Masters degrees by coursework
Master of Occupational Therapy Practice – Melbourne (Bundoora) (HMOTP)
- Coordinator: Ms Mary Kennedy-Jones
- Tel: (03) 9479 5733
- Email: ot_general@latrobe.edu.au
The Master of Occupational Therapy Practice (MOTPrac) is a two-year, full-fee paying program that will enable students with a first degree, other than occupational therapy, to obtain a professional qualification in occupational therapy at a postgraduate level of study.
The MOTPrac will require full-time enrolment over two years and will utilise an integrated curriculum centred on Problem-Based Learning (PBL).
The two years of the PBL curriculum are organised into units primarily based around component processes of humans as occupational beings, occupational performance components and capacities, enabling change in human occupation, and advanced integrated practice.
Research methodology and evidence-based practice principles are embedded within the learning themes throughout the curriculum. The program uses small group problem-based learning. The program is accredited by Occupational Therapy Australia and the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.
Admissions requirements
Applicants should hold a relevant Bachelor degree in health, education, social, psychological, physical or biological sciences and have obtained a grade point average of at least H2A (70% or above) in their most recently completed university undergraduate degree. Please contact the School of Occupational Therapy for further requirements.
Course structure
The course requires full-time enrolment over two years from February to November. It operates within a part 1/part 2 structure over 80 weeks.
The teaching period and block programs involve a four-week intensive block, a total of 60 PBL curriculum weeks, and 19 professional practice weeks in addition to nine weeks of clinical practice embedded within the academic content.
The structure of the PBL curriculum over a typical week comprises two PBL tutorials of two hours’ duration, two lectures or skill development classes of two hours’ duration each, one day per week clinical fieldwork in addition to self-directed learning sessions.
First year – Part 1
| Teaching period | Unit code | Unit title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | OCT5FOT | Occupational Therapy 1: Foundations for Practice | 10 |
| TE-SEM-1 | OCT5HOB | Occupational Therapy 2: Humans as Occupational Beings1 | 50 |
| TE-SEM-2 | OCT5OPC | Occupational Therapy 3: Occupational Performance Components/Capacities1 | 60 |
| TE-SEM-2 | OCT5PPA | Professional Practice A | 10 |
| TE-SEM-2 | OCT5ECA | Occupational Therapy 4A: Enabling Change in Human Occupation A1 Older Adult | 20 |
Second year – Part 2
| Teaching period | Unit code | Unit title | Credit Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| TE-SEM-1 | OCT5ECB | Occupational Therapy 4B: Enabling Change in Human Occupation B1 Adult | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | OCT5ECC | Occupational Therapy 4C: Enabling Change in Human Occupation C1 Child and Adolescence | 20 |
| TE-SEM-1 | OCT5PPB | Professional Practice B | 40 |
| TE-SEM-2 | OCT5APP | Advanced Professional Practice: Integrated Practice1 | 60 |
| or | |||
| OCT5APR | Advanced Professional Practice: Integrated Practice (Research) | 60 | |
| TE-SEM-2 | OCT5PPC | Professional Practice C Elective | 10 |
- Key: 1 day per week will be clinically based.