Unit Synopsis
You will develop and integrate the knowledge, skills and values relevant to working as an occupational therapist in contemporary practice settings, while exploring essential skills for entry to practice, sustaining a healthy career and contributing to the future of the occupational therapy profession. Your focus will be on topics that students preparing to become new graduate occupational therapists need to consider, knowledge of which supports the transition from student to registered professional. Professional supports and resources such as those available from Occupational Therapy Australia are addressed, as well as the legal requirements of professional registration. You will develop your working knowledge of the Australian Occupational Therapy Competency Standards (AOTCS 2018), critically examining how these standards and criteria will be incorporated into your new graduate and early career practice.
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 |
Pre-requisite: OCCT13009
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 1 - 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. Reflective Practice Assignment | 25% |
| 2. Portfolio | 35% |
| 3. Oral Examination | 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
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Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 87.50% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 39.02% 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 Unit Comments
Students were provided with a range of exemplars and model answers for the final oral examination, but would like more to support their preparation for the assessment.
It is recommended that an additional one to two sample case scenarios and model answers be provided to students to support their understanding of the expectations of the oral examination.
Additional preparation for the oral examination was provided, including sample case scenarios and model answers, to support student understanding of expectations.
Source: SUTE comments
Some students requested more guidance to understand the requirements of assessment tasks.
It is recommended assessment instructions be reviewed for clarity.
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator
The content respects the diversity and flexible learning requirements of the cohort while they undertake full-time practicum, and is seen as useful and relevant to emerging practice.
It is recommended that the flexibility in design of the unit continue to be emphasised to students, encouraging their autonomy in working through the content to achieve their learning outcomes.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Interpret the contemporary contextual factors in Australia influencing the provision of occupational therapy services.
- Justify a plan for reflective practice and for ongoing learning, support and mentoring following graduation.
- Appraise the relevant legal, ethical and professional reasoning principles applicable to professional practice situations for a new graduate and early career occupational therapist.
- Construct a professional portfolio focusing on professional identity and mentoring skills which will demonstrate the imminent transition from student occupational therapist to a registered, employed occupational therapist.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | |||
| 2 - Portfolio | • | • | ||
| 3 - Oral Examination | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | • | • |
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | |||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | |||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | • | • | |
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | |||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | • | • | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |