MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-reg)

Royal Holloway, University of London

The pre-registration MSc Occupational Therapy course is delivered by the Department of Health Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London in collaboration with local partners. The course has been validated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) a regulatory body for Allied Health Professions (AHP) and accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), a professional body for Occupational Therapists in the UK.This two-year masters will give you the knowledge and practical skills that you need to develop a rewarding career as an occupational therapist in emerging global health roles and social prescribing roles in the UK and in internationals settings. The course has a unique focus upon disaster management, sustainability, and global health, with an emphasis on placements throughout the degree to develop your practice-based experience and establish strong employment networks.Occupational therapy has a valuable role in society helping people recover, maintain or improve healthy participation in life. Working across disciplines in different sectors, it offers training in globally relevant and developing skills for disaster management and will deepen your understanding of the value of sustainability and the importance of the environment to health, wellbeing and social care.You will acquire clinical and professional reasoning skills for occupational therapy in different settings, and learn the methods and skills needed to work with individual clients as well as community groups in the public and environmental health sectors.Through teaching and practical placements, you will develop assessment and intervention skills for health promotion in physical and mental health with a variety of age groups, together with service evaluation and quality improvement skills.