MSc/PgDip/PgCert Applying Occupational Therapy
Full-time
Location • Collegiate Campus
Subject area • Occupational therapy
By adding to My Courses you can compare courses and create a personalised prospectus.
A 360 degree tour of the home environment room in our Robert Winston Building
One of our lecturers receives the highest honour available from the College of Occupational Therapists. Read more about it.
FInd out more about the teaching staff in this subject area.
At a glance
Develop your role as a qualified occupational therapist on course that focuses on the contemporary theories of occupational therapy.
Key points
Benefit from increased focus on your practice as a qualified occupational therapist.
Relevant to occupational therapists both in the UK and internationally.
Modular and builds on your practice as an occupational therapist.
Designed so you can study alongside therapists from other disciplines such as physiotherapists.
The masters course is designed for qualified occupational therapists
The course is
relevant to occupational therapists both in the UK and internationally
modular and builds on your practice as an occupational therapist
designed so you can study alongside therapists from other disciplines such as physiotherapists and from a variety of countries. We draw on this diversity during the course and encourage you to share ideas, comparing and contrasting your experiences and backgrounds.
You learn to evaluate your practice critically through an evidence-based approach. There are also opportunities for you to explore your own professional development or interest.
All modules have a focus on your role as an occupational therapist and we encourage you to apply your learning to the context in which you work or could work.
The course is university-based, although there is an optional module that contains a two week practice placement.
The course team has considerable experience and interest in international perspectives of occupational therapy.
Find out more about MSc/PgDip/PgCert Applying Occupational Therapy
Full-time 18 months
Complete the application form available at www.shu.ac.uk/study/form
2013/14 academic year
Full-time typically £4,590
Part-time typically £1,530 a stage for PgCert, PgDip and MSc stages
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees and funding see www.shu.ac.uk/funding
2013/14 academic year
Typically £12,060 for the course
2014/15 academic year
Typically £12,150 for the course
The course fee may be subject to annual inflationary increase. For further information on fees, scholarships and bursaries see www.shu.ac.uk/international/fees
Assessments include presentations viva written assessments. There are no formal exams.
This student is taking part in a work capacity assessment using functional capacity assessment (FCE)
Home environment room
The home environment room in our Robert Winston Building gives our students realistic workplace training.
Claire Craig receives the highest honour from the College of Occupational Therapists
Claire Craig, fellow of the College of Occupational Therapists
A Sheffield Hallam researcher and lecturer in occupational therapy has completed a rare double by achieving the highest honour awarded by her professional body.
Claire Craig has become one of only 86 people to become a fellow of the College of Occupational Therapists, the highest honour the organisation can give.
It follows Claire becoming a National Teaching Fellow in last year's National Teaching Fellowship Scheme awards, and success in the University's own Inspirational Teaching Awards in which she was nominated by students for her approach to learning.
Claire is actually the second Sheffield Hallam lecturer to receive the fellowship, following Dr Sarah Cook, a fellow reader in occupational therapy, in 2010.
Claire, originally from Royston, Barnsley and now living in Hoylandswaine, said: "This really is an exceptional honour for me and it is great to be recognised by my peers. It also shows the strength of the occupational therapy provision at Sheffield Hallam as I am the second person to receive the fellowship, and there are only 86 in total across the UK."
Naomi Hankinson, Chairman of Council, British Association and College of Occupational Therapists said “It gives us great pleasure to award this Fellowship to Claire in recognition of her outstanding work.
"Claire is a talented and inspirational educator who generates and implements innovative ideas in education and practice.
"Much of her work centres on the important role that occupational therapy plays in the well-being of older people and people with dementia. She is a wonderful ambassador for the profession both here and abroad.”
Last year, Claire was one of just 55 winning lecturers and learning staff chosen from hundreds of teaching fellow nominations made by Higher Education Institutions across England, Northern Ireland and Wales.
The awards scheme, run by the Higher Education Academy (HEA), recognises and rewards excellent learning and teaching.
Claire is a researcher in Lab4living within the Art and Design Research Centre as well as teaching in Health and Wellbeing. The focus of her research and teaching is around active ageing and people with dementia.
This led to previous external recognition in 2010, when she received two awards from her professional body.
Staff profiles
Visit the Department of Allied Health Professions website to view profiles of the staff who teach in this subject area.
