On course to a noble profession

The four-year programme also includes modules not offered elsewhere – Occupational Therapy in Elderly Care and Occupational Therapy in Sexuality and Disability. Students get to do clinical placements from Year 1 so that upon graduation they would have fulfilled 1,360 clinical hours.

The World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) requires that students fulfil at least 1,000 clinical hours. Clinical placements can be carried out at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (Alor Setar), Sultanah Aminah Hospital (Johor Baru), Cheras Rehabilitation Hospital (Kuala Lumpur) and Universiti Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC), Kuala Lumpur.

The laboratories at Perdana University are well equipped and meet the standards of WFOT. Students also have access to wellstocked libraries and benefit from a large teaching team that includes cross-teaching faculty from Perdana University’s Medical Degree Programme from the Royal College of Surgeons Ireland (PU-RCSI).

Upon fulfilling all criteria, graduates obtain the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Occupational Therapy from Perdana University. The programme is approved by the Malaysian Qualifications Agency (MQA) and World Federation of Occupational Therapy, which will enable graduates to practise occupational therapy anywhere in the world. There is a wide range of scholarships and financial aids available.

PUScOT dean Prof Nathan Vytialingam has nearly 40 years of experience in occupational therapy. He has worked in both clinical settings and in the academic field in the UK, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia.

Early this year, he was awarded the WFOT Honorary Fellow Award during the 2016 WFOT Council Meeting, becoming the first occupational therapist from South-East Asia to receive this award.

For details, call Perdana University at 1300 888 078 / 03-8941 8646, e-mail enquiry@perdanauniversity.edu.my or visit www.perdanauniversity.edu.my.