Graduate profile – Occupational Therapy

The Occupational Therapy programme prepares students to take up the role of occupational therapists.  An occupational therapist is a professional who, through meaningful employment, seeks to preserve and use an individual’s abilities required to deal with regular daily, work, leisure and recreational activities, with people of all ages and various types of disabilities (physical, sensory, psychological, mental or social handicaps). It promotes the maximum possible participation of an individual in everyday life, while fully respecting their personalities and their capabilities. An occupational therapist typically acts as a member of a rehabilitation team, where they ensure a smooth transition between medical and other components of the comprehensive rehabilitation process (social, work and educational rehabilitation). The main objective of occupational therapy is to help patients/clients improve or preserve the skills they need to cope with everyday activities.

The aim of the professionally focused Occupational Therapy baccalaureate study programme is for students to acquire the specific knowledge, skills and competencies required in the field. Practical tuition takes place in the Faculty’s professional classrooms, during traineeships and on-the-job training events at specialised workplaces in healthcare establishments and in establishments providing social services. The ambition of the Occupational Therapy study programme is to satisfy demand in the open labour market for healthcare professionals at the regional and national levels and the resultant increase in the quality of care provided in Occupational Therapy.