About the course
This practice-based course – where you complete over 1,000 hours in placement settings - gives you the skills and knowledge you need to follow a rewarding career as an occupational therapist, eligible to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) when you graduate.
Occupational therapy combines a range of areas including human sciences (anatomy, physiology and psychology); sociology; pathology; learning disabilities; and mental health. On this course, you gain a grounding across these fields as well as learning about professional values and conduct; the underpinning theories; and the research behind evidence-based practice.
You put your knowledge into practice through roleplay, managed experiences and simulation, with practical sessions that develop your skills in patient assessment, treatment planning, treatment interventions and the evaluation of their usefulness.
Over the length of the course, you benefit from being in placements for a minimum of 1,000 hours, where you are supported and supervised to develop your skills.
Why choose this course?
- Learn from an experienced academic team of scientists and clinicians, using modern, well-equipped facilities including simulation suites
- Hone your developing skills in clinical placements, part-time for your first and second years with full-time placements in your third year
- Benefit from our extensive network of supervised practice placements across a variety of NHS, community, voluntary and private service settings
- Study alongside physiotherapists and other healthcare students, learning about each other’s roles. This helps you develop a strong professional identity as an occupational therapist while giving you a clear understanding of how your role contributes to the wider team
- Develop the attitudes and values as well as the communication skills to deliver care with the compassion, dignity and respect expected of a professional occupational therapist
- Learn valuable transferable skills including research analysis, communication, critical thinking and leadership
Units
- Academic Skills For Therapists (OTH003-1) Compulsory
- Developing Therapeutic Relationships (OTH004-1) Compulsory
- Holistic Factors Affecting Occupation (OTH006-1) Compulsory
- Holistic Therapy In Practice (OTH002-1) Compulsory
- Professional Identity (OTH001-1) Compulsory
- Sciences Supporting Occupation (OTH005-1) Compulsory
- Clinical Reasoning In Occupational Therapy (OTH006-2) Compulsory
- Collaboration In Therapy Practice (OTH004-2) Compulsory
- Collaborative Therapies (OTH003-2) Compulsory
- Enabling Occupation (OTH005-2) Compulsory
- Enabling Therapy In Practice (OTH001-2) Compulsory
- Evidence Informed Therapy (OTH002-2) Compulsory
- Complexity In Therapy Practice (OTH001-3) Compulsory
- Growth And Leadership In Therapies (OTH004-3) Compulsory
- Managing Complexity In Occupational Therapy (OTH005-3) Compulsory
- Occupational Therapies Project (OTH002-3) Compulsory
- Quality In Therapy Practice (OTH003-3) Compulsory
How will this course improve my career prospects?
An occupational therapist is trained to work in both health and social care settings, in the private as well as public sector and is equipped for employment globally. As an occupational therapist, you can take on a broad range of roles in the NHS, local authorities, charities, industry, schools, private practice, voluntary sector
and government agencies. You can specialise in working with children, adults or older people across the lifespan, and pursue a career as a practitioner, researcher, manager, lecturer or consultant.
For further information on careers on occupational therapy, please visit the websites of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) and NHS Careers
*international students are eligible of receiving the VS'S scholarship of 1000GBP
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