School of Clinical Therapies

The core competencies for Programmes in the School of Clinical Therapies subject to Fitness to Practise are listed below. To describe an individual as ‘Fit to Practise’ in the context of certain professions is to say he or she possesses the attributes considered necessary in an individual to allow that individual to practise as an independent practitioner in their relevant profession.
In addition to the Core Competencies, students must also fulfil the requirements of professional accrediting bodies and / or CORU (as relevant to their specific degree programme) in order to be able to register as Health and Social Care Professionals when they graduate. Profession-specific codes of conduct and professional ethics are available at the links below: 

Audiology: The British Academy of Audiology (BAA), which approves the MSc Audiology, has adopted the Health and Care Professions Council Code of Conduct. 

Occupational Therapy:

CORU OTRB Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Occupational Therapists;

AOTI Code of Ethics

Physiotherapy: CORU PRB Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Physiotherapists 

Speech and Language Therapy:

CORU SLTRB Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics for Speech and Language Therapists;

IASLT Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics

Core Competencies

Students must be capable of achieving the following competencies, and of demonstrating the expected student conduct and professional behaviours:

1. Obtain relevant (such as medical, occupational, social, educational, family) history.
2. Undertake and interpret relevant assessment procedures safely and effectively within the confines of the student’s area of knowledge and competence.
3. Provide, monitor and modify appropriate interventions to maximise health, education and social outcomes.
4. Maintain high levels of hygiene and take appropriate precautions to protect service users, yourself, and others, from infection.
5. Maintain accurate and comprehensive patient records and store records in accordance with legal and statutory requirements and best practice.
6. Communicate appropriately, effectively and sensitively with and about service users, their families/carers (with permission) and colleagues using spoken, written, electronic and nonverbal methods.
7. Act with honesty and integrity in your personal, educational, and professional conduct. Be aware of and responsive to the impact of one’s standard of conduct, performance and actions on self; service users and their families/carers; colleagues; the University, and the Profession.
8. Consult and follow advice of a suitably qualified professional from any risk posed to self, service users and their families/carers, colleagues, the University, and the Profession by own physical and/or mental health.
9. Apply the ethics and values of relevant clinical therapies profession in all communications and actions associated with the performance of their professional roles and responsibilities.
10. Follow the University’s Standards of Conduct for students