Practice Placement 1 OT

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Reflect on how a practical skill has been developed in practice.
• Recognise and adhere to the principles of safe occupational therapy interventions and practice utilising appropriate risk assessment procedures where necessary
• Apply appropriate communication styles when working as a therapist, an educator and a professional
• Maintain accurate records appropriate to the needs of service users and the team
• Demonstrate organisational skills with regard to personal workload and service user interventions
• Choose and apply appropriate interventions with consideration for individual service user needs, privacy and confidentiality
• Produce a case study/project from practice that uses theoretical and practical skills learnt throughout the academic year
• Develop personal learning objectives appropriate for practice placement and future theoretical study
• Assist with assessing service users and discussing interventions with regard to individual service user need
• Identify the effects of interventions and discuss possible modifications to treatment/management

Practice placements in health and/or social settings include the study of:

• People and their narratives/experiences
• Occupations and activities important in maintaining health and well-being
• Informing sciences that impact on service user’s lives including bio-psycho-social and patho-physiological sciences

Integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes specific to the specialty area of the placement, reflecting the five sections of practice: safe conduct, professionalism, interpersonal skills, therapeutic skills and management skills as defined in the programme practice placement assessment criteria.

The Continuous Professional Development process: including developing learning outcomes/objectives, reflecting on a learning experience and producing a practice case study/project.

Teaching and learning methods

Your learning will be facilitated by the University prior to your placement through preparation sessions and a meeting with or visit to your practice area. The placement educator(s) will use a variety of learning and facilitation methods appropriate to the clinical setting. These could include:

• demonstration by clinicians in the placement facility
• supervised service user contact using mentorship
• staff and learner led presentations
• case study/presentations
• ward rounds/case conferences/community visits
• attendance at clinics and opportunities to observe specialist treatments such as surgical interventions
• departmental in-service programmes
• peer support in the university and practice-based setting
• support from placement educators and visiting academics (academic contacts)
• eLearning resources: Blackboard site
• learning resources in practice area
• practice placement handbook

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics.

Guidance on Conduct and Ethics for Students.

Textbooks

Royal College of Occupational Therapists (2021). Professional Standards for Occupational Therapy Practice, Conduct and Ethics. London: RCOT.

Dancza K and Rodger S (eds). (2018). Implementing Occupation Centred Practice: A Practical Guide for Occupational Therapy Practice Learning.. Routledge.

Bryant W, Fieldhouse J, Plastow N. (2022). Creek's Occupational Therapy and Mental Health.. Glasgow: Elsevier.

Linsley. P., Kane. R. (2022). Evidence-based Practice for Nurses and Allied Health Professionals.. Sage.

Curtin M, Egan M and Adams J (2017). Occupational Therapy for People Experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment: Promoting occupation and participation. London: Elsevier.

Assessment strategy

This module is based within a clinical environment and can only be attempted in-person. Only two total attempts are allowed, irrespective of the regulatory conditions under which it is attempted. Any student who must re-attempt this module in a subsequent academic year must do so in attendance, as there is no external option.

If this is the only module taken in a specific academic year then the student will be suspended when not directly on placement. The attempt will be subject to pro-rata fees liability, which will be calculated based upon the credit total of the module. Any student choosing to re-attempt the module accepts the conditions described above and the fees liabilities defined, this includes any student who attempts this module as part of the conditional progression policy.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal