Outline

Overview

This second practice education unit provides students with the opportunity to apply the theoretical knowledge obtained in the first two years of the undergraduate degree to practice. This unit focuses on development of professional knowledge, skills and attitudes in a practice context. Students will engage in learning experiences which support the continued development of: therapeutic and professional communication, the ability to articulate and carry out the occupational therapy role within a designated practice context; and to implement aspects of the occupational therapy process as relevant to the context. A secondary focus of this unit is to support students confidence in their capacity to be self regulating learners within a practice context.

Unit details and rules

Unit code	OCCP3101
Academic unit	Participation Sciences
Credit points	6
Prohibitions ?	OCCP3061
Prerequisites ?	BIOS1168 and OCCP2105 and OCCP2101 and OCCP2102 and OCCP2103 and OCCP2104
Corequisites ?	None
Assumed knowledge ?	OCCP1101 and OCCP1102 and OCCP2091 and OCCP2089
Available to study abroad and exchange students	No

Teaching staff

Coordinator	Jo Lewis, jo.lewis@sydney.edu.au
Lecturer(s)	Jo Lewis, jo.lewis@sydney.edu.au
Lecturer(s)	Narelle Oste, narelle.oste@sydney.edu.au

Type	Description	Weight	Due	Length
Placement	Letter of Introduction Submission of a letter of introduction to placement site supervisor.	0%	Week -01 Due date: 15 Feb 2023 at 23:59	1 page
Outcomes assessed:
Placement	Placement Site Contact Form Completed Placement Site Contact Form	0%	Week -01 Due date: 15 Feb 2023 at 11:59	Completed form
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Placement	Student Practice Evaluation Form - Revised (Second Edition) (SPEF-R2) Evaluation of performance on placement.	0%	Week 06 Due date: 31 Mar 2023 at 23:59	Completion of midway and final form
Outcomes assessed:
Placement	Timesheets Accurate recording of placement and related hours.	0%	Week 06 Due date: 31 Mar 2023 at 23:59	Completed forms on Sonia
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Placement	SSHS Placement Quality Survey Completed SHSS Placement Quality Form.	0%	Week 06 Due date: 31 Mar 2023 at 23:59	Completed form
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Assignment	Learning Plan Submission of a brief learning plan implemented on placement.	0%	Week 06 Due date: 31 Mar 2023 at 23:59	Completed template
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Assignment	Clinical Placement Reflection Reflection Topic: Lifelong learning	0%	Week 07 Due date: 03 Apr 2023 at 23:59	750 words
Outcomes assessed:
= hurdle task ?

Assessment summary

Letter of Introduction: Students are required to contact their placement site with a letter of introduction using the template provided, and a covering email. Students are required to have a peer from their learning team audit the letter using the checklist provided prior to sending. The letter is to be submitted on Canvas.

Site Contact Form: Students are required to have an exchange of information with their placement educator at the placement site, usually by phone (i.e., information must flow both ways). Students are required to report certain information from this exchange on the student to placement site contact form located on Sonia. Students must indicate on Canvas that this task has been completed.

Timesheets: Students must maintain a timesheet in Sonia that accurately reflects all fieldwork attendance activities as per attendance requirements and timesheet guidelines. Entries must comply with the guidelines provided and submitted by the due date. Attendance records may be taken, and audits and verifications of hours entered in timesheets will be conducted. Falsely declaring information on attendance records or timesheets is unprofessional behaviour and may represent serious misconduct. Students are to declare on Canvas that they have met the required hours for the unit.

SSHS Placement Quality Form: Students are required to submit a Placement Quality Form, located on Sonia, at the conclusion of their placement. Students must indicate on Canvas that this task has been completed.

Student Practice Evaluation Form – Revised (2nd edition): Using the SPEF-R2, students and educators will each evaluate students’ demonstration of professional skills, knowledge, and attributes during their clinical placement. This is completed midway through placement and at the end. Students are required to submit the final SPEF-R2 (completed by their educator) to Canvas.

Learning Plan: Students are required to complete a learning plan (using a template) with two goals, following feedback from their mid-way SPEF-R2 evaluation. This plan needs to be implemented, signed off by the placement supervisor and submitted to Canvas.

Clinical Placement Reflection: Student are required to submit a 750-word reflective task on the strategies they have developed on this placement to become a lifelong learner. It will be based on their learning plan and feedback from the SPEF-R2. This will be submitted to Canvas.

Assessment criteria

The University awards common result grades, set out in the Coursework Policy 2021. In this unit, no marks are issued, but rather a Satisfied Requirements (SR) or Failed Requirements (FR) grade. These results are defined as:

Satisfied Requirements (SR): To be awarded in units of study where student achievement is measured as a pass or fail only without a mark to students who, in their performance in assessment tasks, demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard as defined by grade descriptors or exemplars established by the faculty.
Failed Requirements (FR): To be awarded in units of study where student achievement is measured either as Satisfied Requirements or Failed Requirements only, without a mark to students who, in their performance in assessment tasks, fail to demonstrate the learning outcomes for the unit at an acceptable standard established by the faculty.

To receive a ‘Satisfied Requirements’ (SR) grade in this unit of study, students must complete all hurdle tasks to the appropriate standard and achieve a pass grade on the SPEF-R2. As this unit includes placement, students are reminded that the FMH Sydney School of Health Sciences Placement Provisions and FMH Professionalism Provisions 2019 will apply.

Irrespective of other performance in the unit, ‘Failed Requirements’ (FR) grade for the unit of study will be issued where a student breaches client/patient privacy or for other serious breaches of professional standards.

For more information see guide to grades.

Late submission

In accordance with University policy, these penalties apply when written work is submitted after 11:59pm on the due date:

Deduction of 5% of the maximum mark for each calendar day after the due date.
After ten calendar days late, a mark of zero will be awarded.

This unit has an exception to the standard University policy or supplementary information has been provided by the unit coordinator. This information is displayed below:

Information about late penalties can be found in the University Coursework Policy 2021 and the University Assessment Procedures 2011. Late submissions could delay the processing of grades for OCCP3101 Practice Education 2 and possibly prevent enrolment and progression to OCCP3103 Practice Education 3 (May Intensive).

Academic integrity

The Current Student website provides information on academic integrity and the resources available to all students. The University expects students and staff to act ethically and honestly and will treat all allegations of academic integrity breaches seriously.

We use similarity detection software to detect potential instances of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breach. If such matches indicate evidence of plagiarism or other forms of academic integrity breaches, your teacher is required to report your work for further investigation.

You may only use artificial intelligence and writing assistance tools in assessment tasks if you are permitted to by your unit coordinator, and if you do use them, you must also acknowledge this in your work, either in a footnote or an acknowledgement section.

Studiosity is permitted for postgraduate units unless otherwise indicated by the unit coordinator. The use of this service must be acknowledged in your submission.

Learning support

Simple extensions

If you encounter a problem submitting your work on time, you may be able to apply for an extension of five calendar days through a simple extension.  The application process will be different depending on the type of assessment and extensions cannot be granted for some assessment types like exams.

Special consideration

If exceptional circumstances mean you can’t complete an assessment, you need consideration for a longer period of time, or if you have essential commitments which impact your performance in an assessment, you may be eligible for special consideration or special arrangements.

Special consideration applications will not be affected by a simple extension application.

Using AI responsibly

Co-created with students, AI in Education includes lots of helpful examples of how students use generative AI tools to support their learning. It explains how generative AI works, the different tools available and how to use them responsibly and productively.

Weekly schedule

WK	Topic	Learning activity
Multiple weeks	Online tutorials during clinical placement to support student well being and learning.	Tutorial (5 hr)
Week -01	Preparation for Practice Education 2: Lifelong Learner; Reflective Practice; Integrating Theory and Practice; Client Centred Practice ; Professional Practice	Lecture and tutorial (12 hr)
Week 06	Debrief Session for Practice Education 2	Lecture and tutorial (2 hr)

Attendance and class requirements

This unit has minimum attendance requirements that include on-campus mandatory classes, placement attendance and self-directed learning. It is anticipated stduents will complete a minimum of 211 hours towards their compuslory 1000 hours of practice education during OCCP3101. Failure to meet attendance requirements may prevent students from satisfactorily completing this unit of study.

Pre-placement and post-placement classes: These are interactive seminar and tutorial classes and attendance is mandatory (14 hours)
Placement attendance of 36-40 hours/week for 5 weeks: Students must attend placement every working day, five days per week, from the start date to the finish date of the placement notified in Sonia (200 hours)
Self-directed learning: It is expected that students will complete at least 4 hours self-directed learning in specific preparation for the placement they have been allocated, which may or may not be directed by the site. Additionally, students should complete self-directed learning to add to placement attendance to a minimum of 40 hours per week, for which completion of unit of study related tasks online and for assessments can be counted (4 hours).

Study commitment

Typically, there is a minimum expectation of 1.5-2 hours of student effort per week per credit point for units of study offered over a full semester. For a 6 credit point unit, this equates to roughly 120-150 hours of student effort in total.

Required readings

There are no specific required textbooks for this unit. All resources will be provided through the OCCP3101 Canvas Page and links.

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes are what students know, understand and are able to do on completion of a unit of study. They are aligned with the University's graduate qualities and are assessed as part of the curriculum.

Outcomes
Graduate qualities

At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:

LO1. Demonstrate professional behaviours appropriate to the expectations of the University and placement setting.
LO2. Develop professional strategies that enable life-long learning, inclusive of developing personal cultural capabilities.
LO3. Implement all aspects of the occupational therapy process, with appropriate supervision.
LO4. Articulate the role of the occupational therapist in thepractice setting.
LO5. Apply professional reasoning to guide the delivery of culturally safe health practices with reference to occupational therapy theory and evidence-based practice.

Graduate qualities

The graduate qualities are the qualities and skills that all University of Sydney graduates must demonstrate on successful completion of an award course. As a future Sydney graduate, the set of qualities have been designed to equip you for the contemporary world.

GQ1	Depth of disciplinary expertise Deep disciplinary expertise is the ability to integrate and rigorously apply knowledge, understanding and skills of a recognised discipline defined by scholarly activity, as well as familiarity with evolving practice of the discipline.
GQ2	Critical thinking and problem solving Critical thinking and problem solving are the questioning of ideas, evidence and assumptions in order to propose and evaluate hypotheses or alternative arguments before formulating a conclusion or a solution to an identified problem.
GQ3	Oral and written communication Effective communication, in both oral and written form, is the clear exchange of meaning in a manner that is appropriate to audience and context.
GQ4	Information and digital literacy Information and digital literacy is the ability to locate, interpret, evaluate, manage, adapt, integrate, create and convey information using appropriate resources, tools and strategies.
GQ5	Inventiveness Generating novel ideas and solutions.
GQ6	Cultural competence Cultural Competence is the ability to actively, ethically, respectfully, and successfully engage across and between cultures. In the Australian context, this includes and celebrates Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, knowledge systems, and a mature understanding of contemporary issues.
GQ7	Interdisciplinary effectiveness Interdisciplinary effectiveness is the integration and synthesis of multiple viewpoints and practices, working effectively across disciplinary boundaries.
GQ8	Integrated professional, ethical, and personal identity An integrated professional, ethical and personal identity is understanding the interaction between one’s personal and professional selves in an ethical context.
GQ9	Influence Engaging others in a process, idea or vision.

Outcome map

Learning outcomes	Graduate qualities
Learning outcomes

Responding to student feedback

This section outlines changes made to this unit following staff and student reviews.

This is a new unit of study.

Additional information

This unit of study outline must be read in conjunction with the Faculty of Medicine and Health Handbook
The handbook also includes specific clinical education information on your course.
The Faculty of Medicine and Health website has information about placements in the School of Health Sciences.
All students are required to familiarise themselves with their academic responsibilities, and the academic policies governing their enrolment and progression. Including the University of Sydney’s Coursework Policy and Faculty provisions. When considering applications and appeals relating to these matters, it will be assumed that students understand their academic responsibilities and are familiar with these key policies and procedures
The Work Integrated Learning Canvas site also provides information specific to Sydney School of Health Sciences placements such as essential preparation, forms and policies.

Work, health and safety

Verification: Students must meet all pre-placement requirements as outlined on the University of Sydney Clinical placements checks and clearances: https://www.sydney.edu.au/students/clinical-placement-checks/vaccinations.html (This includes all information relating to COVID-19 vaccinations as advised by NSW Health). It is recommended that students regularly check their verfication status. Failure to meet these requirements in accordance with communicated due dates may prevent you from being allocated to and/or completing a placement or placement unit of study irrespective of your enrolment status.

Declarations: Students must have an up-to-date declaration (in Sonia) that they have read and understood key documents related to privacy and confidentiality, codes of conduct, NSW Health policies and general communication/ email etiquette. Failure to meet these requirements may prevent you from being allocated to and/or completing a placement or placement unit of study irrespective of your enrolment status.

WHS Induction: Consistent with New South Wales WHS legislation, you are required to complete a WHS induction within the first few days of placement, and if relevant, at any time your placement requires you to work in another setting. This is an essential legal requirement to ensure that all risks are minimised for you, and others for whom you are responsible. The University has a duty of care to you to ensure you have been inducted appropriately. Similarly, you are responsible for demonstrating that you are aware of and know how to manage risk appropriately. You should complete the WHS Checklist from Sonia.

Disclaimer

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Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Work, health and safety

Disclaimer

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OCCP3101: Practice Education 2

Intensive March, 2023 [Professional practice] - Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney

Overview

Overview

Unit details and rules

Teaching staff

Assessment

Assessment

Assessment summary

Assessment criteria

Late submission

Academic integrity

Learning support

Learning support

Simple extensions

Special consideration

Using AI responsibly

Weekly schedule

Weekly schedule

Attendance and class requirements

Study commitment

Required readings

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes

Graduate qualities

Outcome map

Responding to student feedback

Responding to student feedback

Additional information

Additional information

Work, health and safety

Disclaimer

On this page

Useful links

Media

Student links

About us

Connect