evidence where possible. (900 words)
6. Monitor/Modify: Provide a summary of the type, timeframe, and frequency of interventions and how many hours of funding you will need to deliver them. (100 words)
7. Conclude/Exit: Request approval for payment of your plan by writing a professional cover letter to your funding contact. Highlight any additional referrals to other professionals that need to be made for the client. (100 words)
8. References: Your APA 7 style reference list will include 5-10 contemporary primary research or systematic review/meta-analysis evidence as a priority. These should be published within the last 10 years where possible and be relevant to best practice interventions appropriate for the client’s comorbidities. (No word limit)

Formatting your Case Study Service Agreement

• Include a separate completed occupational therapy coversheet with your assignment documents.
• Use the following filename structures to expedite marking:
• Case study document: Firstnamelastname_ClientScenarioFirstname e.g. SueJones_Julia
• CB84 coversheet: Firstnamelastname_CS e.g.SueJones_CS
• Use a nonserif font either Arial or Calibri of at least 12pt size, with bottom right of the page number footers (i.e. Page 1 of 12, Page 2 of 12...) and 1.15 or 1.5 line spacing.
• Use the same language and style guidelines as stated for your Suitable Duties Plan.
• You can choose how to format your document layout, margins, headings, use of tables, dot points and paragraphs of text as you need.
• Consider how to present your information so it is organised, logical and easy to follow for your insurer, who would be reading it to approve funding for your recommendations.

Writing your Cover Letter

• Use a formal letter writing layout with correct spelling, grammar, and word choice.
• You may add fictitious information for the contact person and client if it is not already provided.
• Provide contact details for yourself including telephone and email at the top of the letter.
• Include the date your letter was written.
• Thank the contact for their referral and indicate your client's name, brief history, and contact details.
• Clearly state the purpose of your letter.

See the Marking Rubric 2024 for points available for each section of the assignment. Your total points score out of 80 will be divided by 2 to calculate your Assessment 3 grade.

1. Selects an appropriate clinical assessment suite of up to five relevant tools. (5 points)
2. Provides professional reasoning for each clinical assessment tool selected. (10 points)
3. Discusses physical, psychological, symptomatic, and job demand barriers to work. (20 points)
4. Writes work focused goals for key selected barriers that were identified. (10 points)
5. Justifies interventions to address the nominated goals. (20 points)
6. Provides an outline of appropriate hours to be funded for assessment and intervention. (5 points)
7. Writes a cover letter to communicate with funding organisation. (5 points)
8. Cites best practice evidence to support recommended interventions and provides an APA7 style reference list. (5 points)