Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 2
Overview
Students will choose, analyse, apply and justify assessments and intervention for individuals or groups of people who are experiencing occupational performance challenges related to complex musculoskeletal or neurological problems. Students will develop service provision plans that are occupation based and focus on prevention, remediation or adaptation.
Requisites
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1
Rules
Pre-requisite
OCC60015 Professional Practice 1
AND
OCC60005 An Occupational Perspective of Health
AND
OCC60020 Enabling Participation: Musculoskeletal and Neurological 1
Concurrent Pre-requisite
DDD80012 DFM Toolbox: Innovation and Interdisciplinary Collaboration 1
01-June-2025
01-June-2025
Learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Select and apply an occupational therapy conceptual model
- Select, analyse and apply professional practice models including Biomechanical, Neurodevelopmental and Rehabilitative/Compensatory to guide assessment and service provision
- Analyse person, environment and occupation factors to develop hypotheses about contributing factors to occupational issues
- Articulate professional reasoning and critique evidence to justify service provision plan
- Appraise and apply research studies
- Demonstrate research and communication skills
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-campus Class | 4.00 | 6 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Workshop | 4.00 | 6 weeks | 24 |
| On-campus Lecture | 2.00 | 6 weeks | 12 |
| Specified Activities Various | 7.00 | 6 weeks | 42 |
| Specified Activities Various | 10.00 | 1 week | 10 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 5.43 | 7 weeks | 38 |
| TOTAL | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULO's |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Individual/Group | 40% | 1,2,3,4,6 |
| Case Presentation | Individual | 40% | 1,2,3,4,5,6 |
| Laboratory Tutorial Quizzes | Individual | 20% | 2 |
Content
- Scenarios: Adults with occupational performance/participation problems as the result of impairments or disability arising from complex musculoskeletal or neurological conditions.
- Evidence-based stroke assessments and interventions
- Functional electrical stimulation (FES)
- Pain management
- Return to work
- Worksite assessment
- Technical drawing using software
- Assistive technology
- 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.