Occupational Therapy (pre-registration) (Taught)

Qualify to work with individuals, groups, communities or populations, to promote health and wellbeing through participation in activities of everyday life, or occupation.

As a registered occupational therapist, you will have the privilege of working with people of all ages to help them participate in occupations that hold personal meaning and value to them.

This two-year full-time postgraduate course is aimed at individuals with an honours degree level qualification, interested in pursuing a career as an occupational therapist.

• Successful completion of the course confers eligibility to apply for registration as an occupational therapist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT) and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT).

• You will undertake professional practice placements that provide practice-based learning opportunities in traditional, contemporary and role-emerging settings (requirement to successfully complete a minimum of 1000 hours in practice).

• We focus on cultural awareness and anti-discriminatory practice to enact personalised approaches to occupational therapy.

• You will have the opportunity to undertake a professional project in a learner-led area of interest.

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Year One

• Becoming a Professional Practitioner
• Mind, Body and Occupation
• Exploring Theoretical Foundations of Occupational Therapy
• Placement 1: Foundations in Professional Practice
• Occupational Perspectives
• Placement 2: Developing Professional Identity

Year Two

• Evaluating Evidence Within Health and Care
• The Dynamics of Occupational Change
• Leading for the Future as a Health and Care Professional
• Placement 3: Becoming an Autonomous Occupational Therapist
• The Evidence-based Practitioner: Professional Project
• Preparing for contemporary practice in occupational therapy

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Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Royal College Of Occupational Therapists
• Health and Care Professions Council