The Occupational Therapy Department at Manipal was
established in the year 1972 under the Department of Orthopedics in Kasturba Hospital,
as a small clinical unit offering occupational therapy services. It was in
September 1994, the Department started with 4½ year full time program in
Bachelor of Occupational Therapy under Kasturba Medical College. Then in the
year 1999 the academic program of the Department shifted to Manipal College of
Allied Health Sciences.
The Department also conducts Masters of
Occupational Therapy Program (two year, full time, post professional, advanced
level, clinic based and with Dissertation program in different specialty),
which started in September 2002.Manipal University
has also started with part time post master’s PhD Program for in-service
candidates and shortly would be starting with full time PhD Programs. This is
the first centre in India
The integrated education and clinical practice is
the hallmark of this institute. The academic program is designed in such a way
that the students can pursue their clinical practice and academic know-how in
context with the social fabric both nationally and internationally. Within
these few years of the Programs been started our students are not only doting
various part of the country but also various international destinations.
Years of excellence in clinical practice,
Occupational Therapy Department has redefined the practice of occupational
therapy. The Occupational Therapists at
Manipal are competent faculty and astute clinicians. The clinical facility of
OT Dept. is located within the 2050 bedded multi-specialty Kasturba Hospital
[University Hospital] offering tremendous clinical resources both in the form
of inpatients & outpatients. It has developed specialized areas of clinical practice: neuro-
rehabilitation. child habilitation, mental health rehabilitation, orthopedic
rehabilitation, ADL unit, work rehabilitation unit, standard assessment lab,
hand splinting and instrumentation workshop.
The
Dept. of Occupational Therapy has also been associating with other countries to
upgrade their OT qualification. Currently we are working with Nigerian OT’s
[from Federal School of Occupational Therapy, Lagos, Nigeria] and Srilankan OT’s
to upgrade their academic qualification and are looking forward to do the same
for other countries as well.
The
Dept. of Occupational Therapy is the hub for clinical placement in India,
students from different institutes in India
1. Mcgill University , Canada
2. Curtin University , Australia
3. University of
British Columbia , Canada
4. University of Allgemeines
Krankenhaus, Austria.
5. PEZ Technical
College , Germany
6. University of Oslo , Norway
7. University of
Northern Denmark , Denmark
8. Bournemouth
University , UK
9. National Institute of Health
and Social Studies, Seychelles
Our
Programs are World Federation of Occupational Therapy recognized and certified
by ISO 9001:2000.
Our
Alumni are successfully placed all over the globe.
The
OT education programs are affiliated to Manipal University, a brand name in
education in the country; it is an international university with students from
55 countries study here under one single roof creating a rich cultural dynamics
worth experiencing. It offers complete residential facility, safe and clean
environment, provides with hostel facility and health care facility, great
library and internet facility, excellent telecommunication facility, wonderful
learning and clinical facility.
The Dept. of OT has been
involved in some of the international collaborative initiative- WFOT Project on Guiding Principles on Diversity and Culture, and Global History of OT;
WHO Project on ICF Core Sets.
We
are a relatively young OT School at the age of 15 years, but have full faith in
our potential and understand our limitations. We aim to become one of the
world’s leading Occupational Therapy centre.
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| Dr. Kit Sinclair (immediate past president of WFOT)
with the staff & students of OT Dept., Manipal (Jan, 2012) Shovan Saha
Associate Professor & Head
Dept. of Occupational Therapy,
Manipal College of Allied Health Sciences
Manipal University, Manipal, Udupi-576104, Karnataka, India.
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