Occupational Therapy Provision

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Occupational Therapy Provision

• School of Health Social Care
• Teesside University

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What is Occupational Therapy?

• Occupational therapy aims to bring about change
  to improve an individuals quality of life
  through the use of graded occupation
• Occupational therapists work with individuals
  with physical and /or mental health problems,
  learning disabilities or social needs usually
  encountering a mixture of these.
• When someone has had an illness or disability and
  they are unable to carry out activities or
  occupations, the occupational therapist will work
  with them to try and restore this, through the
  use of purposeful and meaningful activities

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At the University of Teesside

• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
• PgD/MSc Occupational Therapy

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BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

• Three years full time programme
• Approximately 40 students in each year
• College leavers and mature students
• Shared learning with Diagnostic Radiography and
  Physiotherapy students
• Students are supported by a team of 11 teaching
  staff and one technician (look out photos to
  follow!)

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These are some of the team.
Claire Brewis
Eric Charlton
Mark Coates
Tricia McElroy
Cath Wright
Chris Mckenna
Debbie Horne
Dawn Fraser
Katie Atkinson
Claire Smith
Sandra Cleminson
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Learning Teaching

• A modular programme, combining University modules
  with practice placements in around Teesside but
  extending up to Northumberland.
• Year 3 provides the student with the opportunity
  to use Evidence Based Practice (EBP) in a role
  emerging placement setting.  Students will be
  supported to negotiate their own role emerging
  placement which will last for a total of four
  weeks. 

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Modular programme
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Learning Teaching

• YEAR 1
• Occupational Therapy Professional Practice (20
  credits) - key transferable skills and essential
  practice skills.
• Occupational Being inc Practice Placement 1 (40
  credits) - module introduces the student to
  information from the contributory sciences of
  anatomy, physiology, psychology and sociology.
• Promoting Independent Lives inc Practice
  Placement 2 (20 credits) - introduces students to
  the occupational therapy process .
• Principles of Occupational Therapy (40 credits) -
  introduces students to the core concepts and
  philosophies of occupational therapy.
• Building Evidence for Occupational Therapy (20
  credits) - an introduction to Higher Education
  key skills.

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Learning Teaching

• YEAR 2
• Occupation inc Practice Placement 3 (20
  credits) Term 1 - enable students to gain the
  fundamental resources in order to use occupation
  in the clinical context
• Practice Placement 4 (40 credits) Term 2/Term 3
  engages the student in the occupational therapy
  process in a practice setting
• Occupational Therapy Process (40 credits) -
  enable students to explore the impact of illness,
  disability or trauma for people with physical,
  mental and social impairments and learning
  disabilities on occupational performance. 
• Utilising Evidence for Occupational Therapy (20
  credits) - aims to enable students to utilise
  appropriate evidence for occupational therapy
  practice

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Learning Teaching

• YEAR 3
• Final Placement (40 credits) Term 1 - provides
  the student with the opportunity to use Evidence
  Based Practice (EBP) for health and social care
  needs to establish a role for occupational
  therapists. 
• Option Module (10 credits) Term 1
• Contemporary Issues for Occupational Therapy (10
  credits) Term 1 is designed to facilitate an
  understanding and appreciation of the relevant
  contemporary issues pertaining to occupational
  therapy.
• Meeting the Challenge for Occupational Therapy
  Practice (20 credits) Term 2/Term 3 - enable the
  student to further develop their non-clinical
  professional skills and insight to prepare them
  for their first graduate role and to support them
  in lifelong learning.
• Occupational Therapy Final Project (40 credits)

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YEAR 1 YEAR 1
Term 1 Term 2/Term 3
Occupational Therapy Professional Practice (20 credits) Occupational Therapy Professional Practice (20 credits)
Promoting Independent Lives inc Practice Placement 2 (20 credits) Promoting Independent Lives inc Practice Placement 2 (20 credits)
Occupational Being inc Practice Placement 1 (40 credits) Occupational Being inc Practice Placement 1 (40 credits)
Principles of Occupational Therapy (20 credits) Principles of Occupational Therapy (20 credits)
Building Evidence for Occupational Therapy (20 credits) Building Evidence for Occupational Therapy (20 credits)
YEAR 2 YEAR 2
Term 1 Term 2/Term 3
Occupation inc Practice Placement 3 (20 credits) Practice Placement 4 (40 credits)
Occupational Therapy Process (40 credits) Occupational Therapy Process (40 credits)
Utilising Evidence for Occupational Therapy (20 credits) Utilising Evidence for Occupational Therapy (20 credits)
YEAR 3 YEAR 3
Term 1 Term 2/Term 3
Final Placement (40 credits)
Option Module (10 credits)
Contemporary Issues for Occupational Therapy (10 credits)
Meeting the Challenge for Occupational Therapy Practice (20 credits)
Occupational Therapy Final Project (40 credits) Occupational Therapy Final Project (40 credits)
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Practice placements

• Promote professional competence
• Provide opportunities to work with
  patients/clients and implement the OT process
• Promote the development of clinical reasoning
• Promote reflection and analysis
• Understand roles/promote inter professional
  working

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Placement locatsions
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Personal and professional development

• All students develop a portfolio to reflect their
  progress and development over the years.
• Feeds into the portfolio used by graduate
  occupational therapists when starting work in the
  local area

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Student support

• In addition to the University services
• Personal tutor
• Learning groups
• Buddy system with students in other years
• Student representatives in each year liaise with
  teaching team to respond to student issues

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Further details

• Visit our website
• http//www.tees.ac.uk/Schools/SOH/subjects/OT/
  to see the staff profiles.
• Other useful web site
• College of Occupational Therapy
  http//www.cot.co.uk/Homepage/About_Occupational_T
  herapy/

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Any questions