Occupational Therapy BSc Welcome Pack
Welcome to BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy 2023.
This course prepares you to work as a Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered occupational therapist. During the first year you will develop your knowledge and skills within anatomy and physiology, occupational therapy theory, and core occupational therapy skills. As you progress through the degree you will continue to develop your knowledge and skills through both university based learning and practice placements. You will develop your academic skills in essay writing, report writing and presentations and will be introduced to a range of services at the university that can help you to further develop these skills. We access a range of teaching and learning strategies to enable you to develop throughout your programme, these include guided pre-learning, workshops, group work, guest speakers, practical skills sessions and placements.
We look forward to welcoming you onto this professional programme and starting your career as an occupational therapist.
Your Programme Leaders
Full Time
Debbie Hewson
Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Deborah.Hewson@northampton.ac.uk
Full Time Extended
Fiona Burbeary
Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Fiona.Burbeary@northampton.ac.uk
Apprenticeships
Jane Campion
Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Welcome and Induction sessions
We have three online welcome and induction sessions which you are invited to join. Find details below.
For the virtual sessions below, we will be using Collaborate which is our virtual classroom on Blackboard. Here are our top tips for using collaborate:
- Use a Google Chrome browser not Safari, Edge or Firefox as you may struggle to connect or lose connection.
- You may prefer to use headphones with inbuilt speaker for a better sound.
- You will joining as a guest, please visit this guidance on how to join and participate in a Collaborate session which includes a quick video tour.
- Please join at least 10 minutes ahead of the session start to test your sound etc and this also helps in making a prompt start. The session will start at 7.30pm but you can access the virtual classroom from 7pm.
- Feel free to share your camera, some people find they get better connectivity if they don’t so this is entirely up to you. This session may require you to use your microphone at certain points, but for everyone’s comfort and coherence, please mute your microphone before joining.
Welcome Video
The below welcome video has been created by BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy to introduce you to the course.
Equipment
You will be provided with an occupational therapy uniform. You will need to purchase yourself a pair of black, flat, closed heel and toe shoe for placement.
You will find it useful to purchase a metal style tape measure for use on placement and at university practical sessions.
You will need to complete a L2 Food Hygiene course before you start your first placement such such as Food and Hygiene Level 2.
Recommended books:
- Foundations for Practice in Occupational Therapy by Edward Duncan
- Skills for Practice in Occupational Therapy by Edward Duncan
- Creek’s Occupational Therapy and Mental Health by Wendy Bryant, John Fieldhouse and Katrina Bannigan
- Occupational Therapy for People experiencing Illness, Injury or Impairment by Michael Curtin, Joe Adams and Mary Egan
- Using Occupational Therapy Models in Practice by Merrill Turpin & Michael Iwama
Enhancing skills, building networks and engaging in the wider University community
In order to prepare for the course, it is recommended that you engage in the Padlet activities. These activities are design to help you build your understanding of occupational therapy and to ensure that you have completed all pre-enrolment tasks.