• WFOT Learning

    Welcome to WFOT Learning, the online learning platform for Occupational Therapists.

    WFOT resources are developed by expert occupational therapists who provide their time on a voluntary basis. The online learning platforms are funded by subscriptions from occupational therapists committed to the global development of the profession. WFOT needs your support to ensure that we can continue to provide learning materials free-of-charge to the international community. Please consider a donation to support the development of global learning resources.

Available courses

Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction

Full Course

Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction

This course has been designed for occupational therapists and related professions to develop skills, knowledge and behaviours that enable proactive engagement and positive outcomes for disaster preparedness and risk reduction (DPRR) at individual, community and global levels.

Details & Enrolment


This course has been designed for occupational therapists and related professions to develop skills, knowledge and behaviours that enable proactive engagement and positive outcomes for disaster preparedness and risk reduction (DPRR) at individual, community and global levels.

The course content will provide a theoretical framework for DPRR, examining the ‘micro’ (individual), ‘meso’ (community) and ‘macro’ (global) contexts in relation to key principles to assess and improve upon disaster preparedness.

Your Experience

Throughout the course you will be introduced to other practitioners who share their experiences navigating the impacts of disasters, as well as case studies that provide broader insight into challenges faced around the world.

Each session you will apply knowledge through exercises that draw on your own professional experience, as you develop resources for your local community to identify and prepare for potential disaster threats.

What will I learn?

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Apply WFOT DPRR principles in your daily profession to improve disaster preparedness in occupational therapy practice, education, and research
  • Identify risks and recommend solutions to improve disaster resilience for vulnerable individuals such as people with disability
  • Collect and analyse data about disaster risk at a community level, and predict potential impacts on individuals and families
  • Propose initiatives to assist community leaders and policy makers in resilience and preparedness
  • Critique global risk reduction strategies and formulate recommendations for use at a local community level
  • Evaluate the ongoing impacts of climate change on disaster risk and measure the sustainability of preparedness programmes

How long is the course?

You should allow up to one hour per section with a total 6 hours for completion of the course, however there are also suggested activities which you may wish to work on in addition.

What do I need to know to take the course?

There are no course prerequisites other than your willingness to learn about this topic.

How much does the course cost?

There is no cost to enrol in the course. WFOT resources are developed by expert occupational therapists who provide their time on a voluntary basis. The online learning platforms are funded by subscriptions from occupational therapists committed to the global development of the profession. WFOT needs your support to ensure that we can continue to provide learning materials free-of-charge to the international community. Please consider a donation to support the development of global learning resources.


Resettling Climate Migrants: An Introduction

Microlearning Course

Resettling Climate Migrants: An Introduction

These 3 short microlearning courses develop occupational therapy resources specific to work practices associated in resettling climate migrants.

Details & Enrolment

These 3 short microlearning courses develop occupational therapy resources specific to work practices associated in resettling climate migrants.

These standalone learning activities can be combined with the full course, Resettling climate migrants: on the challenges faced when working with people who have been displaced due to climate change.

Resettling Climate Migrants

Full Course

Resettling Climate Migrants

This module will introduce challenges faced when working with people who have been displaced due to climate change. Whatever stage of your career, as a practicing occupational therapist you will have developed skills and knowledge that you apply every day.

Details & Enrolment

This module will introduce challenges faced when working with people who have been displaced due to climate change. Whatever stage of your career, as a practicing occupational therapist you will have developed skills and knowledge that you apply every day. This module will ask you to draw from your professional experience and navigate through the unique circumstances of climate displacement and migration.

Your Experience

You will complete activities which contextualise the climate migration landscape, encouraging you to expand upon your own practice with these issues in mind. At times you will play the role of the Occupational Therapist, and also be asked to fill the shoes of someone resettling due to the effects of climate change, all the while making note of your experiences and ultimately sharing your ideas with other professionals within the WFOT network via the OTION forum.

What will I learn?

After working through this module, you should be able to:

  • Articulate how changing global conditions impact upon communities and the displacement of people.
  • Identify challenges that climate migrants face when relocating to a new community.
  • Propose solutions to facilitate quality of life for people displaced due to climate change.
How long is the course?

You should allow up to one hour per section with a total 6-8 hours for completion of the module, however there are also suggested activities which you may wish to work on in addition.

What do I need to know to take the course?

There are no course prerequisites other than your willingness to learn about this topic.

How much does the course cost?

There is no cost to enrol in the course. WFOT resources are developed by expert occupational therapists who provide their time on a voluntary basis. The online learning platforms are funded by subscriptions from occupational therapists committed to the global development of the profession. WFOT needs your support to ensure that we can continue to provide learning materials free-of-charge to the international community. Please consider a donation to support the development of global learning resources.

Quality Evaluation Strategy Tool

Quality Evaluation Strategy Tool

This online course provides an understanding of the concepts and terminology used by the Quality Evaluation Strategy Tool (QUEST). By completing the course, learners will develop practical knowledge to use QUEST to define SMART indicators for an occupational therapy service or practice.

Details & Enrolment

This online course provides an understanding of the concepts and terminology used by the Quality Evaluation Strategy Tool (QUEST). By completing the course, learners will develop practical knowledge to use QUEST to define SMART indicators for an occupational therapy service or practice.

Who is this for? 

The QUEST online course is designed for occupational therapists and occupational therapy students. The course also may be of interest to researchers, educators, administrators, funders and policy-makers. The online course uses video presentations, reading and practical exercises to guide participants to use QUEST to evaluate the services they provide. QUEST can be used in all occupational therapy settings, including clinical practice, research and education. 

What will I learn?

By participating in the course, it is expected that learners will gain:

  • Understanding of how indicators are used to review and continuously improve occupational therapy services.
  • Knowledge of how occupational therapy services can be evaluated across common elements of quality performance.
  • Ability to demonstrate accountability regarding quality performance in occupational therapy.

How long is the course?

The course is presented in four learning units. The time required for each unit varies but the overall course is expected to require approximately six hours to complete. 

What do I need to know to take the course?

There are no course prerequisites other than your willingness to learn about this topic.

Do I receive a certificate at the end?

On completion of all requirements, a certificate of completion stating the normal number of contact hours will be issued by WFOT. 

How do I register?

Login into WFOT learning to begin the course. If you do not already have login information, create a new account. 

How much does the course cost?

There is no cost to enrol in the course. WFOT resources are developed by expert occupational therapists who provide their time on a voluntary basis. The online learning platforms are funded by subscriptions from occupational therapists committed to the global development of the profession. WFOT needs your support to ensure that we can continue to provide learning materials free-of-charge to the international community. Please consider a donation to support the development of global learning resources.

Occupational Therapy: Working with Displaced Persons

Full Course

Working with Displaced Persons

Up-skill for successful working with displaced persons and marginalised communities.

Details & Enrolment

Up-skill for successful working with displaced persons and marginalised communities.

“All people regardless of being a refugee or not, want a meaningful life, feel they are useful and use their skills to the maximum of their potential" - Theo Bogeas.

Who is this for? 

In this course you step into the shoes of displaced persons and occupational therapists through their stories and the immersive experience of virtual reality.

Designed for occupational therapist practitioners and students, the program may also benefit other professionals working with refugees and displaced persons.

This is anytime, anywhere learning to suit your work and life. You can access the course using your desktop/laptop, mobile or tablet device.

What will I learn?

After completion of this module students will be able to:

  • Understand people living in transition and crisis and how to help them at different points to move forward in their lives.
  • Understand the humanitarian sector and diversity existing in global displacement.
  • Identify and use new approaches of socio-political occupational therapy.
  • Analyze the underlying premise that people are inherently occupational beings.
  • Apply strengths-based, occupation-based, collaborative interventions to develop meaning and structure in daily living that facilitate community integration, improve mental health, and improve functional independence. (WFOT 2012)
  • Think critically on the future of the profession being in sync with changes in climatic, geographical and economic contexts.

You will be led through world-wide interventions and case studies that:

  • Capture the nuance, breadth and complexities of working within a human rights paradigm.
  • Professionally realign our work to meet the challenges of rapidly increasing people displacement due to climate, war, persecution, violence, poverty. 
  • Teach us from the lived experiences of displaced persons, refugees and therapists.
  • Engage us with diverse perspectives, contexts, geographic environments, age and gender.
How long is the course?

35 hours. All section is self-contained so you can complete them in your own time.

What do I need to know to take the course?

There are no course prerequisites other than your willingness to learn about this topic.

Do I receive a certificate at the end?

On completion of all requirements including the final exam, a certificate of completion stating the normal number of student study hours will be issued from the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.

How much does the course cost?

There is no cost to enrol in the course. WFOT resources are developed by expert occupational therapists who provide their time on a voluntary basis. The online learning platforms are funded by subscriptions from occupational therapists committed to the global development of the profession. WFOT needs your support to ensure that we can continue to provide learning materials free-of-charge to the international community. Please consider a donation to support the development of global learning resources.

3D Education Hub

Enter Nakam's 3D gallery to discover the world of working with displaced persons.

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Nakam - A Story of Living in Limbo

Microlearning Course

Nakam, a story of living in limbo

View and discuss Nakam's journey from his home in Iraq through to transitioning into his new life in Greece.

Details & Enrolment

A case study is now available for bite-size learning on working with displaced persons.

Nakam - A Story of Living in Limbo

View and discuss Nakam's journey from his home in Iraq through to transitioning into his new life in Greece.

Who is this for?

Students and education providers across multiple disciplines.

Available as real-time (virtual or face-to-face) for groups; and standalone online for individuals anytime, anywhere.

What will I learn?

  • The professional role in supporting the displaced person. 
  • Resilience building. 
  • The cross-over of personal and professional perspectives. 
  • Agency in daily life. 
  • Applying a human rights framework.

How long is the course?

30 min + discussion

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WFOT Disaster Management (Updated 2019)

Full Course

WFOT Disaster Management

This is different to other e-Learning you may have experienced. Acting as a 'volunteer", your skills & knowledge are enhanced in tackling complex issues such as: disaster response, resilience, disaster risk reduction. Concepts are operationalised.

Details & Enrolment

Who is this for?

Designed for occupational therapists, assistants and students, the program may also benefit climate change adaptation professionals, development planners, project implementers and policy makers.

Time limited but want to know more about the topic? This program is designed to ensure learning is personally meaningful and professionally relevant. We will lead you through the information which is easy to engage in. This is anytime, anywhere learning to suit your work and life. You can access by desktop/ laptop, mobile and IPad devices.

What will I learn?

After completion students will be able to:

  • Demonstrate understanding of the disaster management cycle and the equitable and sustainable patterns of human activity that can potentially reduce disaster risk and vulnerability.
  • Recognize the role of the occupational therapist in the emergency response and long-term recovery of individuals, communities and populations post-disaster.
  • Identify the strategic planning and coordinated efforts of one's local community, state, and country for development of risk-reduction strategies and emergency planning.
  • Acquire knowledge about how to facilitate resilience, and restore health and well-being thorough occupation.
  • Become aware of the available tools that exist to help people prepare for and respond to disasters.
  • Apply the principles for provision of culturally-sensitive, immediate and long-term support for people with pre-existing and/or new disabilities, in consideration of the experiences of vulnerable and socially-marginalized groups

You will be led through post disaster activities:

  • Day 1 – 5 : Competencies for working in disaster situations
  • Day 5 – 7:  Community-preparedness for disaster
  • Day 10 – 12: The immediate post-disaster role of occupational therapists and other responders
  • Day 21- 28: Recovery & rehabilitation strategies - the role of occupational therapists in rebuilding communities in temporary housing & permanent structures
  • Day 53+: Looking forward

How long is the course?

Activities may require the equivalent of 25 hours course time and reading. You can complete this program in your own time.

What do I need to know?

There are no course prerequisites other than your willingness to learn about this topic.

Do I receive a certificate at the end?

On completion of all requirements including final exam, a certificate of completion stating the normal number of contact hours will be issued from the World Federation of Occupational Therapists.

How much does the course cost?

There is no cost to enrol in the course. WFOT resources are developed by expert occupational therapists who provide their time on a voluntary basis. The online learning platforms are funded by subscriptions from occupational therapists committed to the global development of the profession. WFOT needs your support to ensure that we can continue to provide learning materials free-of-charge to the international community. Please consider a donation to support the development of global learning resources.



The maintenance of the website hosting this module is generously supported by a donation from the Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists.

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New: Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction

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WFOT is pleased to announce the official launch of the new online module Disaster Preparedness and Risk Reduction on the WFOT Learning platform.

This new module has been designed for occupational therapists and related professions to develop skills, knowledge and behaviours that enable proactive engagement and positive outcomes for disaster preparedness and risk reduction (DPRR) at individual, community and global levels. It incorporates 7 principles including: Identify community needs, initiate services, implement DPRR policies, participate with people at risk, build back better, develop competence, engage in research.

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New: Resettling Climate Migrants Course and Micro-learning Courses

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WFOT has launched a new online course that introduces challenges faced when working with people who have been displaced by climate change. Through an interactive series of lessons, the module asks occupational therapists to draw from professional experience to address the unique circumstances of climate displacement and migration. Three additional short microlearning courses are available to complement the content to develop occupational therapy resources specific to work practices associated in resettling climate migrants. Access to the module and micro-learning courses is free, however donations are strongly encouraged.

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