Participatory Community Practice GE: Planning

Course Level Postgraduate

Year

Area/Catalogue
REHB 6014

Course Level
Postgraduate

Offered Externally
No

Course ID
106113

Unit Value
4.5

University-wide elective course
No

Timetable/s
First Semester
(Study Period 2)

Course owner
UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance

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Course aim

Enable students to develop the knowledge, skills and expertise necessary to undertake a community needs assessment and plan a substantial collaborative project with a community agency.

Course content

Philosophical and theoretical basis for collaborative and participatory community practice. Processes and strategies relevant to community need assessment. Liaison with community based agencies to undertake project scoping and community needs assessment. Project management skills. Proposal writing. Ethical issues and dilemmas in community work.

Textbook(s)

Talbot, L & Verrinder, G 2018, Promoting health: The primary health care approach, 6th edn, Elsevier Australia, Marrickville, NSW

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
REHB 5070	Occupational Therapy Field Practice 1
REHB 6005	Occupational Therapy Field Practice 2

The community participatory practice projects that students carry out in this course required a high level of professional practice, self-management, communication, implementation and evaluation skills and are a step up form their previous field practice experience. Students need to display competence in these skills in their precursor field practice placements to ensure safe and effective practice for this placement.

Corequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
REHB 6012	Enabling Occupation 4

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Clinical	200 hours x -
Tutorial	12 hours x 2 weeks
Tutorial (Project development)	3 hours x 8 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Portfolio, Presentation, Proposal

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.