Occupational
Therapy is a specialized branch of allied medical health sciences to prevent,
cure, treat or rehabilitate physical, mental and psychosocial
illness/impairment or dysfunction. It includes investigations through
appropriate examination or assessment tools to interpret and establish
Occupational Therapy diagnosis.
An
Occupational Therapist is involved with objective planning and execution of
therapy through specialized skills for the purpose of preventing, alleviating,
correcting or limiting - acute and chronic illness, impairment, dysfunction or
bodily malfunction.
Bachelor
in Occupational Therapy (B.O.Th.) is a four and half year’s undergraduate
degree program consisting of four years of coursework and six months compulsory
internship at end.
Here
is the syllabus offered by Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS)
Nashik.
Source:
http://www.muhs.ac.in/
First
Year B.O.Th.
- Human Anatomy
- Human Physiology
- Biochemistry
- Fundamentals of Occupational Therapy
- Occupational Therapy Diagnostics – I
- Supervised Clinical Field Work
Second
Year B.O.Th.
- Pharmacology
- Pathology and Microbiology
- Psychology
- Ergo therapeutics
- Occupational Therapy Diagnostics –II
- Supervised Clinical fieldwork
Third
Year B.O.Th.
- Medicine
- Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Work Physiology and Ergonomics
- Occupational Therapy-Application in Medical Conditions
- Occupational Therapy-Application in Surgical Conditions
- Field Work Visits
Fourth
Year B.O.Th.
- Advances in Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation Medicine
- Occupational Therapy in Orthopedic Conditions
- Occupational Therapy in Neurological and Developmental conditions
- Occupational Therapy in Psychiatry
- Community Based Occupational Therapy and Rehabilitation
- Biostatistics and Research Methodology
Internship
B.O.Th.
- 6 month compulsory internship after fourth year
Best Regards,
Farzad Minoo Damania
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