Occupational Therapy, MOccTh (Hons)

Distinguish yourself in occupational therapy with a four-year, full-time integrated Master's degree from the University of Plymouth. This programme fosters expertise in practice, leadership, management, and research, while exploring the profession's philosophy and supporting sciences. It emphasises reflective skills, lifelong learning, and interprofessional collaboration, preparing you for real-world challenges through diverse teaching methods, problem-based learning, and placements in health or community settings. Accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists, it equips you with advanced clinical reasoning and opportunities to align studies with career goals.The first year integrates foundational knowledge with other health disciplines, including a seven-week placement. Subsequent years build profession-specific skills via modules on lifespan approaches, interprofessional working, and research, with placements extending to nine and twelve weeks. The final year culminates in an individual research project and optional modules on international therapy or healthcare innovation, readying you for entry-level practice within multidisciplinary teams.

The initial year of the MOccTh (Hons) is fully integrated with the BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy programme. You’ll share teaching and learning with students from other health professions, allowing you to gain core generic knowledge and skills. We’ll introduce you to theoretical foundations and core skills, which will underpin practice. Gain practice skills through a seven-week supervised placement within a health, social or community setting in the South West. Develop problem-solving, reasoning skills and an embedded commitment to lifelong learning. In your second year, profession-specific modules take a lifespan approach and are designed to introduce you to the core and essential knowledge and skills needed for Occupational Therapy (OT) practice. Modules on interprofessional working and research will help you to develop your professional identity. During a nine-week practice placement, you will have the opportunity to participate more in the occupational therapy process and start to articulate your clinical reasoning. In your third year, you’ll gain greater independence during a twelve week practice placement and, with support, be able to demonstrate a range of core skills required for an entry level practitioner. Profession-specific modules prepare you for the responsibilities facing newly qualified graduates. Interprofessional modules help you develop and consolidate management research skills and understanding of the wide multi-disciplinary team and help you to prepare for masters level study. The final year of the programme facilitates the production of an individual research project and core modules will enable you to consolidate your professional reasoning skills. In addition, you can tailor the programme to your interests, through selecting to complete a module exploring either international occupational therapy or innovation in healthcare. The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry and up to date information can be found on our website.