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Master of Occupational Therapy Practice – Melbourne (Bundoora) (HMOTP)

The Master of Occupational Therapy Practice (MOTPrac) is a two-year 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 course 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 subjects 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.

Admission 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 65% or above in their most recently completed university undergraduate degree. Applicants who meet the minimum admission requirements may be invited to proceed to the interview stage.

Course structure

The course requires full-time enrolment over two years from late January 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 and self-directed learning sessions.

First year – Part 1

Second year – Part 2