This is an innovative course and the first of its kind in the UK. You learn about occupational therapy while on placement in the workplace, supported by one or two days a week of academic learning delivered at Sheffield Hallam University. You learn from a highly respected team who will lead your learning in the core theories and principles of occupational therapy. You take four periods of practice in occupational therapy health and social care settings and study nine academic modules. Modules you study include: introduction to professional practice; foundations for occupation based practice; leadership and management in occupational therapy; occupational therapy project (practice-based research dissertation). Your academic modules guide you in developing relevant knowledge and theory that underpins occupational therapy practice, and are assessed through coursework. Throughout the taught modules we use your placement experiences in group discussions to relate theory to practice and enhance critical thinking skills. The course team are aware of the commitment that international students make to enable them to study away from their home country and the course is designed to allow sufficient time to have a break to travel.