UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG

Advanced Diploma Occupational Therapy - Neurosciences

Part 1

Qualifying courses consisting of lectures, practicals, tutorials, demonstrations and ward rounds, extending over one year of part-time study. Courses include:

  • Applied Anatomy for OT (Neuroanatomy)
  • Applied Physiology for OT(Neurophysiology)
  • Neurology and Neurosurgery for OT
  • Paediatrics for OT
  • Neuropathology

Part 2

Qualifying courses consisting of tutorials, assignments and fieldwork, extending over one year of part-time study, in

  • Neurosciences applied to OT (special techniques for treating children and adults, e.g.: NDT, Brunnstrom, Rood, Doman, PNF, SI)
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