UMH - Bachelor's in Occupational Therapy

Bachelor's in Occupational Therapy

Degree

Years:

Campus: Sant Joan d'Alacant

Faculty of Medicine

Field of knowledge: Health Sciences

Instruction: Classroom

Places available: 100.

Tuition (€) per ECTS credit:

The monetary amounts correspond to each exam call

1st: 21.16

2nd: 40.07

3rd: 85.01

4th: 113.34

Program website: http://medicina.umh.es/

Description

The undergraduate Occupational Therapy program entitles its graduates to practice the regulated profession of occupational therapy and it provides training based on the theory and practice of Occupational Science with the objective of maximizing the health and welfare of persons throughout their life cycle. It consists in utilizing meaningful occupations (activities of daily life, education, work, play, leisure, social participation) with a therapeutic purpose.

Career opportunities

Regulated profession: Yes

Order CIN/729/2009, of 18 March, which establishes the requirements for the accreditation of official university degrees that entitle practicing the profession of occupational therapist.
http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2009/03/26/pdfs/BOE-A-2009-5036.pdf

Career opportunities: health field (hospitals, health centers, rehabilitation clinics, pediatric clinics, mutual organizations, gerontology), social field (social services, caring for the disabled, patient associations, fight against drug addiction, corrections), educational field (special education, collective welfare, teaching), among others.

Program Coordinator

PERAL GOMEZ, PAULA
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+34 96 591 9299

Program delegates

PERNAS GOMEZ, ROCIO
PROGRAM DELEGATE
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LOPEZ GARCIA, MARIA ISABEL
PROGRAM SUBDELEGATE
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LOPEZ GARCIA, MARIA ISABEL
FIRST YEAR GROUP DELEGATE
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GUIJARRO SANCHEZ, ADRIAN
FIRST YEAR GROUP SUBDELEGATE
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PERNAS GOMEZ, ROCIO
SECOND YEAR GROUP DELEGATE
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VANDENDRIES, SANDY
SECOND YEAR GROUP SUBDELEGATE
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CANTO DELTELL, MARIA
THIRD YEAR GROUP DELEGATE
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VAN GEFFEN, EMMELY
THIRD YEAR GROUP SUBDELEGATE
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Curriculum

ECTS credits: 240

Core	Required	Electives	External internships	Final Degree Project
60	108	24	42	6

Design

The undergraduate Occupational Therapy program consists of 240 ECTS credits that are distributed throughout four academic years.
The credit distribution is as follows:
- Core: 60 credits
- Required: 108 credits
- Electives: 24 credits
- Internships: 42 credits
- Final Degree Project: 6 credits

The internships are carried out during the third and fourth years.
Elective courses are taken entirely during the fourth year.

The program's electives are indicated in the Courses section, and are part of the Transversal and Professional Competencies Module. This module can be completed either by taking these electives or by recognition for a series of activities such as internal and external internships, language skills, taking UMH Continuing Education courses, professional work experience, attending University workshops and conferences, etc. For complete information regarding this recognition, click on the following link: http://estudios.umh.es/reconocimiento-creditos/grados/.

Courses

Module	Subject matter	Course	ECTS credits	Type	Year/Semester
					1		2		3		4
					F	S	F	S	F	S	F	S
Core
	Biochemistry
		BIOCHEMISTRY, METABOLISM AND NUTRITION
			BIOCHEMISTRY, METABOLISM AND NUTRITION	6	Core	■
	Biology
		FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY
			FUNDAMENTALS OF BIOLOGY	6	Core	■
	Human Anatomy
		HUMAN ANATOMY
			HUMAN ANATOMY	6	Core	■
	Psychology
		COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PROCESSES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			COGNITIVE AND AFFECTIVE PROCESSES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	6	Core		■
		DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY
			DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY	6	Core		■
		GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY
			GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY	6	Core	■
		PSYCHOSOCIOLOGY
			PSYCHOSOCIOLOGY	6	Core	■
	Education
		HEALTH EDUCATION
			HEALTH EDUCATION	6	Core		■
	History
		HISTORY AND DOCUMENTATION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			HISTORY AND DOCUMENTATION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	6	Core		■
	Physiology
		HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY
			HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY	6	Core		■
	Biostatistics and Public Health
		BIOSTATISTICS
			BIOSTATISTICS	4.5	Required			■
		PUBLIC HEALTH
			PUBLIC HEALTH	4.5	Required				■
Medical, Surgical and Psychiatric Disorders
	Medical, Surgical and Psychiatric Disorders
		GERONTOLOGY
			GERONTOLOGY	4.5	Required				■
		LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY I
			LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY I	4.5	Required			■
		NERVOUS SYSTEM: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY II
			NERVOUS SYSTEM: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY II	4.5	Required			■
		OTHER SYSTEMS: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY III
			OTHER SYSTEMS: MEDICAL AND SURGICAL PATHOLOGY III	4.5	Required				■
		PSYCHOPATHOLOGY
			PSYCHOPATHOLOGY	6	Required				■
Occupational Therapy, Personal Autonomy and Independence
	Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy
		FUNDAMENTALS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			FUNDAMENTALS OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	6	Required			■
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROCESSES
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY PROCESSES	4.5	Required			■
	Personal Autonomy and Independence
		ERGONOMICS AND THE APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			ERGONOMICS AND THE APPLICATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	6	Required					■
		PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN ADULTS
			PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN ADULTS	6	Required				■
		PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE
			PERSONAL AUTONOMY AND INDEPENDENCE IN CHILDHOOD AND ADOLESCENCE	6	Required			■
		TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	4.5	Required						■
	Occupational Therapy
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN ADULTS FOR CONDITIONS OF THE LOCOMOTOR AND OTHER SYSTEMS
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN ADULTS FOR CONDITIONS OF THE LOCOMOTOR AND OTHER SYSTEMS	7.5	Required						■
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN ADULTS FOR PATHOLOGIES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN ADULTS FOR PATHOLOGIES OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM	7.5	Required					■
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN INFANCY AND ADOLESCENCE
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN INFANCY AND ADOLESCENCE	4.5	Required				■
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN THE ELDERLY	7.5	Required					■
	Management and Administration
		HEALTH LAW AND EXPERTISE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			HEALTH LAW AND EXPERTISE IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	4.5	Required					■
		HEALTHCARE QUALITY
			HEALTHCARE QUALITY	4.5	Required					■
	Community Intervention
		COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY
			COMMUNITY INTERVENTION IN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY	6	Required						■
External Practice and Final Degree Project
	External Practice
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES I
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES I	6	Internships						■
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES II
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES II	6	Internships						■
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES III
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES III	6	Internships							■
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES IV
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES IV	6	Internships							■
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES V
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES V	6	Internships							■
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES VI
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES VI	6	Internships								■
		EXTERNAL PRACTICES VII
			EXTERNAL PRACTICES VII	6	Internships								■
	Final Degree Project
		FINAL DEGREE PROJECT
			FINAL DEGREE PROJECT	6	Final Degree Project								■
Transversal and Professional Competencies
	Program Electives
		ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORTS
			ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND SPORTS	6	Elective								■
		ART AND PLAY THERAPY
			ART AND PLAY THERAPY	6	Elective								■
		INTERVENTION IN DISABLED CHILDREN
			INTERVENTION IN DISABLED CHILDREN	6	Elective							■
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN DEMENTIA CARE
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN DEMENTIA CARE	6	Elective							■
		OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN UPPER EXTREMITY REHABILITATION
			OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY IN UPPER EXTREMITY REHABILITATION	6	Elective							■
		PSYCHOMOTOR THERAPY
			PSYCHOMOTOR THERAPY	6	Elective								■
		PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION IN DRUG DEPENDENCY
			PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION IN DRUG DEPENDENCY	6	Elective								■
		REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY
			REHABILITATION PSYCHOLOGY	6	Elective							■

Competencies

General competencies

Understand the structure and function of the human body at different stages of development.
Know the economic, social, and cultural factors that affect health sciences professionals, as well as the economic implications of professional decisions.
Know current legislation that affects practicing the profession.
Recognize the differences between normal human body function and its alterations, and determine the impact from population, demographic, environmental, social, and cultural health determinants, and their effects.
Hypothesize, assess information, and promote viable solutions to cases and professional situations.
Apply the professional codes of ethics and conduct considering user rights and current legislation.
Ability to analyze, evaluate, and assess individual and group situations, identify problems, interpret data, and formulate solutions to individual and/or group problems.
Assess information critically and apply the scientific method to improve the profession.
Establish good interprofessional communication to address the community where you work and the individuals you deal with efficiently and with empathy.
Be capable of working on multidisciplinary and multicultural teams and leading multidisciplinary teams.
Ability to update, consolidate, and integrate new knowledge to improve the profession using continuous self-learning techniques and critical analysis.
Capability to use and promote innovation and creativity for solving professional problems.

Specific competencies

Recognize the essential elements of the occupational therapy profession, including the ethical principles, legal responsibilities, and professional practice focused on individuals and populations, respectful of their autonomy and with professional secrecy.
Awareness of national and international health organizations, as well as the environments and factors of different health systems.
Acquire and utilize epidemiological data and assess trends and risks to base decision making about health.
Recognize your limitations and the need to maintain and update professional skills, with particular emphasis on autonomous learning of new skills, techniques, and the motivation for quality.
Understand, critically assess, and know how to use information sources to obtain, organize, interpret, and communicate scientific, health, socio-health, and social information, all the while maintaining data confidentiality.
Understand the conceptual fundamentals about the occupational nature of human beings and the performance of their activities throughout the life cycle.
Comprehend and recognize the relationship between the concepts of wellness, health, meaningful occupation, dignity, and participation.
Understand and recognize the importance of contextual factors as determinants of occupational dysfunction.
Recognize health determinants in a population, multiprofessional resources and teams, prevention activities, and health maintenance and promotion, on both individual as well as community levels.
Evaluate and adapt the surroundings to promote participation in meaningful occupations in various facets of daily life, personal autonomy, and quality of life.
Obtain and develop, with relevant information, the history of occupational performance throughout the entire process.
Conduct occupational functioning assessments that are appropriate to the needs of individuals and populations.
Determine dysfunctions and occupational needs, define planning and establish occupational therapy intervention using the therapeutic potential of meaningful occupations through use of the activity, with the consent and participation of individuals and populations.
Conduct the occupational assessment, determine the planning, and establish occupational therapy intervention using the therapeutic potential of meaningful occupations through use of the activity, with the consent and participation of individuals and populations.
Know, select, and apply the appropriate theories, theoretical reference frameworks, and occupational therapy practice models and methods in order to choose or reestablish meaningful occupations according to the health needs of individuals and populations.
Collaborate with groups and communities to promote the health and wellbeing of their members through participation in meaningful occupations.
Understand the basics of action, indications, and effectiveness of occupational therapy interventions based on the scientific evidence available.
Recognize the influence of individual, religious, and cultural differences, as well as those of customs, on occupation and participation.
Acquire and develop practical abilities, skills, and experience in the socio-health and community contexts.
Acquire basic management and quality improvement knowledge of occupational therapy services.
Develop professional practice with respect for other professionals, acquiring teamwork skills.
Listen actively, obtain and synthesize relevant information about problems and occupational demands of individuals and populations, and understand the content of this information.
Establish assertive interpersonal communication with all partners that are relevant during the occupational therapy process.
Prepare and draft histories and other occupational therapy records comprehensibly for both specialists and non-specialists.
Transmit information orally and in writing for specialists and non-specialists alike.

Professional competencies

Conocer y comprender la estructura y función del cuerpo humano de modo que permita evaluar, sintetizar y aplicar tratamientos de Terapia Ocupacional.
Know and understand the pathophysiological process in every moment of the life cycle, from infancy to old age, identifying preventive and clinical problems and aspects of the person, both in health and disease.
Know and understand knowledge about pedagogy, psychology, and psychopathology applicable to humans at all stages of the life cycle that enables them to evaluate, synthesize, and apply occupational therapy treatments.
Know and understand knowledge about sociology and social anthropology that enables implementation of occupational therapy treatments in different institutions and social groups to prevent and address situations of social maladjustment and reaction.
Know and understand the existing legal and administrative framework for the functions and responsibilities of the occupational therapy professional, using socio-economic resources properly.
Know the professional, ethical, and legal context about the occupational therapist, recognizing and responding to ethical issues and dilemmas in everyday practice.
Acquire teamwork skills as a unit where professionals and other personnel related to the diagnostic evaluation and treatment of occupational therapy have a uni- or multi- or interdisciplinary structure.
Understand the Spanish health system and the basic aspects related to the management of health services, fundamentally those that are related to rehabilitation issues.
Know and understand the historical antecedents, theoretical fundamentals, and methodological principles, philosophical aspects, theoretical frameworks, models, techniques, evaluations, and assessments of occupational therapy required to recognize and interpret the processes of occupational function-dysfunction.
Understand the different theories about function, personal autonomy, functional adaptation to and from the environment, and occupational therapy intervention models, transferring them to everyday professional practice.
Promote health and prevent disability, gain or regain the occupational performance required at each stage of the life cycle to achieve independence and autonomy in the areas of occupational performance of people suffering situations of risk, organic deficit, activity limitation and participation and/or social exclusion.
Perform the appropriate treatment, respecting the different phases and basic principles, through therapeutic occupations and based on knowledge related like occupational science, in different areas of occupational performance, analyzing the components of performance and different existing environments and contexts.
Learn, design, and implement the various modalities and general interventional procedures in occupational therapy in its frames of reference, evaluating their effectiveness in a cooperative work environment.
Encourage user and family participation in the recovery process.
Know, understand, and apply the fundamentals about personal autonomy in activities of daily living with or without adaptations and/or assistive technologies in the life cycle.
Analyze the occupation in occupational therapy and its therapeutic use in the life cycle.
Know and understand the knowledge about occupational therapy for the integration of the individual in his/her environment throughout the life cycle.
Implement meaningful activity, ergonomic study, new technologies, and existing technology in occupational therapy in the life cycle.
Understand, evaluate, analyze, develop, and participate in health education and promotion within the scope of occupational therapy to prevent occupational dysfunction in general and subsequent to medical, surgical, and psychiatric disorders and social maladjustment.
Learn, develop, and implement health and social-health management plans applied to the provision of services and the improvement of the quality of occupational therapy.
Explain the theoretical concepts supporting occupational therapy, specifically the occupational nature of humans, and the performance of their occupations.
Explain the relationship between occupational performance, health, and welfare.
Make and defend logical and reasoned arguments related to human occupation and occupational therapy.
Collaborate with individuals and groups with the goal of active participation in the occupation, through promotion of health, prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment.
Select, modify, and apply appropriate theories, practical intervention models and methods to meet the occupational and health needs of individuals and populations.
Use ethical and professional reasoning effectively throughout the occupational therapy process.
Use the therapeutic potential of the occupation through analysis and synthesis of the occupation and activity.
Adapt and apply the occupational therapy process in close collaboration with individuals and populations, acquiring capabilities to intervene in projects of promotion, prevention, and protection with a community and public health approach.
Appreciate and respect individual differences, cultural beliefs, customs, and their influence on occupation and participation.
Prepare, maintain, and review documentation about occupational therapy processes.
Perform professional practice ethically, respecting people, patients, and users, taking into account the codes of professional conduct for occupational therapists.
Demonstrate safety, self-knowledge, self-criticism, and knowledge about your own limitations as an occupational therapist.
Develop knowledge about the occupation and the practice of occupational therapy.
Identify and prioritize occupational therapy services.
Understand and apply principles of leadership and management in the provision of occupational therapy services, including cost-effectiveness, management of resources and equipment, and establishing occupational therapy protocols.
Engage in an ongoing process of evaluation and quality improvement in the delivery of occupational therapy services, engage people, patients, and users when appropriate, and communicate the results to stakeholders.
Be able to argue the scientific principles underlying intervention in occupational therapy, adapting it to the available scientific evidence.
Know and understand medical, surgical, and psychiatric knowledge relevant to humans at all stages of the life cycle, from infancy to old age, which enables them to evaluate, synthesize, and apply occupational therapy treatments.
Know and understand the pathophysiological process in every moment of the life cycle, identifying problems and preventive and clinical aspects of the person, in both health and disease.
Understand, evaluate, analyze, develop, and participate in health education and promotion within the scope of occupational therapy to prevent occupational dysfunction in general and subsequent to medical, surgical, and psychiatric disorders and social maladjustment.
Synthesize and apply relevant knowledge about biological, medical, human, educational, psychological, social, technological, and occupational sciences, along with the theories of occupation and participation.
Pre-professional practice, with a final grade received for the competencies, at health centers, hospitals, and other healthcare settings and that allows applying theories, fundamentals, methodologies, techniques, evaluations, and assessments of occupational therapy, working together and developing one's own skills and abilities in different environments.
Final Degree Project: transversal material whose work will be done in association with different materials.

Access and Admissions

Access

Access: http://estudios.umh.es/acceso/grados/preinscripcion-universitaria/

Admissions

1. Possession of high school diploma in the related modes of Sciences and Technology.

2. Vocational Training Advanced Technician:
Occupational group:
Farming/Farming Activities, Physical and Sporting Activities, Personal Image, Food Industry, Chemistry, Health, Safety and the Environment, and Socio-Cultural Services and the Community.

3. Advanced Technician in Sports:
Occupational group:
Advanced sports technician degree of any modality or sporting specialty.

4. Weights:
Subjects with 0.2 weighting
Biology
Chemistry
Mathematics II
Physics

Subjects with 0.1 weighting
Earth and Environmental Sciences

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