Overview

In this unit students will explore the relationship between health, well-being and human occupation. Occupational science concepts such as time use, meaning and purpose as related to occupational engagement will be presented. Students will be introduced to the concept of occupational analysis and the conceptual practice model, The Model of Human Occupation. Skills in intentional communication and the first steps of the evidence based practice process will be learnt.

Requisites

Teaching periods
Location
Start and end dates
Last self-enrolment date
Census date
Last withdraw without fail date
Results released date
Winter
Location
Hawthorn
Start and end dates
23-June-2025
03-August-2025
Last self-enrolment date
23-June-2025
Census date
04-July-2025
Last withdraw without fail date
18-July-2025
Results released date
19-August-2025

Learning outcomes

Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:

  • Articulate the relationship between health, wellbeing and occupation across the lifespan
  • Apply the Model of Human Occupation to an occupational profile activity
  • Apply client-centred and culturally-sensitive communication skills in tutorials and assessment tasks
  • Successfully formulate a clinical question and identify relevant studies from a library data base search activity
  • Present clear verbal and written reports informed by relevant research in problem based learning tutorials and presentations

Teaching methods

Hawthorn

Type Hours per week Number of weeks Total (number of hours)
On-campus
Class		4.00 5 weeks 20
On-campus
Workshop		4.00 5 weeks 20
On-campus
Class		2.50 2 weeks 5
Specified Activities
Various		6.00 5 weeks 30
Unspecified Activities
Independent Learning		13.40 5 weeks 67
On-campus
Lecture		2.00 4 weeks 8
TOTAL150

Assessment

Type Task Weighting ULO's
AssignmentIndividual 50% 1,2,3 
PresentationIndividual/Group 30% 2 
ReportIndividual 20% 4,5 

Content

  • Occupational science concepts
  • Model of Human Occupation
  • Occupational analysis
  • Intentional communication
  • Evidence-based activity steps1-3
  • Graduate Attribute 1 (Communication 1 - Verbal Communication)
  • Graduate Attribute 2 (Communication 2 - Communicating using different media)
  • Graduate Attribute 3 (Teamwork 1 - Collaboration and negotiation)
  • Graduate Attribute 4 (Teamwork 2 - Teamwork roles and processes)
  • Graduate Attribute 5 (Digital Literacies 1 - Information literacy)
  • Graduate Attribute 6 (Digital Literacies 2 - Technical literacy)

Study resources

Reading materials

A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.