Practice Placement 4 OT

Learning Outcomes

Learning Outcomes

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• Manage yourself, a caseload and others to optimise outcomes.
• Develop constructive working relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team providing comprehensive accurate records and reports as necessary.
• Communicate effectively with service users, carers and other professionals and work in partnership with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, taking account of ethical considerations and respecting rights, dignity, and confidentiality.
• Assess service users, negotiating and analysing the information with them, prioritising problems and planning appropriate management programmes, recognising their physical, psychological and social/cultural needs.
• Provide evidence of a search strategy and effectiveness criteria related to a complex case and/or area of practice.
• Provide evidence of personal and professional reflection and planning appropriate to continuing professional development and future professional registration.
• Critically appraise the range of therapeutic interventions to implement a management programme safely, effectively and efficiently.
• Evaluate and reflect on the outcome of clinical decisions with service users and be able to appropriately alter or discontinue interventions, or make referrals to other services.
• Utilise previous experience and adapt therapeutic/management practice to meet varying circumstances and the health/social care environment.

The integration of knowledge, skills and attitudes specific to the speciality area of the placement reflect the five sections of practice: safe conduct, professionalism, interpersonal skills, clinical/therapeutic skills and management skills as defined in the occupational therapy practice placement assessment criteria.

Introduction to the Continuous Professional Development process: including developing learning outcomes/objectives, reflecting on a learning experience and producing a detailed practice case study/project relevant to the placement area.

You will receive support from the placement educator(s) to take an active role in, and where appropriate be independently responsible for a caseload. You will have opportunity to work with and learn from other health professionals and appropriate staff within the placement setting as well as the named placement educator, in order to facilitate understanding of the multidisciplinary and complex nature of health and social care provision.

Your learning will be facilitated by a placement educator(s) who will use a variety of methods, including:

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

Formative

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

Assessment of Practice

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: You will receive weekly supervision from your practice educator (or university based supervisor – for role emerging placements) and informal feedback on a regular basis throughout your placement.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

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.