MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-reg) MSc

MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-reg) (MSc)

The pre-registration MSc Occupational Therapy course is delivered by the Department of Health Studies at Royal Holloway, University of London in collaboration with local partners. The course has been validated by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) a regulatory body for Allied Health Professions (AHP) and accredited by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists (RCOT), a professional body for Occupational Therapists in the UK.

This two-year masters will give you the knowledge and practical skills that you need to develop a rewarding career as an occupational therapist in emerging global health roles and social prescribing roles in the UK and in internationals settings. The course has a unique focus upon disaster management, sustainability, and global health, with an emphasis on placements throughout the degree to develop your practice-based experience and establish strong employment networks.

Occupational therapy has a valuable role in society helping people recover, maintain or improve healthy participation in life. Working across disciplines in different sectors, it offers training in globally relevant and developing skills for disaster management and will deepen your understanding of the value of sustainability and the importance of the environment to health, wellbeing and social care.

You will acquire clinical and professional reasoning skills for occupational therapy in different settings, and learn the methods and skills needed to work with individual clients as well as community groups in the public and environmental health sectors.

Through teaching and practical placements, you will develop assessment and intervention skills for health promotion in physical and mental health with a variety of age groups, together with service evaluation and quality improvement skills.

On completion of the course you will have developed skills and experience for embarking on emerging global health roles and social prescribing roles in the UK and in international settings.

The Department of Health Studies is a hub for world-leading research, knowledge exchange and public engagement and you will be taught by international research leaders across a broad range of topics, particularly in the areas of occupational therapy, global health, long-term conditions and disease prevention.

Fitness to practise and health requirements

See below for full entry requirement, and all offers of a place are subject to satisfactory Occupational Health (OH) screening and clear Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check. To be admitted and continue the course, students must be deemed medically fit for both practice and theory by the Occupational Health Department. If you have any concerns about a health condition/issue and its impact on your ability to undertake the course, please contact the admissions team as early as possible in the application process. Further information will be provided following the offer of a place. Please note that Professional Bodies such as the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) have certain requirements regarding the health and character status of applicants and their ability to meet the required core professional competencies and to practise safely without direct supervision. Please read the HCPC information to find out more. Please ask us for advice and/or support as early as possible in the application process if you have any questions about this requirement.

Bachelor degree with 70%, 3.0 out of 5.0 or 2.8 out of 4.0 overall.

English language requirements

• IELTS 7.0 and no sub-score below 6.5.
• Pearson Test of English: 69 overall. No other sub-score lower than 61.
• Trinity College London Integrated Skills in English (ISE): ISE IV
• Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE) grade C/210.
• TOEFL iBT: 97 overall, with Reading 25 Listening 25 Speaking 25 Writing 25.
• Duolingo: 130 overall, with no sub-score below 125.