Hello!
I am a first year OT student from Austria and I am wondering how the OT training in other countries looks like, so maybe you want to exchange your experiences with me :-)
In Austria you have to study Occupational Therapy at university, it takes you 3 years and you finish with a bachelors degree. Before you can study you have to do two tests. First a written test where you have to answere some anatomical basic questions (in latin) and learn anatomical vocabulary before. They also check your logical thinking (like folding some dices in your head, finishing some templates, etc.), language skills and some social skills (i.e. there is a multiple choice test where they describe a situation like "another student starts crying, how do you react?" and you have to choose an answer like "a. I ask what's wrong and try to calm them down" "b. I tell them to stop" etc.)
When you pass this first test you are invited to a talk with a teacher from university. They ask you why you want to study OT, check if you actually know what OT is about and explain what the education looks like (so you do not start to study something that turns out to be completely different from what you expected). If everything went fine you are one out of a few lucky ones to be able to start OT.
Where are you from? How long takes your training and what do you have to do to study OT?
Can i knew some countries, where i can get Masters degree of OT?
I wish it could be full funded.
Thank you indeed