Making participation a reality. Enhancing the occupational perspective through an international collaboration between University of Southampton and Lund University

Summary of the Symposium: The overall aim of this symposium is to share experiences from an innovative international educational collaboration (2012-2015) between the occupational therapy programs at Lund University (LU) and... [ view full abstract ]

Summary of the Symposium:
The overall aim of this symposium is to share experiences from an innovative international educational collaboration (2012-2015) between the occupational therapy programs at Lund University (LU) and University of Southampton (UoS). The first session includes how this strategy was made a reality through physical international exchanges for whole cohorts of students. The second session covers a national (UK) student research evaluation project based on the students’ experiences, the third session Swedish and British students within the 2015 exchange will share their experiences of how the international exchange has influenced their professional identity, and finally in the fourth session ideas about future partnerships and expanding the collaboration through the use of technology will be discussed.


Precise timetable:
The first session will describe, in 15 minutes, the aim, history and experiences of the collaboration and allow 5 minutes for comments from the audience. The second session will present information on a Higher Education Academy (HEA) funded student research project evaluating the second exchange (15 minutes presentation, 5 minutes discussion). Students from the 3rd exchange will then present their experiences (10 minutes followed by comments for 5 minutes). This will be followed by a 10 minute presentation on the future plans for the collaboration. Finally the discussant will share her reflections on the symposium and exchange in 15 minutes which will follow by closing remarks from the chair for 5 minutes.