(MSc) Master of Science
Occupational Therapy (Pre-Registration)
Current
University of Essex
University of Essex
Health and Social Care (School of)
Colchester Campus
Masters
Full-time
Health Studies
MSC B93024
07/10/2014
Details
Professional accreditation
None
Admission criteria
Our applicants should have:
- A degree with an overall 2.2 in a relevant area (e.g. in a life science - psychology, sociology, biological science or equivalent or sports science degree)
- Successful performance at interview
Evidence of recent academic study (by this we mean a course or module with an assessable component).
You must also have: two satisfactory references (including an academic reference and a work based one), a satisfactory Work Health Assessment/Occupational health Check and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS formerly known as CRB) – both of these are organised by the University.
IELTS (International English Language Testing System) code
IELTS 7.0 overall with a minimum component score of 6.5
Course qualifiers
A course qualifier is a bracketed addition to your course title to denote a specialisation or pathway that you have achieved via the completion of specific modules during your course. The
specific module requirements for each qualifier title are noted below. Eligibility for any selected qualifier will be determined by the department and confirmed by the final year Board of
Examiners. If the required modules are not successfully completed, your course title will remain as described above without any bracketed addition. Selection of a course qualifier is
optional and student can register preferences or opt-out via Online Module Enrolment (eNROL).
None
Rules of assessment
Rules of assessment are the rules, principles and frameworks which the University uses to calculate your course progression and final results.
Additional notes
None
External examiners
Mrs Bethan Collins
Principal Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
The University of Liverpool
External Examiners provide an independent overview of our courses, offering their expertise and help towards our continual improvement of course content, teaching, learning, and assessment.
External Examiners are normally academics from other higher education institutions, but may be from the industry, business or the profession as appropriate for the course.
They comment on how well courses align with national standards, and on how well the teaching, learning and assessment methods allow students to develop and demonstrate the relevant knowledge and skills needed to achieve their awards.
External Examiners who are responsible for awards are key members of Boards of Examiners. These boards make decisions about student progression within their course and about whether students can receive their final award.
Programme aims
To produce students who are competent occupational therapy practitioners with sound reasoning skills able to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
To provide a challenging learning environment including practice placements for students to build on their critical enquiry and independent learning skills in the passage to becoming occupational therapy practitioners who are responsive to current and future health care needs.
To enable students to construct personal theoretical frameworks for occupational therapy practice drawing on the evolving evidence base.
To draw on students high level of motivation, their confidence to challenge and pursue learning needs to master complex areas of knowledge.
To enable students to become creative, autonomous professionals committed to their own and the occupational therapy profession's development.
To develop students capacity to lead and initiate change within, and on behalf of the occupational therapy profession
To provide opportunities for shared learning with other pre-registration health care professionals
Learning outcomes and learning, teaching and assessment methods
On successful completion of the programme a graduate should demonstrate knowledge and skills as follows:
A: Knowledge and understanding
A1: Critical understanding of the scientific knowledge base of occupational therapy practice, including its gaps, uncertainties, defining features, contexts and the evolving nature of occupational therapy
A2: Significant understanding of the theories, principles and concepts underpinning activity and occupation as a means of restoring and maintaining function.
A3: A highly developed understanding of the political, cultural and professional issues that hinder and facilitate team working including an understanding of social and cultural diversity and influences along with their implications for practice
A4: Critical understanding of psychological and sociological processes and the role of emotion in personal effectiveness.
A5: Advanced understanding of the theories and practice of reflective learning and its role in personal and professional development
A7: Extensive, detailed knowledge and understanding of one or more aspects of occupational therapy practice, informed by current research and scholarly activity
A8: A critical understanding of occupational therapy research
Learning methods
Learning methods Lectures, seminars and workshops, which introduce material in a structured manner with opportunity for class discussion.
Individual assignment and group work, utilising inquiry based approaches A5 is further supported by directed personal reflection of critical incidents and through tutorial support and supervision.
A6 & 7 are achieved through group work, course assignment, literature review and research proposal, case studies, placement experience and tutorials.
Assessment methods
A1, 2, 3,4 & 5 are assessed by course work, viva and portfolio.
A6 & 7 are assessed by an extended literature review, a detailed research proposal and case studies.
B: Intellectual and cognitive skills
B1: Critically analyse, evaluate and synthesise occupational therapy practice/education/health and social care issues, informed by current and innovative developments, with recognition of the need to promote equality for all occupational therapy service users
B2: Critically use a range of occupational therapy skills, techniques and approaches thus being able to respond to the individual needs of occupational therapy service users, demonstrating client centred practice
B3: Deal with complex ethical and professional issues, making informed judgements on matters that may not explicitly be addressed within existing codes, standards and protocols
B4: Begin to develop original and creative responses to problems and issues
B5: Practice in ways that draws heavily on critical reflection of practice and evidence
B6: Pose research questions and develop a research plan
B7: Reflect and learn in order to identify personal and professional goals for life long learning within a framework of continuing professional development
Learning methods
B1-B5 are achieved through a combination of group and individual activities.
Lectures and seminars are used to introduce new material and explore within a group setting.
Workshops and practical sessions are used to integrate the theory and practice of occupational therapy.
Directed personal study time enables the student to deepen and strengthen this learning through enquiry based learning
Assessment methods
B1-B7 are assessed by course work, vivas, DVD, portfolio and research including a substantive literature review, detailed research proposal and case study
C: Practical skills
C1: Demonstrate competence in the core areas of occupational therapy practice
C2: Demonstrate autonomy and initiative in professional activity
C3: Act autonomously in planning, implementing and evaluating the outcomes of professional activity, inviting and using feedback from others to inform this process
C4: Identify and discuss the management of clinical risk in a range of occupational therapy practice settings
C5: Demonstrate originality and creativity in applying knowledge, understanding and approaches in occupational therapy /education/management
C6: Practice in a range of contexts, including those within which there is uncertainty or unpredictability
Learning methods
C1-C6 are placement based learning supported by clinically based tutorials and portfolio development.
C6 is achieved through reflective learning using portfolio and supported by personal tutorials
Assessment methods
C1-C6 are assessed by practice based assessment forms, media presentations, viva and portfolio
D: Key skills
D1: Use a range of advanced communication skills that are appropriate to occupational therapy and multidisciplinary team working; demonstrate effective and confident communication with a range of different audience
D2: Interpret statistical information; Use statistics to analyse data
D3: Interpret statistical information; use statistics to analyse data; use software packages to support data analysis
D4: Identify and analyse problems emerging from theory and practice.
D5: Motivate and engender partnership working; demonstrate a strong awareness of personal limitations and scope of practice; take responsibility for one's own work and significant responsibility for the work of others
D6: Demonstrate an aptitude for continuing to advance knowledge, understanding and skills in line with identified learning needs; Identify, conceptualise and define new and abstract ideas within professional practice/education/management
Learning methods
D1 is supported in small group discussion and seminars.
Tutorial time is allocated for individual discussion.
D2 commences on the pre-registration induction day and through seminar presentations.
D3 is supported in seminars where students present and analyse work.
Tutorial time is allocated for individual discussion and problem solving.
D4 is practised throughout the course.
Students work through given problems or derived from the student's practice.
D5 is facilitated by the use of collaborative group work and during seminars.
D6 is achieved through feedback on coursework and individual tutorial time.
Assessment methods
D1 is assessed by course work, essay, portfolio, viva presentation, literature review, research proposal and case study.
D2 is assessed through use of word-processing and ability to cite references from internet sources.
Compilation of a multimedia presentation D3 is assessed through course work, essay, portfolio and dissertation.
D4 is assessed through course work, essay, portfolio and dissertation.
D5 & D6 are assessed through course work, oral presentations and clinical assessment forms.