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BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

This programme is delivered by Metropolitan College, at various campuses across Greece. It is validated by Queen Margaret University. Through our rigorous quality assurance procedures we ensure that the programme has the same academic standards as the equivalent award delivered by QMU.

As a profession, occupational therapy is a science-based, health and social care profession. The World
Federation of Occupational Therapists define occupational therapy as a client-centred health profession concerned with promoting health and well-being through occupation. The primary goal of occupational therapy is to enable people to participate in the activities of everyday life. Occupational Therapists achieve this outcome by working with people, families, groups and communities to enhance their ability to engage in the occupations they want to, need to, or are expected to do, by modifying the occupation or the environment to better support their occupational engagement. Increasingly, the profession of occupational therapy is
recognised for the value it offers, which is apparent in the expansion of its practice into work
places such as the third sector, private practice and its role in the promotion of health and well-being.

Programme details

Title : BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

: 10

Mode of delivery :Ìý face-to-face, full-time

Duration :Ìý 4 years

Language of delivery :Ìý Greek

Approval

First approved:Ìý July 2012

Most recent approval:Ìý May 2018

External accreditation or recognition: Graduates may apply to ATEEN to secure professional rights in Greece. All applications are treated individually.

Programmes delivered overseas do not lead directly to professional registration in the UK. Graduates may apply to the UK Health and Care Professions Council through the international route. All applications are treated individually.

Programme structure

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Level

BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy

Credits

1

SCQF 7

Becoming a Professional

20

Finding and Consuming Knowledge

20

Humans as Occupational Beings 1

20

Humans as Occupational Beings 2

20

Service Learning

0

Manual Handling

0

Practice Placement 1

20

Academic Essay writing

10

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Academic English

0

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Human Physiology & Anatomy

10

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2

SCQF 8

Assessment and Analysis : Information-based decision making for therapy

30

Intervention 1: Developing core skills for therapy

30

Intervention 2: Critically applying core skills for intervention

20

Practice Placement 2

20

The NeuroscienceÌý ofÌý OccupationÌý

10

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Enabling Occupational Performance through Assistive TechnologyÌý

10

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3

SCQF 9

Critical Considerations of Occupation and Occupational Therapy

20

Reconstructing Occupation: Therapy, Theory &

Practice

30

Evaluating Occupation and Occupational Therapy

20

Practice Placement 3

30

Interprofessional Education 3

20

International Exchange : Professional autonomy and critical engagement with learning (Exchange Students only)

10/20/30

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4

SCQF 10

Translating knowledge into practice

20

Transformation Through Occupation

40

Professional autonomy and critical engagement with learning

10

Practice Placement 4

30

Interprofessional Education 4

20

Childhood studies

10

Group-Work in Occupational Therapy

10

Independent Study: Critically engaging with occupational therapy (Direct Entrants only)

30

International Exchange: Professional autonomy

and critical engagement with learning (Exchange Students only)

10/20/30

Key features

Placements :Ìý

The Queen Margaret University BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy programme employs a block model in which practice placements occur in each year of the programme. The delivery pattern for practice education is depicted in the Table below:

Year of Programme

Placement

Semester

Duration

Placement Days

Hours

SCQF

Level

Year 1

Practice Placement 1

Semester 2

6 weeks full time

30 days

217

7

Year 2

Practice Placement 2

Semester 1

6 weeks full time

30 days

217

8

Year 3

Practice Placement 3

Semester 2

8 weeks full time

40 days

288

9

Year 4

Practice Placement 4

Semester 1

8 weeks full time

40 days

288

10

In order to meet standards established and monitored by professional bodies, by the end of Practice Placement 4 each student must have successfully completed minimum of 1000 hours practice education.Ìý

Professional registration :

Graduates of this programme can obtain their professional rights under the directive of the EU which has been incorporated into Greek law. The European Union directive (Directive 2005/36/EC of the European parliament and of the council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications), dictates Greek legislation to accept professional qualifications obtained from local educational institutes which are collaborating with EU recognised Universities. According to the EU directive, graduates must apply to the UK Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), and once they acquire their professional rights from HCPC, they can then apply to the relevant Greek Legal Body and transfer their professional rights from Britain to Greece. The Greek legislation has created a temporary body, the Hellenic Council for the recognition of professional qualifications (SAEP) of the Ministry of Education for the period until all Greek professions will be legally regulated. In December 2020 Greece introduced a new legislation (Law 4763/2020), according to which the authority of granting professional rights for both regulated and non-regulated professions from EU and third countries have been assigned to the relevant body of the Ministry of Education, called ATEEN.

Admission criteria

Applicants, in order to be considered for admission should have a Greek Secondary School Diploma / ‘Apolyterion of Lykeio’ or equivalent (e.g., International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, etc.) with a grade 10 or above. This requirement is in line with the Greek government’s minimum standard for access to higher education.

High school leaving certificates issued by vocational Lyceums, such as TEE or EPAL and foreign certificates which are equivalent to the Greek Lyceum certificate (e.g. International Baccalaureate, European Baccalaureate, etc.) are also accepted.

Non-native Greek speakers, may be admitted to the programme on demonstrating that:

  1. a) They hold a qualification recognised by QMU for admission to undergraduate programmes, as documented in the University Admissions Regulations.
  2. b) They hold a certificate of attainment in Greek at Level D

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