OCCT12001 - Functional Anatomy for Occupational Therapy

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General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course will build on foundation knowledge of anatomy and physiology and introduce occupational therapy (OT) students to components of the musculoskeletal system essential to the assessment and intervention processes during rehabilitation. Students will become familiar with basic biomechanical knowledge surrounding activities of daily living and learn how to undertake a basic task analysis. Concepts of impairment at person level will be introduced. This course will complement theory-based courses regarding the role of physical assessment in client centred information gathering for occupational therapy.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

 

ALLH11004

Human Anatomy & Physiology for Health Professionals 2 and

Pre-requisite

ALLH11005

Human Anatomy & Physiology for Health Professionals  1

Pre-requisite

 

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026


Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 10%
2. Written Assessment 10%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 15%
4. Practical and Written Assessment 15%
5. Examination 50%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

Consult the University's Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2013 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: 'Have Your Say' on Moddle
Feedback:
 Course content seems to all be occupational therapy related. Assessment items were relevant to the theory learned and helped with the understanding and 'putting theory into practce'

Recommendation:
 Embed even more practical activities during course offering in 2014

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Explain and use anatomical and biomechanical terminology.
  2. Identify and describe joints of the upper limb.
  3. Identify the course and distribution of nerves and blood vessels of the upper limb.
  4. Undertake a biomechanical analysis for specific activities of daily living.
  5. Explain the normal gait cycle.
  6. Explain biomechanical and kinematic principles in relation to specific activities of daily living.
  7. Apply biomechanical principles to safe manual handling.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Problem Solving • • • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • • • • •
5 - Team Work • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
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