Occupational Therapy

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Foreign:$ 16 k / Year(s)  
StudyQA ranking:1975 Duration:36 months

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Description

As occupational therapists and as educators we value human occupation, believing that an individual’s occupational performance is integral to health and quality of life. Viewing people as individuals is central to our occupational therapy philosophy. A client-centred approach facilitates the practical application of this philosophy and recognises the importance of the therapist to enable optimum occupational performance.

Students learn the core skills and knowledge of occupational therapy, integrated with inter-professional issues and research. Periods of academic study on campus are interspersed with practice placements. Students are also encouraged to examine the evidence base of occupational therapy, concluding in the presentation of a research proposal.
Is Occupational Therapy right for me? Research has shown that occupational therapy students choose this career for the following reasons:

  • variety of work;

  • the challenge;

  • personal and one-to-one contact;

  • client/patient appreciation;

  • its holistic approach;

  • the desire to help disabled people;

  • work in health settings;

  • job availability;

  • the chance to use your creativity.

  • College of Occupational Therapists website for more information.

  • Aims

    The programme aims to prepare students to become competent occupational therapists equipped for lifelong, safe and effective practice in a variety of health care settings within the global marketplace. We provide a high quality educational programme, which ensures that you are properly qualified, prepared and safe to practise.

Detailed Course Facts

Application deadline as early as possible Tuition fee
  • GBP 16000 Year (International)

UK/EU: NHS funded (full-time) / To be announced (part-time)

International students: £16,000 full-time

Start date September 2015 Credits (ECTS) 360 ECTS
Duration full-time 36 months Languages Take an IELTS test
  • English
Delivery mode On Campus Educational variant Part-time, Full-time Intensity Flexible

Course Content

The course integrates theory with practice. Periods of campus-based study will prepare you for practice placements, and then information and experience gained on placements provides much of the case study material used in University study. There is also a mix of individual and group work.

Course Themes

Occupation – introduces students to concepts including: occupation, occupational therapy and occupational science; productivity, self-care and leisure; theories and models that inform occupational therapy; planning effective intervention; and managing the occupational therapy process to address clients’ occupational performance needs. This theme includes learning about informing sciences such as human biology (anatomy and physiology) and psychology, which informs us how illness or chronic disease can affect a person’s ability to carry out daily activities.

Enquiry – teaches skills including: methods of obtaining evidence and assessing its value; understanding the research process and the ability to gather data; critically evaluating professional evidence and applying it; producing research proposals; and evaluating the impact of service provision.

Professional Performance – helps students to achieve goals including: understanding and using a range of occupational therapy procedures; learning professional language and terminology; demonstrating clinical reasoning; demonstrating client-centred practice; identifying change events and understanding their impact on practice; and justifying interventions from a theoretical, evidence and resource base.

Practical Skills

The programme enables you to develop your practical and theoretical skills in tandem, including the theory and practice of self-care and independent living techniques. Practical skills are taught in the state-of-the-art Keep Living Suite, students learn about the use of special equipment, eg wheelchairs, hoists and walking aids and about designing adaptations to living environments. You will also study the principles and management of therapeutic activity groups, and will receive interviewing and communication skills training. You will develop skills in creative vocational and recreational activities and consider their use in treatment.

Typical Modules

Level 1

  • Knowledge and Skills for Occupational Therapy

  • Human Sciences

  • Professional Development

  • Practice Placement I

  • Personal and Academic Development

Level 2

  • The Effective Practitioner

  • Theory of Occupation

  • Practice Placement II

  • Occupations for Health and Wellbeing

  • Practice Placement III

Level 3

  • Professional Practice

  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

  • OT Provision and Service Development

  • Research Methods

  • Practice Placement IV

  • Research in Occupational Therapy

English Language Requirements

IELTS band : 6.5 CAE score : 60(Grade C)

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Requirements

  • GCE A-level BBB, including Grade B in Biology, Human Biology, Psychology or Sociology (General Studies not accepted for this subject at all)

  • BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma DDD in a health-related subject.

  • International Baccalaureate Diploma 32 points including Biology, Human Biology or Psychology.

  • Access to Higher EducationDiploma Complete and pass a related subject Access course with 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 with Merits in all units.

GCSE Mathematics grade C and GCSE English grade C are also required.

English Language Requirements

  • IELTS: 7 (min 6.5W, 6.5L, 6.5R, 6.5S)

  • Pearson: 64 (58 in all subscores)

  • BrunELT: 70% (65% in all areas)

Work Experience

No work experience is required.

Related Scholarships*

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship

    "The Academic Excellence Scholarship can provide up to a 50 % reduction in tuition per semester. These scholarships will be renewed if the student maintains superior academic performance during each semester of their 3-year Bachelor programme. The scholarship will be directly applied to the student’s tuition fees."

  • Access Bursary

    Bursary for UK students all subjects where the variable tuition fee rate is payable.

  • Alumni Bursary

    Alumni Bursary for UK Undergraduate students

* The scholarships shown on this page are suggestions first and foremost. They could be offered by other organisations than Brunel University.

Funding

Full-time home/EU students normally receive NHS funding for tuition fees. Additionally, home students and EU students who have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least three years are normally eligible for an NHS means-tested Bursary.

Part-time students who are employed in the NHS or Social Services in London may be eligible for NHS funding for fees. For more information, email Occupational Therapy part-time admissions.

Independently-funded students and those funded by other sponsors are welcome to apply.

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