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Study Details: 2 years
Our MSc Pre-Registration Occupational Therapy programme is designed for those who already hold a degree and it provides a two year fast-track route into a professional career in Occupational Therapy. On successful completion of the programme, you will be eligible to apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) as well as professional membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT). Our programme is also recognised by the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT).
Our course fully prepares you to join the future generations of occupational therapists. It focuses on developing your competence and capability in key areas such as critical thinking, problem solving, professional reasoning, research, and leadership. You will also learn professional values and behaviours and develop an understanding of the nature and meaning of occupation in human life, the relationship between occupation, health and wellbeing and the power of occupation to transform the lives of individuals, groups, and communities.
A varied profile of placement experience undertaken across the two years of the programme will allow you to integrate academic theory with actual occupational therapy practice and gain an insight into the wide-ranging employment opportunities available to you upon registration. Your practice-based learning will be facilitated by experienced occupational therapy practice educators who will support you in becoming the best occupational therapist you can be.
This is a conversion course. Conversion courses allow you to study a subject unrelated to your undergraduate degree or current career, and support you with a change of career path. No prior knowledge or degree in the subject is required.
In order to be considered for an offer for this programme you will need to meet all of the entry requirements. Your application will not be progressed if the information and evidence listed is not provided.
With your online application you will need to provide:
A copy of your degree certificate and transcripts which show you have achieved a 2:1 honours degree in any subject area, or an equivalent international degree. If your degree certificate or result is pending, please upload any interim transcripts or provisional certificates.
A copy of your IELTS certificate with an overall score of 7.0 with 6.0 in all subskills, or evidence of an accepted equivalent. Please include the date of your expected test if this qualification is pending. If you have alternative acceptable evidence, such as an undergraduate degree studied in the UK, please supply this in place of an IELTS.
Two references (academic or professional) which confirms your suitability for the programme.
For fees and funding options, please visit website to find out more.
There are excellent employability options for those pursuing a career in occupational therapy and Cardiff University occupational therapy graduate prospects were rated at 95% by the Complete University Guide 2022.
This programme of study will equip you with a sound understanding of the changing landscape of health, social care, and wider community services, supporting your development as a creative, dynamic, and innovative occupational therapist and will provide opportunities to develop the leadership and research skills you will require to shape current and future services.
If you are in receipt of an NHS Wales Bursary you are expected to gain employment as an occupational therapist in Wales within three months of completing your programme and gaining registration with the HCPC. Traditionally Cardiff University pre-registration postgraduate students have been highly successful in securing posts in Wales and are considered very desirable employees by NHS and Local Authority employers.
Core Modules:
Occupation for Health and Well-Being
Professional Practice and Occupational Disruption 1
Research Methods for Practice
Professional Practice and Occupational Disruption 2
Practice-based learning assessment and planning placement 1
Practice-based learning intervention placement 2
Compassionate Leadership and Evaluation in Professional Practice
Innovations in Occupational Therapy
Applying Research Skills for Practice
Practice-based learning critical evaluation placement 3
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