Ireland Occupational Therapy Internship?

Question

I am trying to find an occupational therapy internship in Ireland for the end of 2009. Prior to becoming an OT student, I was an elementary school teacher. My ultimate site would be an intership with an occupational therapist within the Ireland school system. Does anyone know how I could go about setting that up? Would it even be possible? Any information to put me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! It is very difficult to know where to start when you are halfway around the world!

Answer 1

If you have access to internet this shouldn't be hard.  I found a masters program in England this way and narrowed it down to London School of Economics and Liverpool University in about half an hour (I was looking for a taught masters).  Then it became a choice of where I could do some of it via online learning.

Try the Google search engine using the following keywords:  university ireland occupational therapy.....I just did out of curiosity and there were several good picks.

Then contact the various schools' admissions officers online and take it from there.  Ask them how to be in touch with school districts over there.   They must place their own practicum students all the time.

Do this in conjunction with your present university to make sure they will give you credit for your practicum placement.

I've found in the past that if I researched everything myself and presented a logical plan to universities, they usually want to help formulate a suitable plan.

Be warned......Ireland will probably want to recruit you......there's a worldwide shortage of OTs!