Occupational Therapy BSc (Hons)

Modules

Methods of assessment for course overall: 69% coursework

• Introduction to occupation and occupational therapy
  This module introduces you to occupational therapy philosophy and theory and the scope of the profession will be explored. You will explore people's roles and relationships their engagement in occupation/activity within a range of environments including home, school, community. The module content will additionally introduce you to professional ethics and behaviour.
• Introduction to occupational performance and human function
  This module develops understanding of the healthy individual across the life span. You will explore people's roles and relationships and their engagement in occupation/activity. A developing understanding of relevant underpinning knowledge and theory such as: human development, psychosocial theories, anatomy and physiology.
• Assessment of occupational performance
  In this module the focus is on the assessment phase of the occupational therapy process. You will understand the concepts of assessment and the difference between standardised and non-standardised assessments. Occupational/activity analysis is introduced. Evidence based practice is introduced.
• Practice placement 1
  In this module the placement will foster an overall appreciation of the occupational therapy process, with an emphasis on the role of assessment. This placement gives you an opportunity to observe and engage with practice and aims to facilitate your understanding of the principles and processes of occupational therapy through experiential learning and engagement with clients in placement settings. You are expected to gain an appreciation of the effects of occupational disruption and occupational dysfunction, as well as engage with opportunities to observe the potential of well-planned intervention to ameliorate these effects. You will also be encouraged to reflect on the impact of different aspects of the environment on occupational performance.
• Enabling occupational performance and participation 1
  This module introduces you to a range of physical, mental health and learning disability conditions, their impact on occupational performance and the processes of problem identification and goal setting. This is considered within the philosophical and client-centred basis of occupational therapy.

• Enabling occupational performance and participation 2
  This module will build on knowledge and skills gained from previous modules to develop knowledge and skills in the intervention planning and intervention strategies of the Occupational Therapy (OT) process. This module develops your knowledge of a range of conditions relevant to physical, learning disability and mental health fields of occupational therapy practice, with more emphasis on the child and adolescent. This knowledge development occurs in line with the philosophical and client-centred basis of occupational therapy.
• Practice placement 2
  This placement is designed to encourage the transition from novice student to advanced beginner student practitioner, developing the depth of your understanding and increasing competence in the application of the occupational therapy process. There is an increasing emphasis placed on intervention planning, interventions and evaluation of interventions, and the use of available evidence to guide clinical reasoning. It is envisaged that, at this level, you will demonstrate skills in problem solving, decision-making, use of theory in practice and an increasing awareness of the ethical considerations of professional practice. It is also expected that, at this level, you will begin to develop a tolerance of ambiguity in theory/practice issues. Practice Placement 2 consolidates the skills and knowledge acquired in Practice Placement 1 and facilitates you knowledge and understanding for the applied occupational therapy academic modules in Year 2.
• Enabling occupational performance and participation 3
  This module will build on knowledge and skills gained from previous modules to develop knowledge and skills in the implementation and evaluation of intervention in the Occupational Therapy process. This module further develops your knowledge of a range of conditions relevant to physical, learning disability and mental health of occupational therapy practice, with emphasis on the older adult. This knowledge is considered in the context of the philosophical and client-centred basis of occupational therapy.
• Advanced beginner student practitioner practice placement 3
  This placement is designed to encourage the transition from novice student to advanced beginner student practitioner, developing the depth of your understanding and increasing competence in the application of the occupational therapy process. There is an increasing emphasis placed on intervention planning, interventions and evaluation of interventions, and the use of available evidence to guide clinical reasoning. It is envisaged that, at this level, you will demonstrate skills in problem solving, decision-making, use of theory in practice and an increasing awareness of the ethical considerations of professional practice. It is also expected that, at this level, you will begin to develop a tolerance of ambiguity in theory/practice issues.
• Environment participation and long-term needs
  This module focuses on and develops understanding of environments/adaptation/productivity/long term conditions. The module will be delivered in the context of disability, inclusion, occupational identity and performance.

• Outcomes and evaluation of occupational therapy
  This module explores the concepts, practice and importance of audit and of effectively measuring the outcomes of individual and group interventions and service provision.
• Contemporary practice of occupational therapy
  This module consolidates knowledge, skills and understanding related to the impact of influential external factors (e.g. changes in policy, demographics, and context) on the profession. The module prepares you for the complexities of a dynamic health and social care environment and considers ways to work with service users in order to develop an innovative and enduring OT provision. The development of professional identity will also be explored.
• Leadership and service innovation in occupational therapy
  This module supports development of knowledge and skills related to personal management, leadership, change processes and business principles for innovative OT provision.
• Competent student practitioner practice placement 4
  The final extended placement is preparing you to be competent to practice, by providing opportunity to make the transition from student to independent practitioner in occupational therapy. This level of placement requires you to demonstrate competence in implementing the whole occupational therapy process, including evaluation with a limited caseload. You will demonstrate skills in reasoning and problem solving and will be independent in professional judgement, whilst being committed to team endeavours. You will be able to explore service innovation and provision from a 'service' perspective as well as from the user and professional perspectives.
• Application of evidence based practice
  This module will consolidate understanding and application of evidence based practice in health and social care. You will be expected to evidence inter-professional working skills gained in Years 1 and 2, by utilising those skills both in the workplace, and through learning sets in a process of peer review and support.

The part-time pathway will also cover these modules over a four year period.