Program Requirements
The Master of Science(Applied) in Occupational Therapy; Non-Thesis is a professional program that may lead to eligibility for licensure to practice as an Occupational Therapist. It is a 63-credit degree program that includes 1000 hours of fieldwork education over five semesters. The educational approach is consistent with adult learning and reflective clinical practice. The curriculum uses a case-based, problem-solving, self-directed approach across the lifespan. Strong links between academic and clinical fieldwork education are emphasized throughout the educational process. Focus on client-centered and evidence-informed practice, clinical reasoning, ethics and professionalism. The Master's project focuses on research skills and scholarly contribution to health care delivery or clinical education.
Required Courses (60 credits)
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IPEA 502 Patient-Centred Care in Action
Overview
IPEA : A half day activity, including preparatory work, introducing students to a simulated patient/family centred care scenario in which they will be working in interprofessional teams to develop a plan of care.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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IPEA 503 Managing Interprofessional Conflict
Overview
IPEA : Reflection on sources of conflict and strategies to manage conflict. Using conflict productively for team building and innovative approaches for resolving conflict within the interprofessional health care team.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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OCC1 501 Clinical Practicum 1 (7 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : First supervised clinical practicum. Introduction to history taking, clinical reasoning, assessment and treatment for physical and psychiatric conditions.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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OCC1 502 Clinical Practicum 2 (7 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Second supervised clinical practicum.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisite: OCC1 501
**Due to the COVID-19 situation, add/drop is the eleventh lecture day and withdrawal is the fifteenth lecture day.
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OCC1 503 Clinical Practicum 3 (8 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Third supervised clinical practicum.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Storr, Caroline; Brassard, Anne-Marie; Falcicchio, Karen (Winter)
Prerequisites: OCC1 502 and Fall Courses in M1 OT
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OCC1 600J1 Clinical Practicum Seminars
Overview
Occupational Therapy : This compulsory course will comprise 9 pre-clinical seminars to be offered in the M1 and M2 years prior to Clinical Practicum 3 and 4. The seminars will be implemented during the M1 Summer term (1 seminar; total of 2 hrs), M1 Fall term (2 seminars; total of 4 hrs), M1 Winter term (5 seminars; total of 11.5 hrs) and the M2 Fall term (1 seminars; total of 1 hr). This course is a prerequisite for Clinical Practicum 3 and 4 (OCC1 503 and OCC1 602).
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the following program: M.Sc.(Applied) in Occupational Therapy.
No credit will be given for this course unless OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2 and OCC1 600J3 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
Students must register for OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2 and OCC1 600J3.
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OCC1 600J2 Clinical Practicum Seminars
Overview
Occupational Therapy : This compulsory course will comprise 9 pre-clinical seminars to be offered in the M1 and M2 years prior to Clinical Practicum 3 and 4. The seminars will be implemented during the M1 Summer term (1 seminar; total of 2 hrs), M1 Fall term (2 seminars; total of 4 hrs), M1 Winter term (5 seminars; total of 11.5 hrs) and the M2 Fall term (1 seminars; total of 1 hr). This course is a prerequisite for Clinical Practicum 3 and 4 (OCC1 503 and OCC1 602).
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Storr, Caroline; Brassard, Anne-Marie; Falcicchio, Karen (Fall)
Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the following program: M.Sc.(Applied) in Occupational Therapy.
Prerequisite OCC1 600J1
Students must register for OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2 and OCC1 600J3.
No credit will be given for this course unless OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2 and OCC1 600J3 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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OCC1 600J3 Clinical Practicum Seminars
Overview
Occupational Therapy : This compulsory course will comprise 9 pre-clinical seminars to be offered in the M1 and M2 years prior to Clinical Practicum 3 and 4. The seminars will be implemented during the M1 Summer term (1 seminar; total of 2 hrs), M1 Fall term (2 seminars; total of 4 hrs), M1 Winter term (5 seminars; total of 11.5 hrs) and the M2 Fall term (1 seminars; total of 1 hr). This course is a prerequisite for Clinical Practicum 3 and 4 (OCC1 503 and OCC1 602).
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Storr, Caroline; Brassard, Anne-Marie; Falcicchio, Karen (Winter)
Restriction(s): Open only to students registered in the following program: M.Sc.(Applied) in Occupational Therapy.
Students must register for OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2 and OCC1 600J3.
Prerequisite(s): OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2.
No credit will be given for this course unless OCC1 600J1, OCC1 600J2 and OCC1 600J3 are successfully completed in consecutive terms.
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OCC1 602 Clinical Practicum 4 (7 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Fourth clinical practicum.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Storr, Caroline; Falcicchio, Karen (Fall)
Prerequisite: OCC1 503
Restriction: OT students only
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OCC1 617 Occupational Solutions 2 (6 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : OT assessment and treatment of clients with disorders of the nervous system.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Gelinas, Isabelle; Bonnard, Madeleine; Menon, Anita; Anaby, Dana (Fall)
Prerequisite: OCC1 547
Restriction: M1 OT students only
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OCC1 618 Applied OT: Psychosocial Theory (5 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Current theories of psychosocial OT, including advanced psychosocial assessments and individual and/or group interventions relevant to specific psychosocial theories.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Lee, Keven; Jacobsen, Karla; Zafran, Hiba (Fall)
Prerequisite: OCC1 551
Restriction: M1 OT students only
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OCC1 620 Work/Ergonomics (3 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : The principles of vocational rehabilitation including job demands analysis, functional capacity evaluation, and return to work. Examines environmental influences, ergonomic principles and assessment, the fitting of the workplace to the capabilities of the human worker, promotion of work safety, and injury prevention.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Saunders, Sara; Grenier, Marie-Lyne (Fall)
Restriction: M1 OT students only
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OCC1 622 Community-Based OT (3 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Assessment of community needs, development of OT community services, and the different roles of the OT in mental health and in the international community. Reintegration of the client in the socio-cultural community.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Zafran, Hiba; Arcuri, Giovanni (Winter)
Prerequisite: OCC1 618
Restriction: M1 OT students only
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OCC1 623 Assistive Technology (3 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Application of high and low-technology assistive devices to enhance performance and individual human needs, including alternative computer access, manual and powered mobility, augmentative communication, telecommunications and environmental control, social and professional issues regarding technology service delivery.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Archambault, Philippe; Mak, Susanne (Winter)
Restriction: M1 OT students only
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POTH 612 Applied Clinical Research Methods (4 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : An intermediate-level research methods course to promote scholarly clinical practice, and to assist students in the design and implementation of their entry-level professional master’s project.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Soicher, Judith Eileen; Menon, Anita; Mayo, Nancy; Mazer, Barbara; Boruff, Jill; Moga, Ana Maria; Lee, Keven; Shankar, Sneha; Stilwell, Peter Alton (Fall)
Prerequisite: POTH 401 or equivalent content as deemed by the instructor
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POTH 624 Master's Project (7 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Project is related to rehabilitation.
Terms: Fall 2024
Instructors: Mazer, Barbara; Asseraf-Pasin, Liliane (Fall)
Restriction: OT and PT students only.
Complementary Courses (3 credits)
3 credits chosen from the following courses offered by the School. With permission from the Academic Director, students may take courses offered at the 500 or 600 levels by other departments at McGill.
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OCC1 625 Functional Environments (3 credits)
Overview
Occupational Therapy : Problems and solutions of the environment that impact negatively on the physically or mentally disabled individual.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction: M1 OT and Architecture students only
- OCC1 626 Mental Health: Child and Youth (3 credits)
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POTH 625D1 Design of Assistive Technologies: Principles (1.5 credits) *
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : This is an interdisciplinary, project-based course in which small teams of students work with an individual with a disability in the Montreal area to design an assistive technology (e.g. a device, a piece of equipment, an app) that enhances their level of activity and their participation in society. Teams will apply principles of assistive technology (AT) design to create solutions, iterate through multiple prototypes, and learn about the challenges and realities of successfully integrating AT into the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction(s): Departmental approval is required to register to this course. Not open to Biomedical Engineering students.
Students must register for both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2
No credit will be given for this course unless both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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POTH 625D2 Design of Assistive Technologies: Principles (1.5 credits) *
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : This is an interdisciplinary, project-based course in which small teams of students work with an individual with a disability in the Montreal area to design an assistive technology (e.g. a device, a piece of equipment, an app) that enhances their level of activity and their participation in society. Teams will apply principles of assistive technology (AT) design to create solutions, iterate through multiple prototypes, and learn about the challenges and realities of successfully integrating AT into the lives of individuals with disabilities.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Restriction(s): Departmental approval is required to register to this course. Not open to Biomedical Engineering students.
Prerequisite(s): POTH 625D1
No credit will be given for this course unless both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2 are successfully completed in consecutive terms
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POTH 627 Enabling Eating, Drinking, and Swallowing (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Exploration and application of fundamental skills for competent practice across the lifespan in the areas of dysphagia and feeding.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: OGOURTSOVA, TATIANA (Winter)
This course comprises 3.5 hours lecture and 3 hours lab/seminar per week comprising clinical visits and practical exploration.
Restriction: Open only to students registered in the following programs: MSc(Applied) in Occupational Therapy and MSc(Applied) in Physical Therapy. Open to other students by permission of instructor only.
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POTH 632 Research Elective (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Practical research experience.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Prerequisites: M1 OT or PT courses.
Restriction: M2 OT & PT students only.
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POTH 633 Function/Activity in Arthritis (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Multidisciplinary approach to the assessment and treatment of clients with complex rheumatic diseases.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year.
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POTH 634 Childhood Performance Issues (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Specialized interventions of the occupational therapist in developmental paediatrics.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Brossard-Racine, Marie; Dionne, Eliane (Winter)
Restriction: M1 OT students only
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POTH 635 Enabling Upper Extremity Function (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Exploration and application of fundamental skills for competent practice in the area of upper extremity rehabilitation.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Shankland, Barbara (Winter)
This course comprises 2 hours lecture, 2 hours lab/seminar and 2 hours clinical reasoning workshop per week comprising clinical visits and practical exploration.
Restriction: Open only to students registered in the following programs: MSc(Applied) in Occupational Therapy and MSc(Applied) in Physical Therapy. Open to other students by permission of instructor only.
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POTH 636 Physical Therapy in Pediatrics (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Application of the frameworks of neurological, orthopedic and cardio-respiratory rehabilitation to the assessment and treatment of various pediatric conditions.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Gagnon, Isabelle (Winter)
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POTH 637 Cancer Rehabilitation (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Cancer pathology, risk stratification, the treatment process and rehabilitation needs throughout the disease trajectory.
Terms: Fall 2024, Winter 2025
Instructors: Rodriguez-Leboeuf, Ana Maria (Winter)
Prerequisite: PHTH 570 or permission of instructor
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POTH 638 Promoting Wellness of Seniors (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : The complexity of rehabilitation interviews with the geriatric client, the various causes of occupational performance dysfunction, and the structure and organization of geriatric health care delivery are addressed.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Da Cunha Belchior, Patricia (Winter)
Restriction: OT students only or permision of instructor
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POTH 640 Role-Emerging Management (3 credits)
Overview
Phys & Occ Therapy : Career opportunities in private practice and/or new domains for Occupational Therapists, including small business management, legal and liability considerations, managing organizational growth and service marketing.
Terms: Winter 2025
Instructors: Shankland, Barbara (Winter)
Restriction: OT/PT students only
*If selected, students must take both POTH 625D1 and POTH 625D2.
NOTE: Interprofessional Education Activities (IPEAs)
These required non-credit activities address the competencies for interprofessional practice across the health professions such as professional roles, communication, collaboration in patient-centered care, and conflict resolution. Students will be advised at the beginning of each term which activities they should register for.
