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General information

Centre

School of Health Sciences

Branch of knowledge

Health Sciences

Description

The degree course trains occupational therapists to promote, maintain or restore health, improve the quality of life and rehabilitate or adapt an individual's abilities in order to attain maximum personal autonomy through models, methodologies and activities that involve work and the environment for therapeutic purposes.  Occupational therapy fosters an inclusive society that allows its members to fully exercise their rights as citizens and contribute despite difficulties.

Number of places

Available soon

Mode of instruction

• Classroom

Minimum entrance requirement, 2009 - 2010

• Secondary school: 5.0
• CFGS professional training: 5.0
• Admission test for mature students (over 25s): 5.0

Timetable

Afternoons.  Timetables may be extended to include mornings for practical sessions and depending on the optional subjects that students select.  Practical sessions take place in the mornings or afternoons.

Fees

First year: €4,270

Each credit: €69.91

Access and pre-registration

• Entrance requirements

Syllabus

The Faculty reserves the right to change the sequence and periods of course modules between semesters and course years. Any such changes may not be reflected in the following table.

Type: FB: Basic training | OB: Compulsory | OP: Optional

(*) Information subject to change

Competences

The Degree in Occupational Therapy aims to establish the knowledge essential to providing appropriate care to individuals and families living in difficult situations such as unemployment and its social, economic and health effects, as well as guidance on searching successfully for new occupations, and facilitating the integration of people who have been excluded from or lost employment into the labor market.

Distinguishing characteristics

Internships

The University has a number of partnership agreements with public and private institutions in the social, health and business fields offering internships during the degree course. Agreements also exist with European and Latin American universities and health centres for those interested in study abroad.

Other

UVic has specialised laboratories for each course equipped for case simulations and practicals in techniques, procedures and experiments (wordy?  perhaps just, "...case simulations and practicals"?).

International partnerships

Students can study abroad in:

• Andorra
  • Hospital de Nostra Sra. Maritxell
• Argentina
  • Universidad Nacional de Quilmes
  • Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata
• Belgium
  • Centre de Sta. Maria. Psichiatrisch Ziekenhuis de Saint-Truiden
• Denmark
  • CVSU - Center for Viederegaende Sunheds Uddannelser - Fyn
    

• Spain
  
  • Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid
  • Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
• France
  • Centre de Readaptation Fonctionelle de Broncho-Pneumologie, de Phiciologie e de Reeducation Professionelle Les Escaldes
• The Netherlands
  
  • Hogeschool van Amsterdam
    

• Portugal
  • Escola Superior de Saúde do Alcoitão

Career opportunities

Occupational therapy generally leads to careers in three main areas:

• Physical or sensory rehabilitation: facilitating access to rehabilitation services in hospitals, mutual healthcare providers, primary healthcare centres with rehabilitation services, in-home rehabilitation businesses, consultancy services for personal autonomy, community and co-operative programmes or private practice.
• Care of the elderly: facilitating access to health and social services centres, homecare programmes, support programmes for carers, day centres and nursing homes, cognitive stimulation or community programmes.
• Care for people with mental health problems and drug addiction: in-home programmes (PSI), day hospitals, hospital wards, day centres, haflway houses, nursing homes, special needs work centres, drug addiction assessment teams, community programmes and family support groups.