Master´s Degree in Occupational Therapy in the Czech Republic
Journal Title: Niepełnosprawność - zagadnienia, problemy, rozwiązania - Year 2018, Vol 0, Issue 26
Abstract
Occupational Therapy forms an integral part of comprehensive rehabilitation, having as its main goal the achievement of maximum possible self-sufficiency and independence in people with different types of disability, at any age. Internationally, the training of occupational therapists is not unified1. The degrees of education that can be achieved by therapists in the different countries of Europe and globally range from secondary education through higher vocational schools to higher education and Bachelor´s, Master´s or Doctoral degrees2. Worldwide, the title of Professor of Occupational Therapy Sciences is not exceptional. Since 1992, occupational therapists in the Czech Republic have been able to receive a three-year Bachelor’s university education. Studies in the first ever two-year Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy were opened in the Czech Republic in 2014 at the 1st Medical Faculty of Charles University in Prague. This programme provides therapists with a deeper theoretical and practical clinical knowledge, and is oriented towards science, research and management of health care. Emphasis is also placed on health and social legislation, professional terminology and interprofessional cooperation, as well as information and modern technology. The key teachers of this programme are primarily experts in the field of Occupational Therapy, with further input from doctors, physiotherapists and other medical specialists, biomedical engineers, lawyers, statisticians and managers. Gaynor Sadlo, an Emeritus Professor of Occupational Therapy at the University of Brighton, and a visiting professor of Occupational Therapy Sciences, plays an important role in teaching a specific focus on science and research regarding Occupational Therapy and equality in the workplace. In her teaching, she uses „Problem Based Learning (PBL)”. Collaboration with foreign universities and health facilities worldwide enables students of the programme to travel abroad during their Master´s studies through the Erasmus+ program to Finland (Kuopio), Italy (Ancona), Belgium (Ghent), Austria (Vienna) or Sweden (Stockholm). In 2017, two students of Occupational Therapy participated in a three month professional residency in Israel (Tel Aviv University, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Sheba Hospital) for the first time in the history of Charles University.
Authors and Affiliations
Anna Krulová, Olga Švestková
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