Doctorate Occupational Therapy
PhD
In Colchester
Description
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Type
PhD
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Location
Colchester
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Duration
7 Years
About the course
A Professional Doctorate is a specialist qualification that is appropriate if you are in, or are aspiring to, a senior professional appointment in practice, education or management in health or social care
It demonstrates your ability to perform at the level of 'expert' within your area of specialisation
The aim of the course is to provide a unified approach to theory and practice within a professional context, so your learning is structured to allow you to develop your skills both in the workplace and within the university environment
Depending on your individual circumstances, your study can be undertaken over the course of between 4 and 7 years
During this time, you will prepare two portfolios which chronical your development of expert practice in your workplace
In tandem, you also study taught modules at the University of Essex which provide you with the expertise in qualitative, statistical and other research methods required for researching healthcare
Your own interests, experiences, and needs determine a great deal about how your course is structured, and what areas you focus on
A key part of demonstrating your expertise in your specialist area is the development of a 40,000-word dissertation on a relevant topic
Within the School we offer guidance and supervision in a wide range of areas which include amongst others:
Analysis of large scale surveys
Approaches to pain management
Consumerism and consumption in health care
Health-related social movements
Health-related stigma
Health services research
Housing and health
How life events and conditions influence health
Interpretative policy analysis of health care
The third sector and health care provision
Political economy of health care
Professional/clinical education and practice
Qualitative methods
Quantitative methodologies and analysis of large-scale datasets (panel and cohort studies)
Service evaluation and development
Social epidemiology and health...
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Subjects
- University
- Mental Health
- Occupational Therapy
- Teaching
Course programme
You can study our Professional Doctorates flexibly between four and seven years. Decisions about the duration of the study period are based on individual need, professional commitments and funded support.
Our Programme Specification gives more detail about the structure available to our current first-year students, including details of all optional modules.
Year 1
Postgraduate Research Methods
Professional Portfolio 1
Health and Human Sciences - Research
Year 2
Health and Human Sciences - Completion
Professional Portfolio 2
Theory and Method in Health Research
Teaching
Taught modules underpin your research activities and meet identified deficits within your knowledge base
Create two portfolios of learning chronicling the development of expert practice
Portfolios are constructed from the specialist application of generic outcomes in areas such as risk and diagnostic reasoning
Portfolios are submitted at the end of year one and year two
Dissertation
Undertake a dissertation of 40,000 words on a subject relevant to your specialist area of practice
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Doctorate Occupational Therapy