Health Sciences and Social Services - Rehabilitative Health/Services
The purpose of the qualification is to provide qualifiers with a wide range of specialised knowledge and skills in occupational therapy to enable them to plan, implement, and evaluate realistic and appropriate occupational therapy services. Qualifiers will be able to work with individuals, groups, families, and communities who have been affected by illness, trauma, developmental, psychosocial, and environmental problems to the extent that they are no longer able to perform their everyday occupations (work, leisure, self-care, and play) satisfactorily. This will be done through assessing, implementing, and managing the occupational therapy intervention process.
The qualification will equip qualifiers with knowledge and skills to enable research into occupational therapy and related fields.
The qualification will enable qualifiers to register as occupational therapists with the Health Professions Council of South Africa to be able to practice as an occupational therapist at all levels of care within the Health Care System and the private sector.
Formal end of course assessment (summative)
Formative and summative
Formative
The learner must succeed in all modules to be eligible to receive the qualification. Each module will be divided into several units. Assessment of units will be done on a continuous assessment basis and will consist of:
Assessments will be designed to monitor the learner's level of theoretical knowledge and critical thinking, as well as the learner's practical skills and clinical reasoning.
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