Occupational Therapy MSc (Pre-registration)

What makes Occupational Therapy MSc (Pre-registration)* at the University of Worcester special?

Occupational therapists play a key role in helping people regain, maintain or improve their participation in life. Often they work with people whose ability to take part in life has been impacted by injury, disability or illness. Occupational therapists also work with individuals and groups whose ability and freedom to take part in life is restricted by other circumstances. This includes those who are detained in prison, or in immigration centres, as well as people who are homeless, or are refugees.

Our MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-registration) is an accelerated qualifying programme for graduates with a suitable and relevant first degree; it is not suitable for qualified Occupational Therapists.
Successful completion of the course gives you eligibility to apply for registration with Health and Care Professions Council and membership of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (subject to approvals).
The MSc Occupational Therapy will be underpinned with a School-wide commitment to interprofessional learning that aims to develop skilled and compassionate practitioners who have the confidence to engage with and promote professional, social, and political change in health and social care.
The course runs in parallel with the MSc Physiotherapy Therapy (Pre-registration) integrating collaborative working, and evidence-based person-centred practice.
You are supported to gain more than 1,000 hours of practice-based learning in a variety of practice settings.
Our Occupational Therapy BSc achieved 92% Student Satisfaction in the 2020 National Student Survey.

Key features

• You will develop occupational therapy practice skills through work-based learning and our excellent on-site facilities, including Ability House, a purpose designed home setting and simulation suites.
• You will develop critical knowledge and skills to become an evidence-based practitioner, able to develop, design and deliver sustainable occupational therapy services for clients, communities and populations.
• Your Practice Placement modules are an important aspect of the education of an Occupational Therapist and are continued throughout the two years of the programme.
• We work in partnership with service users and carers to inform the design of the programme as well as involving them in aspects of delivery, enabling you to directly interact with, and learn from, service users and carers.
• You will develop effective team working and communication skills through inter-professional learning, projects and placements enabling you to facilitate group education and to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
• You may be able to take advantage of the Government’s plans to make loans of up to £10,906 available for postgraduate study.

How will you be taught?

Our courses are informed by research and current developments in the discipline and by feedback from students, external examiners and employers. Modules do therefore change periodically in the interests of keeping the course relevant and reflecting best practice. The most up-to-date information will be available to you once you have accepted a place and registered for the course.

A typical applicant will demonstrate evidence of: a degree at 2:2 or above with evidence of knowledge or experience in the research process and / or completion of an undergraduate dissertation or independent study; sufficient numeracy and literacy to meet the requirements of the course. For example, 4 GCSEs (or equivalent) including maths and English at Grade 4 and above. University of Worcester GCSE Maths and English equivalency tests will be accepted.