Over-view of MSc Occupational Therapy ( pre registration)

1. Over-view of MSc Occupational Therapy ( pre registration) March 2013

2. How it is different • Alternative, faster route to qualification • Mature students with first degree in relevant subject -some knowledge of research • Some experience of working in a related area and some leadership or supervisory skills

3. Course overview Work based learning style • For the first 18 months of the course -3 days per week in practice, one day at Uni, one day study • Completed in 2 years four months • Jan intake, every year of 15 students currently 10 E Mids, 5 Y &H

4. Course overview cont. • Masters level for all taught modules but Practice Education is at undergraduate level – • 3 part-time placements 3 days per week over 13 weeks; pass/fail ; 1000hours • Only one full-time placement in final year 8 weeks • Contains interdisciplinary in-put

5. USP's • pattern of placement / univ learning • voluntary sector placement, creativity, innovation and project management • practice based research • leadership skills

6. Semester One year 1Jan - June • Occupational therapy philosophy, theory and practice • Introduction to practice • Research for Occupational Therapy Practice • Practice Experience 1 • client-centred practice • core skills • critical reflection • codes of practice /ethics • models and frameworks • person ,environment and occupation • activity analysis • OT process • anatomy • practical skills • interprofessional agendas • govt agendas • evidence based practice • user involvement • team work and communication • anti-oppressive practice

7. Semester Two year 1Sept - Dec • Practice Experience 2 • Assessing occupational performance • Influences on function • Research proposal • standardised/ non standardised assessments • motivation and engagement • ethics and risk • environmental assessments • anatomy and neuro anatomy • conditions- acute and long-term and influence on function – mental health and physical • complex problems • environmental barriers

8. Semester One year 2Jan - June • Practice Experience 3 • Contextualising OT • Research • Management of common conditions – physical/ mental health • professional issues for OT's • occupational participation • occupational deprivation and injustice • new concepts in occupational therapy

9. Semester Two year 2Sept - Dec • Leadership in OT • Enabling occupational engagement • Research • mentorship and supervision • publication processes • research ethics submissions • therapeutic use of self • group work • psychosocial factors • OT frameworks and intervention strategies • cultural sensitivity • personal and environmental safety

10. Semester One year 3Jan - Apr • Final research submission • Practice Experience 4 full-time 8 weeks

11. Interdisciplinary link with Social Work • Parallel course developed with Social work discipline at SHU MA Social Work • Joint interprofessional modules Introduction to Practice

12. Teaching, learning and assessment • Academic modules , face to face teaching and learning, self-directed work, Blackboard supported • Assessments – written assignments, presentation. Using practice experience • Research – supervisor, mentor, practice

13. Practice Experience • Integration of knowledge , theory and practice • Longer length of placement add on benefits • Practice experience 3 in non-statutory organisation

14. third sector placement/ developing practice placement • Mappin Street RSB • Heeley City farm • Archer project for homeless people • Asylum seeker project • Moorland Court • Age Concern • Agewell • Care home for homeless older men with drink and drug issues • Healthy Sheffield Project • Sure Start • Doncaster womens centre Platform 51 • Mencap

15. Research • Primary study • Based in practice • 15,000 word report • Research for Occupational Therapy Practice • OT Project module - research methods