Program Description

As a registered Occupational Therapist, you will have the privilege to work with people of all ages to help them participate in occupations that hold personal meaning and value to them.

Occupational Therapists are the only profession that uses occupation (the things people do every day which can affect their health and wellbeing) as a therapeutic tool to improve their health, wellbeing and quality of life, enabling them to live the life they want.

• Throughout the course you will have the opportunity to enhance your attributes as a compassionate and caring critical thinker with an inquisitive and problem-solving mind, as well as developing your communication skills with people of all ages and abilities.
• You will undertake three professional practice placements during their course in diverse, contemporary and community environments which are tailored to learning needs.
• The two-year postgraduate course leads to eligibility to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) (additional costs may apply).

Why you should study this course

This master’s level, pre-registration qualification in occupational therapy has been designed to enable the potential for accelerated career opportunities and provides the opportunity1 to also gain an additional qualification in leadership from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) with the intention to enable you to make a valuable contribution to improve the quality of services.

The skills set you will have developed on successful completion of this course can allow you to work in specialities such as paediatrics, elderly care, mental health, learning disabilities, end of life care, forensics, schools, and emergency services, to name just a few.

Coventry University offers an advanced learning environment for health care professionals. State-of-the-art facilities of particular relevance to occupational therapists include two fully equipped community houses to help students to develop their clinical skills in simulated practice scenarios and explore developments in assistive and adaptive technologies.

The distinctive features of this course include:

• Embedded leadership skills and a specific CMI accredited qualification
• Innovative and varied assessment, specifically designed to reflect skills required in occupational therapy practice
• International learning opportunities2 including access to fieldtrips (subject to additional costs, availability, application and meeting any applicable visa requirements)
• Partnership working with service users to simulate real-world environments
• Collaborative working across multi-professional groups in state-of-the-art simulation facilities enhancing professional identity, knowledge and behaviours
• Guided development of an employability portfolio designed to enhance career opportunities
• A commitment to working in partnership with students to continually develop and further enhance the programme
• Strong links with a wide range of local health trusts, social services, private health, charitable and voluntary organisations who provide practice development activities.

Admission Requirements

Previous relevant degree 2:2 or above – preferably completed within the last 5 years or evidence of recent CPD met, however applicants who do not have recent qualifications or CPD will be considered on a case by case basis.

IELTS Requirements

Listening	Reading	Writing	Speaking	Overall
6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	7