Unit Synopsis
This capstone unit builds upon the foundation knowledge and practice experience you have built throughout the occupational therapy course. The focus of this unit is to equip you to function as an autonomous, evidence-informed new graduate practitioner in Australia. It is comprised of various modules which will advance your professional skills for independent practice. Each module will be offered in semi-block mode to enable immersion in a specialised area of professional practice. The range of modules will be subject to resources including availability of experts to contribute. Depending on the number and scope of modules offered, there may be some choice in which modules you undertake. However, a compulsory module will focus on the application of telehealth for motivational interviewing, a skill in facilitating client behavioural change applicable across caseloads.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 4 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites: OCCT13009 (or OCCT13008 or OCCT13005 and OCCT13006) and OCCT14003 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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).
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 | 20% |
| 2. Reflective Practice Assignment | 40% |
| 3. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 90.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% 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: SUTE and casual feedback in-class to the Unit Coordinator.
Many students reported that the Home Modifications module was complex and pitched more at new graduate level than at graduate level.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator continue to work with the expert specialist guest speaker to modify the content for 2025.
There was overall positive verbal feedback received from students about the content from the Home Modifications module. However, they believed it would be beneficial to reduce the content slightly on the 2nd day to allow for adequate time for the assessment task in the afternoon.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
There is a need to ensure that the assessment results are truly reflective of the skill and knowledge of students as they graduate into the workforce. Student numbers are increasing, which means one marker will not be sustainable moving forward.
It is recommended that an additional experienced educator be brought in to support the unit coordinator with marking of the two assessment pieces worth 40%.
A sessional marker was engaged to support the Unit coordinator in marking Assessment 2, which was an effective method of managing this workload. Unfortunately, this didn't occur for assessment 3 and a single staff member marked 40 assessments (including an oral and written piece of work). This will need to be revised in future years.
Source: SUTE and anecdotal feedback from students to Unit Coordinator.
Students over 2023 and 2024 have provided feedback that the paediatric module is pitched at a foundational level, and needs to be more graduate level, with real-world skills application for paediatric private practice.
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator liaise with the CB84 team to modify the paediatric specialist module for 2025.
Positive verbal feedback was received from students after the paediatric module, stating that the content helped to build their knowledge and skills in this area of practice.
Source: Informal student comments, unit coordinator reflection. SUTE comments.
Students appreciated the inclusion of the Lymphoedema module in this unit, recognising this is a valuable specialist area of OT practice. Furthermore, this was the most popular elective specialty area.
It is recommended that the Lymphoedema module should continue to be included in OCCT14002 when available to support student learning.
In Progress
Source: Informal student comments and unit coordinator reflection.
Students gave positive feedback for the opportunity to elect some of the specialisation modules for OCCT 14002, to preference their areas of interest.
It is recommended that inclusion of elective specialist modules for OCCT14002 is continued in future offerings, with topics determined by demand and availability.
In Progress
Source: Informal student feedback SUTE comments UC reflection.
Students found some quizzes to be onerous compared with the marks allocated and not necessarily contributing to their learning.
It is recommended that the suite of assessments is reviewed for the 2026 offering.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Appraise and synthesise available evidence in order to formulate best-practice assessment and intervention pathways.
- Formulate and synthesise best available evidence to develop and deliver written or oral presentations that are accessible to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Demonstrate effective motivational interviewing techniques that may facilitate behavioural change to support patient/client/consumer/participant health and wellbeing.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment | • | ||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | ||
| 3 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | ||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | ||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | ||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |