Master of Occupational Therapy – MAOCCTHE2000
Master of Occupational Therapy
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| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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| Course MAOCCTHE-02: Credit points for award: 96 | |||
| On-campus: full-time, 4 semesters; part-time, 8 semesters | |||
Full-time mode |
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Year 1 |
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Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5207 Assessing Evidence for OT Practice |
6 | C OCCP5237 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5217 OT Assessment and Planning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5237 Introduction to OT Theory and Practice |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jurisdictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional fieldwork placements. These include: holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check and an Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive January Intensive November Semester 1 |
| and one of the following units (please refer to Note 1 below): | |||
| BIOS5090 Clin. Oriented Musculoskeletal Anatomy A |
6 | N BIOS1168 |
Semester 1 |
| BACH5321 Psychology for Graduate Students |
6 |
BACH5321 is only available to those who have been assessed by the course director as requiring Psychology content. These students will be given departmental permission to enrol in BACH5321. |
Semester 1 |
| BIOS5091 Clinically Based Neuroscience |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HSBH5003 e-Health for Health Professionals |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| Note 1: Students with no prior Anatomy studies must enrol in BIOS5090. Students with no prior Psychology studies must enrol in BACH5321. Students with neither background in Anatomy nor Psychology must enrol in BIOS5090 in Year 1, and BACH5321 in Year 2, as an elective. | |||
| SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 24 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Semester 2 |
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| OCCP5208 Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Strategies |
6 | P BIOS1168 or BIOS5090 Assumed knowledge: Musculo-skeletal anatomy knowledge |
Semester 2 |
| OCCP5218 OT in Home and Community Environments |
6 | A Musculo-skeletal anatomy C OCCP5208 |
Semester 2 |
| OCCP5219 OT in School and Work Environments |
6 | P OCCP5217 |
Semester 2 |
| OCCP5238 Developing OT Prof. Skills in Practice |
6 | P OCCP5237 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jursidictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional fieldwork placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check and Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive January Intensive June Semester 2 |
| SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 24 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Year 2 |
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Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5222 Psychosocial and Cognitive Strategies |
6 | P OCCP5217 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5228 Enabling Occupation with Communities |
6 | P OCCP5208 and OCCP5218 and OCCP5219 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5239 Community Based OT Fieldwork |
6 | P OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 Students must complete jurisdictional and statutory obligations prior to all fieldwork placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check and an Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Semester 1 |
| either | |||
| HSBH5005 Research Project Elective |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment A minimum WAM of 65 is required to be eligible to enrol in this unit of study, higher WAM's may apply to some disciplines of study |
Semester 1 |
| or choose one elective [6] (see elective list below) | |||
| Electives may be chosen from units of study available throughout the University, subject to approval, availability and minimum enrolment. A list of electives is available in the Faculty Electives chapter of the handbook. | |||
| Note: Students with neither background in Anatomy nor Psychology must enrol in BACH5321 in Year 2, as an elective. | |||
| SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 24 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Semester 2 |
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| OCCP5240 Implementing Skills in OT Prof Practice |
9 | P OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 and OCCP5239 and OCCP5208 and OCCP5218 and OCCP5219 and OCCP5222 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jursidictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional practice placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check, and Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive January Intensive March Intensive May Intensive November Session 2 Early Census |
| OCCP5242 Reflexivity and OT Professional Practice |
9 | P OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 and OCCP5239 C OCCP5240 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jursidictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional practice placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check, and Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive August Intensive January Intensive March Intensive May Intensive November |
| and either | |||
| OCCP5241 Evaluation of OT Practice |
6 | P OCCP5207 and OCCP5217 and OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 C OCCP5240 |
Semester 2 |
| or select Research Stream | |||
| HSBH5006 Research Elective Dissertation |
6 | P HSBH5005 A minimum WAM of 65 is required to enrol in this unit of study, higher WAM's may apply in some disciplines. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 24 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Part-time mode |
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Year 1 |
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Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5237 Introduction to OT Theory and Practice |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jurisdictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional fieldwork placements. These include: holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check and an Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive January Intensive November Semester 1 |
| and one of | |||
| Note: Students with no prior Anatomy studies must enrol in BIOS5090. Students with no prior Psychology studies must enrol in BACH5321. Students with neither background in Anatomy nor Psychology must enrol in BIOS5090 in Year 1, and BACH5321 in Year 4 as an elective. | |||
| BACH5321 Psychology for Graduate Students |
6 |
BACH5321 is only available to those who have been assessed by the course director as requiring Psychology content. These students will be given departmental permission to enrol in BACH5321. |
Semester 1 |
| BIOS5090 Clin. Oriented Musculoskeletal Anatomy A |
6 | N BIOS1168 |
Semester 1 |
| BIOS5091 Clinically Based Neuroscience |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| HSBH5003 e-Health for Health Professionals |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 12 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Semester 2 |
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| OCCP5208 Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Strategies |
6 | P BIOS1168 or BIOS5090 Assumed knowledge: Musculo-skeletal anatomy knowledge |
Semester 2 |
| OCCP5218 OT in Home and Community Environments |
6 | A Musculo-skeletal anatomy C OCCP5208 |
Semester 2 |
| SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 12 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Year 2 |
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Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5207 Assessing Evidence for OT Practice |
6 | C OCCP5237 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5217 OT Assessment and Planning |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 12 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Semester 2 |
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| OCCP5219 OT in School and Work Environments |
6 | P OCCP5217 |
Semester 2 |
| OCCP5238 Developing OT Prof. Skills in Practice |
6 | P OCCP5237 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jursidictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional fieldwork placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check and Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive January Intensive June Semester 2 |
| SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 12 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Year 3 |
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Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5222 Psychosocial and Cognitive Strategies |
6 | P OCCP5217 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5239 Community Based OT Fieldwork |
6 | P OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 Students must complete jurisdictional and statutory obligations prior to all fieldwork placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check and an Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Semester 1 |
| SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 12 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Semester 2 |
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| OCCP5240 Implementing Skills in OT Prof Practice |
9 | P OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 and OCCP5239 and OCCP5208 and OCCP5218 and OCCP5219 and OCCP5222 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jursidictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional practice placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check, and Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive January Intensive March Intensive May Intensive November Session 2 Early Census |
| and either | |||
| OCCP5241 Evaluation of OT Practice |
6 | P OCCP5207 and OCCP5217 and OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 C OCCP5240 |
Semester 2 |
| or select Research Stream | |||
| HSBH5005 Research Project Elective |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment A minimum WAM of 65 is required to be eligible to enrol in this unit of study, higher WAM's may apply to some disciplines of study |
Semester 1 |
| SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 15 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Year 4 |
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Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5228 Enabling Occupation with Communities |
6 | P OCCP5208 and OCCP5218 and OCCP5219 |
Semester 1 |
| either elective [6] (see elective list below) | |||
| or Research elective stream | |||
| HSBH5006 Research Elective Dissertation |
6 | P HSBH5005 A minimum WAM of 65 is required to enrol in this unit of study, higher WAM's may apply in some disciplines. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
| Electives may be chosen from the list below or units of study available throughout the University, subject to approval, availability and minimum enrolment. A list of electives is available in the Faculty Electives chapter of the handbook. | |||
| Note: Students without a background in Psychology must enrol in BACH5321 in Year 4, as an elective. | |||
| SEMESTER 1 TOTAL: 12 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Semester 2 |
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| OCCP5242 Reflexivity and OT Professional Practice |
9 | P OCCP5237 and OCCP5238 and OCCP5239 C OCCP5240 Note: Department permission required for enrolment Students must complete jursidictional and statutory obligations prior to all professional practice placements. These include holding up to date required vaccinations, Criminal Records Check, Working with Children Check, and Australian cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificate. |
Intensive August Intensive January Intensive March Intensive May Intensive November |
| SEMESTER 2 TOTAL: 9 CREDIT POINTS | |||
Note |
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| Students wishing to change from part-time to full-time mode must consult with the Course Director in advance before enrolling for Year 3. | |||
Occupational Therapy Electives
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
|---|---|---|---|
| Availability of electives may vary from year to year. | |||
| OCCP5145 Research Elective Independent Study |
6 | P OCCP5207 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5187 Falls Prevention With Older People |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5235 Stroke Rehabilitation |
6 | A Successful completion of 100 hours of fieldwork placement or equivalent. Note: Department permission required for enrolment Successful completion of 100 hours of fieldwork placement or equivalent. |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5245 OT in Learning and Co-ord Difficulties |
6 | P OCCP5219 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5246 OT in Work Injury Prevention and Rehab |
6 | P OCCP5219 |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5247 Mental Health Interventions |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5248 People with Intellectual Disability |
6 | Semester 1 |
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| OCCP5249 Professional Elective - General |
6 |
Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5250 OT in Hand and Upper Limb Rehabilitation |
6 | P (BIOS1168 or BIOS5090) and OCCP5207 and OCCP5208 and OCCP5217 Note: Department permission required for enrolment |
Semester 1 |
| OCCP5251 Technology for Living |
6 | P OCCP5208 and OCCP5218 and OCCP5219 and OCCP5228 |
Semester 1 |