Advancing Professional Practice in Occupational Therapy
Title: A critical analysis of a protocol for a single occupational therapy intervention
| Aiming to facilitate your critical evaluation of the use of therapeutic activity and occupation within occupational therapy. You will investigate different therapeutic approaches to intervention and gain experiential knowledge of the professional reasoning required to consider various intervention options. There will be opportunities to focus on grading and adaptation of occupation and environment and change within the individual, enabling you to critically evaluate how service users adapt to new situations and needs.
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This assignment is looking to evaluate your knowledge and understanding in relation to group work.
To do this, your reflective assignment considers the lived experience of running the group within the class, allocated topic and its potential application in Occupational Therapy practice.
THE GROUP I RAN WAS A DATING GROUP.ALL INFORMATION ATTACHED IN PROTOCOL.
A critical analysis of the experiential learning event related to the attached protocol should be presented, which may include exploration of all or any of headings below;
Please give your essay a title.
- The Topic DATING……… CRITICAL EVALUATION OF DATING (THEORY FOCUS)
- Groupwork in Occupational Therapy……….CRITICAL APPRAISAL OF GROUP WORK IN OT.
- Therapeutic factors within groups
- Group process and stages of a group (consider your current knowledge and analysis of the needs in the group and undertake an analysis of the stages and process that illuminates an aspect of this theory)
- Task focused group work (consider your underlying theoretical approach to designing and running a group)
- Role of activities in experiential learning (describe your approach to identifying tasks within your group session)
- Group facilitator skills and co-facilitation (a reflexive account of your learning from leading the group)
- Consider the relevance of your intervention for an identified population and propose potential areas for further development of the protocol including how it might be adapted to meet alternative population needs DATING AFTER SURVIVING STROKE
MARKING GRID
| Criteria | What you should demonstrate. | Comments, as required | Mark |
| Knowledge & Critical Understanding
(Maximum 30%)
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· In relation to the assignment task you have shown systematic understanding of relevant concepts and principles in your field of study.
· You have shown critical understanding of data and analysed these to formulate and sustain an argument.
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| Application of Data
(Maximum 30%)
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· You have evaluated and interpreted different data.
· You have made judgements based on the available data recognising uncertainty, ambiguity and limits of knowledge.
· You are able to create novel work within your field of study.
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| Problem solving
(Maximum 10%) |
· You have critically evaluated different approaches to solving problems creating a well-argued and original response to the assignment task. |
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| Communication & References
(Maximum 20%)
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· You have communicated clearly, accurately and reliably showing a good attention to detail.
· You have used references accurately and consistently
· You have managed the complexity within your field of study and communicated this effectively.
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| Personal Learning & Transferable Skills
(Maximum 10%)
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· You have applied the knowledge and skill that you possess in a safe, ethical and considered manner.
· You have highlighted how your personal learning needs may be met and critically reflected on your own practice.
· Through the assignment task, you have shown autonomy in how you think and act.
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| General Observations (optional)
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