BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy
This programme is delivered by Metropolitan College, at various campuses across Greece. It is validated by ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥. Through our rigorous quality assurance procedures we ensure that the programme has the same academic standards as the equivalent award delivered by ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥.
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
Ìý
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 |
|
Ìý |
Academic English |
0 |
Ìý |
Human Physiology & Anatomy |
10 |
Ìý |
Ìý |
Ìý |
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 |
|
Ìý |
Enabling Occupational Performance through Assistive TechnologyÌý |
10 |
Ìý |
Ìý |
Ìý |
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 |
|
Ìý |
Ìý |
Ìý |
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 ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ 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:
- a) They hold a qualification recognised by ³ÉÈËÖ±²¥ for admission to undergraduate programmes, as documented in the University Admissions Regulations.
- b) They hold a certificate of attainment in Greek at Level D
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