In October, Southampton鈥檚 Occupational Therapy team hosted a week of activities in a special collaboration with Lund University Sweden and National University of Ireland Galway.
The event, 鈥楳aking Internationalisation a Reality for All Occupational Therapy Students鈥� (MIROTS), saw occupational therapy undergraduates, from all three institutions, taking part in a full schedule covering important themes including co-production and role emerging placements in occupational therapy.
Southampton and听听have been collaborating to identify a common strategy that extends traditional Erasmus exchange arrangements and improves internationalisation of the curriculum.
In 2017 the听听joined the partnership and developed the model to give students a chance to interact together to deepen their professional identity and develop their knowledge of global health and social care issues.
This year, students heard from external speakers and worked with local charities to identify occupational gaps in their services. To end the week students presented their ideas at a conference streamed live to all participating institutions.
Project lead, Dr Juliette Truman stresses the importance of working with partner institutions:
听鈥淲ith greater diversity within our own communities and the need for health and social care professions to seek new solutions to manage health and social care demands, universities are charged with developing creative and resilient practitioners. International approaches like this offer new ways of equipping and inspiring our students to work differently.鈥�
If you are interested in developing your curricula in this way and would like to know more contact听Dr Juliette Truman: J.Truman@soton.ac.uk
