Master of Occupational Therapy

Apply educational knowledge, skills, principles and methods to render a service as competitive professional occupational therapists, making the correct choices for community services and as researchers in occupational therapy.

• Responding to the needs of the community
• Responding to business and industry needs
• In life-long learning and the appreciation of the value of education and society.

Qualifiers will demonstrate knowledge, skills and applied competence in the field of study that provide opportunities for continued personal growth, gainful economic activity and rewarding contributions to society.

Learners who register for this qualification can

• Learn from predominantly written material;
• Communicate what they have learnt comprehensively in the medium of instruction;
• Learn and take responsibility for their own progress.

Work experience of at least 2 years in field of speciality.

Registered with the Professional Board for Occupational Therapists.

RECOGNITION OF PRIOR LEARNING

The qualification recognises formal and non-formal prior learning (incorporating experiential learning) at a Higher Education and Training Certificate Level 7 in Occupational Therapy or a functional equivalent.

The planned combination of learning outcomes are integrated with critical cross-field outcomes for this qualification

Practical Competency

The demonstrated ability/skill to achieve the major Skills/Applied Competency of the qualification.

Foundational Competency

The demonstrated understanding, by the Learner, of the embedded knowledge that underpins the end result/outcome.

Reflective competency

The demonstrated ability/skill to integrate or connect our performances and to reflect on, evaluate and adopt the above competencies.

To successfully complete the qualification the learner will have to demonstrate his/her learning via module specific learning outcomes as well as critical cross-field learning outcomes.

Module specific outcomes will include capabilities relating to module knowledge and the understanding thereof within a specific context, and capabilities relating to integrated knowledge and skills from a variety of disciplines within the field.

Critical cross-field outcomes will include those specified in the learning outcomes for approved modules in the certificate and as appropriate to the learner's field of practice.

1. Grasping and applying the theoretical/philosophical foundation of the profession;
2. Interpreting, applying and evaluating the science of activity of occupational therapy to the patient in a meaningful way;
3. Planning and carrying out with insight research to the enhancement of the profession.

The learner will be able to analyse and apply the basic principles relevant to the following

1. Demonstrate knowledge of and understand components of research, Science and philosophy of occupational therapy, and Specialised fields within the following options

• Biomechanics
• Paediatrics
• Neurology
• Psychiatry
• Work Rehabilitation

1. Apply theoretical foundation of the profession.
2. Apply the science of activity to patient in a meaningful way.
3. Carry out research, evaluate and apply results.

A learner should provide evidence of learning competency (knowledge, skills and attitude) by means of the following

• Formative continuous evaluation
• Written and clinical examination
• External evaluation
• End evaluation.

Integrated assessment

Competence is achieved, through continuous assessment by demonstrating the ability to achieve the outcomes of the Qualification.

• Practical and written assignments
• Final examination
• Research report
• Dissertation (external examination, in accordance with standards set by the university and the professional board).

Assessment documents are moderated to ensure that

• They conform to the scope and context of the competency as stipulated in the qualification.
• They are constructed in such a way that the Assessor assesses the critical outcomes applied, during the Learner's activity performances, towards achieving an outcome.

Assessments are

• To include confirmation of the Embedded Knowledge component to ensure that the Foundational Competency is achieved.
• To be verified by Internal Verifiers to ensure valid, credible, true and fair results.