B.Sc. Occupational Therapy (Hons)

Course Content Study modulesAs courses are reviewed regularly the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here.Therapeutic Use of Self - Compulsory module This module will enable you to develop the skills necessary to build and maintain a therapeutic alliance with clients. You will have the opportunity to develop critical self-awareness skills fostering your ability to be an empathetic and compassionate listener, as well as the opportunity to develop specialist therapeutic communication skills to work with people who have additional communication difficulties and/or behavioural challenges.Foundations of Occupational Therapy Practice - Compulsory module This module introduces you to a range of Occupational Therapy models (Person, Environment, Occupation, Performance (PEOP), Canadian Model of Occupational Performance and Engagement (CMOPE), Model of Human Occupation (MOHO) and theories from psychology and sociology to develop an understanding of the occupational paradigm and an understanding of occupational performance, participation and engagement across the lifespan. Human Performance and Function in Occupational Therapy - Compulsory moduleThis module promotes the development of knowledge about the functioning of the body and body systems in health. You will have the opportunity to consider how changes to individuals’ health and well-being influence their occupational participation. The module will provide you with clinical lab based time to develop the skills fundamental for professional practice at stage I level, applying the anatomical and physiological parameters of human performance and function in the exploration of occupational disruption caused by disease processes of the body.Partnerships 1: Introduction to using evidence in professional practice - Compulsory module This module will provide you with an introduction to using evidence in professional practice which will form a basic grounding for academic and practice development throughout the remainder of the course. In addition, you will explore how we use evidence to make decisions about everyday activities.Professional Development 1a - Compulsory moduleThis professional development module provides you with the essential pre-requisites to enable you to gain 'fitness to practise' authorisation. This is prior to the practice module PD1b. You will participate in statutory and mandatory training requirements of the National Health and Social Care Services. Your learning will be recorded and submitted as part of the professional portfolio in order to meet the 'fitness to practise' requirements for practice placement. This will provide a basis for the continual professional development requirements of the College of Occupational Therapists and the Health and Care Professions Council.Professional Development 1b - Compulsory module This professional development module enables you to begin to develop and apply the professional values, skills and knowledge in practice context. You will observe, reflect and participate in occupational therapy practice with supervision, as appropriate to the setting and level of abilities. The placement experience provides opportunities for you to recognise key occupational therapy concepts and be able to describe their application in the placement setting.You will show professional suitability in particular through your communication skills with service users and team members.Occupational Therapy for Participation across the Lifespan -Compulsory moduleThis module will enable you to develop skills in interviewing, assessment and intervention for individuals with a wide range of needs throughout the lifespan, informed by occupational therapy theory and current best practice guidance. This module runs alongside the Occupational Disruption module which focuses on conditions and life events relevant to occupational therapy practice. This module builds upon Level 4 academic modules within the occupational therapy programme and your experience gained on Professional Development 1b. Occupational Disruption - Compulsory module This module will developyour understanding of concepts of occupational disruption, transition and adaptation across the life span. You will explore the presentation of a range of health conditions and use your theoretical and conceptual knowledge to analyse the impact on occupational performance and participation. You will be offered opportunities to analyse and understand how life events (such as bereavement, loss, transition to adulthood, imprisonment, diagnosis of life limiting conditions) affect occupational performance and well-being. This module builds upon Level 4 academic modules within the occupational therapy programme and your experience gained on Professional Development 1b.Partnerships 2: Developing effective work practices - Compulsory moduleThis module focuses on evaluating how different professional groups can develop effective working practices when working in partnership with each other. This will give you a greater understanding of the contribution that each professional group can make in order to provide seamless health and social care for people with diverse needs. The module links together three key themes:

• culture and diversity
• interprofessional working
• social policy, guidance and legislation.

Professional Development 2a - Compulsory moduleThis professional development module provides you with the essential prerequisites to gain 'fitness to practise' authorisation. This is prior to the practice module Professional Development 1b. You will participate in statutory and mandatory training requirements of the National Health and Social Care Services. Your learning will be recorded and submitted as part of the professional portfolio to meet the 'fitness to practise' requirements for practice placement. This will be built upon from Professional Development 1a and will contribute to the professional development requirements of the College of Occupational Therapists and the Health and Care Professions Council.Professional Development 2b - Compulsory module This extended practice placement (10 weeks) is set at an advanced level, building on Professional Development 1b (6 weeks). This placement module involves managing a small caseload and undertaking identified responsibilities (as appropriate). You are supported through their transition from guided to more self-directed practice, self-evaluation and setting of your own development goals. The practice placement will provide a different setting/client group or age range from Professional Development 1b, and will retain an emphasis on person centred multidisciplinary teamwork to promote effective collaborative working.Research methods and analysis - Compulsory module This module will teach you the research process, the associated research methods, data analysis and the ethical considerations associated with health and social care research. The module focuses on the techniques and skills for data collection and analysis in quantitative and qualitative research designs. It provides you with more advanced skills to critique research and determine its usefulness for evidence based practice. It is the pre-requisite research methods module for the honours degree dissertation.Professional Development 3 - Compulsory module This professional development module is the final period of supervised practice and builds on previous Professional Development modules. This sustained period of professional development (14 weeks) provides you with an opportunity to contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of a service and to critically appraise your own performance. The module allows you to demonstrate the ability to take on appropriate levels of responsibility relevant to the practice context and to work effectively with other colleagues, teams and organisations. This final practice module serves as a transition into autonomous professional practice, requiring you to demonstrate leadership skills and creative entrepreneurial abilities as well as an active commitment to lifelong learning.Advancing Occupational Therapy - Compulsory module This module will build on your capacity to use your acquired knowledge in an applied manner to enhance your therapeutic reasoning skills. You will expand, consolidate and evaluate this knowledge and integrate evidence-based information for professional practice in different contexts. The module will focus on transitions to graduate professional practice, enabling you to apply advanced skills in therapeutic reasoning into new, diverse and complex settings. To help launch you into your new professional career the module will offer opportunities to explore current drivers for practice (policy, law, ethics, & professional regulations – HCPC, COT, and continuing professional development requirements) and to investigate potential future trends, directions and theory development. You will have opportunities to prepare for graduate occupational therapy practice and to respond to the ever changing and diverse needs of the population. Contexts of Occupational Therapy practice - Compulsory module In this module you will reflect on your acquired professional skills and consolidate your practice education experiences. You will develop and build on a range of occupational therapy practice skills through participation in specialist workshops focusing on a wide variety of clinical areas. The module will provide you with current health and social care strategies to deliver relevant evidence-based practice in the workplace. Workshops are led by lecturers and clinicians with expertise in specialist areas of practice; with additional input from service users, carers and other professionals.Occupational Therapy Dissertation / Project (Evidence Based) - Compulsory module This module is focused around evidence-based practice. It enables you to autonomously investigate a topic of particular interest, to critically appraise and synthesise a body of knowledge and identify a gap or substantive problem in that knowledge/ practice arena and draw up a research proposal or project specification designed to investigate the issues. You are given the opportunity to:

• develop a deeper acquaintance and understanding of a particular area of interest building on previous learning within the programme
• acquire expertise in investigating a substantive problem from a research or evidence based perspective
• develop autonomous investigative and project management skills.

Partnerships 3: Managing Collaboration - Compulsory module This module is an integrated and interdisciplinary study of the evidence-base to working in partnerships within diverse teams/agencies and across professional and organisational boundaries. It consolidates and develops your learning from the Partnerships 2 module (U43720) and introduces new learning to prepare you for working in partnership within diverse teams/agencies and across professional and organisational boundaries on graduation, including evaluation of your professional profile and continuing professional development strategies. Teaching and learning sessions are delivered in the style of a professional conference. This has three key themes: leadership; management of change; management of quality. One day of the three-day conference presents a lecture and workshops focused to each theme respectively.