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OCCP4089: Evaluation in Professional Practice
2024 unit information
Working as a professional requires a high degree of autonomy, a dedication to life-long learning, a capacity to work in partnership with others, and an ability to reflect on the quality of one's practice and service delivery. This unit of study emphasises the role of evaluation and outcome measurment as a component of evidence-informed occupational therapy practice. Students will learn how to evaluate the process and outcomes of services, how to select, appraise, and apply outcome measurement in a practice context when evaluating outcomes of occupational therapy services. Students will develop skills for designing and disseminating program evaluation plans to contribute to monitoring, and evaluation for practice improvement.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Medicine and Health
| Study level | Undergraduate |
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| Academic unit | Participation Sciences |
| Credit points | 6 |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. consolidate knowledge from previous units of study on measurement constructs and outcome measurement
- LO2. recognise the role of individual client and program evaluation in measuring processes and outcomes
- LO3. understand and describe the value of outcome measurement as a key component of evidence-informed OT practice
- LO4. apply appraisal tools and guidelines to outcome measures suited to occupational therapy interventions
- LO5. articulate the components of program logic and apply to evaluation and outcome measurement in occupational therapy programs
- LO6. apply outcome measurement, program logic, and evidence-informed practice to an occupational therapy program in an evaluation report.
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