The Occupational Therapy Practice Education Symposium (an initiative of the University of South Australia, in collaboration with Flinders University) was held at the City West campus of UniSA on 16 February, 2018.
You can see details of the program below, with links to the presentation slides, and to videos of the presentations.
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WELCOME TO COUNTRY AND WELCOME ADDRESSES
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SESSION 1: A Theory of Learning-to-Practice Occupational Therapy
Dr Carolyn Murray, OT Lecturer, UniSA
Sharing and discussing findings from grounded theory research which will explore troublesome aspects of knowledge and practice and subsequent learning thresholds for early career occupational therapists.
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SESSION 2: Guidelines for Millennial Placements
Sue Gilbert-Hunt, Field Practice Coordinator, Senior Lecturer, UniSA
Understanding of allied health millennial students to facilitate their engagement, learning and hence success within placements, and ultimately, to enhance their employability in the 21st century workplace.
Download the slides (466 KB) Watch a video of the presentation Download document 'Millennial Students in Fieldwork Guidelines' (1.2 MB)
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SESSION 3: Creating Positive Student Experiences on Placement
Ali Dymmott, OT Lecturer / Placement Coordinator, and Ellice Willcourt, OT Clinical Lecturer, Flinders University
Creating positive student experiences on placement. Let's look at what feedback students give us and how this helps shape and guide the way we deliver clinical placements. What can we do to help students feel welcome, supported, well orientated and valued?
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SESSION 4: Structuring Formal Supervision Sessions
Anna Francis, OT Club 84
Increasing students' understanding of clinical supervision, and how to prepare and structure sessions to ensure they get the most out of their student placement.
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SESSION 5: Enhancing Student Resllience
Dr Gisela Van Kessel, Program Director: Physiotherapy UniSA
Strategies for building students' capacity to manage the demands of field work and placement stress
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SESSION 6: Challenging conversations and addressing difficulties on placement
Sandra Mortimer,Teaching Head/Course Coordinator, Occupational Therapy, Flinders University
Exploring the barriers and enablers to having those difficult conversations and providing supportive and honest feedback to help students develop their reflective capacity, skills and confidence.
Download the slides (1.8 MB) Watch a video of the presentation Download the document 'having the difficult conversation: Therapeutic responding - the clinical reasoning process (220 KB)
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SESSION 7: Culturally responsive Occupational Therapy Practice
Trevor-Tirritpa Ritchie, Lecturer in Allied Health: Aboriginal Health
Sharing the Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA) cultural framework and its application to field work. (Note that there are no downloadable slides for this presentation.)
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SESSION 8: Concurrent sessions
A) Rural Health Education and Training. What is the strategic intent of DRH and how can we support you in your supervision of students? Shaun Dennis, DRH, UniSA.
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B) Exploring opportunities and challenges when offering student placements in the private sector. Brad Stenner, OT Lecturer, UniSA. (There are no downloadable slides or video for this presentation.)
C) Customised SPEF-R and clinical reasoning tools to support the placement experience. Dr Angela Berndt, OT Lecturer, UniSA, and Wendy Cearns, Clinical Liaison Coordinator, UniSA. (There is no video for this presentation.)
D) Sharing experiences of the collaborative student placement model and what to consider when implementing this structure. Susie Owens, Clinical Liaison Coordinator, UniSA. (There are no downloadable slides or video for this presentation.)
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This symposium was proudly sponsored by Performance Health: makers of the world's leading rehabilitation, recovery and sports medicine brands.