MSc Occupational Therapy

This interprofessional module facilitates your transition into the course and your chosen profession from prior study and experience, with an emphasis on lifelong learning and development of your own practice. The roles of other professionals, and the organisation and culture of complex health and social care systems will be explored, with consideration of how this affects work practices.

This module will introduce you to the concepts, theories, and models that create the core ethos of Occupational Therapy and provide the unique perspective to the profession. You will critically explore the enablers to participation in occupation that exist within the person, the environment, and the occupation.

This is an interprofessional module that will help you learn how evidence can be used to inform your professional practice in occupational therapy. Evidence in this context refers to published literature, policy and guidance which supports and widens any field of research, evaluation and improvement. 

This module will provide students with a critical and systematic understanding of a range of occupation focused tools and strategies that can be implemented in practice to assess the occupational needs of individuals and communities. This module includes 7 weeks of practice-based learning where students will have the opportunity to put their learning into practice.

This module will equip students with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to autonomously use professional reasoning to provide a systematic interpretation of information gathered through the process of assessment in Occupational Therapy. This module includes 8 weeks of practice-based learning where students will have the opportunity to put their learning into practice.

Building on prior learning in the Evidence-based and Sustainable practice module, this interprofessional module will further develop your knowledge and understanding of quality improvement, innovation and leadership in relation to practice. The focus will be on application of quality improvement principles to design and develop a service improvement project informed by a current practice issue negotiated with key health provider partners. Principles of innovation and leadership will be embedded in the module. This will enable you to develop the skills and capabilities for managing and influencing practice and innovation and for further development of your own practice and the wider workforce.

This module will equip you with the knowledge, skills, and understanding to challenge the boundaries of traditional Occupational Therapy practice in the UK, by exploring the opportunities available to work with communities and populations to enable occupational justice for all.

This module is linked to the four pillars of professional practice. Emphasis is placed on your ability to identify and develop your own personal learning goals; you will achieve this by negotiating a self-selected topic relevant to contemporary and future professional expectations or practices. You will investigate your topic through visiting appropriate contexts of practice and undertaking desk top research. Taught sessions will be provided to enhance employability and preparation for job applications.

This module will enable you to develop autonomy in responding to assessment findings by planning, implementing, and evaluating a range of intervention strategies to facilitate participation in occupations in the context of contemporary Occupational Therapy practice. You will also critically analyse the context of contemporary Occupational Therapy practice and consider how this impacts on the provision of occupation focused practice. This module includes 12 weeks of practice placement.