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MSc Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy (Post-Registration)

MSc Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy (Post-Registration)

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Full time | Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh | 1 year | SEP

Study mode

Full time

Duration

1 year

Start date

SEP

Key information
DATA SOURCE : IDP Connect

Qualification type

MSc - Master of Science

Subject areas

Occupational Therapy

Course type

Taught

Course Summary

Are you a qualified occupational therapist looking to develop your knowledge and evolve or change your career direction? This MSc Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy (Post-Registration) course will suit occupational therapists from a wide range of settings and give you the support you need to redefine your career as an advanced practitioner in education, research, leadership, policy or practice.

This highly respected course offers an excellent opportunity to help you fulfil your career goals and you can study full-time or part-time to fit in with your current commitments.

Why QMU?

  • Unique: This is the only post-registration course specific to occupational therapy practice in Scotland.
  • Tailor your studies: You can select specific modules for your continuing professional development studies and you can take control of your learning by choosing your own topic for most of the modules on the course.
  • Flexible study options: You can structure the delivery and duration of this highly flexible course around your own study and work goals.
  • Staff expertise: The occupational therapy teaching team work across of QMU's occupational therapy routes with the aim of establishing a learning community at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies. Joining the MSc Advancing Practice in Occupational Therapy you will be part of this learning community with a wealth of expertise and experience.
  • Industry links: There are opportunities to apply your own learning to practice. We also work in partnership with a range of third sector organisations, for example Alzheimer Scotland, with whom we deliver a module connected to allied health professional’s practice that considers a rights-based approach.

Career opportunities

This course will enable occupational therapists to develop or change career direction to advanced practitioner, education, research or management. The course does not lead to registration with the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Modules

This module aims to: extend critical engagement with the concept of occupation, to examine and re-vision the relationship between occupation and health and well-being, to promote occupational therapy as a moral and socially responsive profession.

Tuition fees

UK fees
Course fees for UK students

For this course (per year)

£6,500

International fees
Course fees for EU and international students

For this course (per year)

£17,000

Entry requirements

Normally, an honours degree or equivalent in occupational therapy and HCPC registration or equivalent.