Occupational Therapy Practice Education Collaborative - Queensland

Publications

Hamilton, A., Copley, J., Thomas, Y., Edwards, A., Broadbridge, J., Bonassi, M., Fitzgerald, C., Newton, J. (2015). Responding to the growing demand in practice education: Are we building sustainable solutions? Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12181

Rodger, S., Thomas, Y., Holley, S., Springfield, S., Edwards, A., Broadbridge, J., Greber, C., McBryde, C., Banks, R., Hawkins, R. (2010). Increasing the occupational therapy mental health workforce through innovative practice education: A pilot project. Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 56, 409-417

Rodger, S., Thomas, Y., Fitzgerald, C., McBryde, C., Dickson, D., Edwards, A., Broadbridge, J., & Hawkins, R. (2008) Evaluation of a project to engage occupational therapy clinicians in fieldwork. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(6), 248-252

Rodger, S., Thomas, Y., Greber, C., McBryde, C., Hawkins, R., Broadbridge, J., & Edwards, A. (2008) Invigorating occupational therapy student placements in mental health. Project final report. Brisbane, Queensland: QOTFC (available from http://www.qotfc.edu.au/mental-health/index.html )

Rodger, S., Thomas, Y., Broadbridge, J., McBryde, C., Edwards, A., & Hawkins, R. (2007) Engaging the Clinicians. Project final report. Brisbane, Queensland: QOTFC (available at http://qotfc.edu.au/docs/QOTFC_final_report_june_07.pdf)

Rodger, S., Thomas, Y., Dickson, D., McBryde, C., Broadbridge, J., Hawkins, R. & Edwards, A. (2007).  Putting students to work: Valuing fieldwork placements as a mechanism for recruitment and shaping the future occupational therapy workforce. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 54, S94-S97

Thomas, Y., Dickson, D., Broadbridge, J. Hooper, L., Hawkins, R., Edwards, A. & McBryde, C. (2007). Benefits and challenges of supervising occupational therapy fieldwork students: Supervisors' perspectives. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 54, S2-12

Conference Presentations

2014 Increasing OT Student Numbers & the Future of Practice Education. Occupational Therapy Australia, Queensland State Conference. “Engage, Inspire, Advance”, October 23-25, 2014, Noosa, Qld, Australia. A. Hamilton, J. Broadbridge, K. Horstman, J. Copley, Y. Thomas, A.  Edwards, M. Bonassi, C. Fitzgerald, & J. Newton (2014).

2012 Occupational Therapy State Conference, Cairns Queensland “Providing the ‘Just Right Challenge’: Students’ perspectives on excellent practice educators” QOTFC [Oral paper presentation by Dr Yvonne Thomas and Prof Sylvia Rodger - QOTFC]

2011 OTAL Education Day (National pre-conference workshop presented by Mike Lyons, QOTFC]

2009 Occupational Therapy State Conference, Brisbane Queensland “Practice Educator Commendations – Panel Discussion” QOTFC [Conference Workshop presented by Craig Greber, QOTFC]

2010 WFOT Congress, Santiago, Chile “Occupational Therapy Practice Education: Involving and Engaging Key Stakeholders in the Profession” [Poster presentation – Yvonne Thomas, QOTFC]

2008 National Occupational Therapy Conference, Brisbane Queensland “Growing Our Mental Health Workforce” [Poster presentation – Yvonne Thomas, QOTFC]

2007 Education of Health Professionals in Community, Clinical and Simulated Settings, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Practice makes Perfect Conference. “The QOTFC: Developing partnerships for practice education”. [Oral Presentation -Thomas, Y., Rodger, S., Broadbridge, J., Hawkins, R., Edwards, A., McBryde, C.]

2007 Asia Pacific Occupational Therapy Conference Hong Kong “Innovative Partnerships and Resources for  Supporting Clinical Education” [Poster presentation – Sylvia Rodger, QOTFC]

2007 Occupational Therapy State Conference, Yeppoon Queensland  “Innovation and Sustainability in Occupational Therapy Fieldwork” QOTFC [Oral paper presentation by Yvonne Thomas and Jacqui Broadbridge - QOTFC]

2007 Occupational Therapy State Conference, Rockhampton Queensland “Occupational Therapy Student Supervision : Supervisors’ Perspectives” QOTFC [Oral paper presentation by Sylvia Rodger - QOTFC]

S. Rodger, Y. Thomas, C. Fitzgerald, C. McBryde, A. Edwards, J. Broadbridge, R. Hawkins: Looking for resources for clinical educators?: the QOTFC website search no further.

S. Rodger, Y. Thomas, C. Fitzgerald, D. Dickson, C. McBryde, A. Edwards, J. Broadbridge, R. Hawkins: Evaluation of a Collaborative Project to Engage Occupational Therapy Clinicians in Promoting Practice Placement Education.

Y. Thomas, S. Rodger, Edwards. A, C. McBryde, R. Hawkins, C. Fitzgerald, J. Broadbridge: Engaging the profession: Innovation and sustainability in occupational therapy fieldwork.

 

Journal Articles and report publications related to Clinical Education

Bartholomai, S & Fitzgerald, C (2007). The Collaborative Model of Fieldwork Education – Implementation of the Model in a Regional Hospital Rehabilitation Setting.  Australian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 54, (s1) s23-s30.

Copley, J., & Nelson, A. (2012). Practice educator perspectives of multiple mentoring in diverse clinical settings. The British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(10), 456-462.Copley, J.A., Rodger, S.A., Graham, F.P. & Hannay, V.A. (2011). Facilitating student occupational therapists' mastery of occupation-centred approaches for working with children, Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(1), 37-44.

Copley, J.A., Rodger, S.A., Hannay, V.A. & Graham, F.P. (2010). Occupational therapy students’ experiences in learning occupation-centred approaches to working with children. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77, 48-56.

Copley, J., Allison, H., Hill, A., Moran, M., Tait, J. & Day, T. (2007). Making inter-professional education real: A University clinic model. Australian Health Review, 31(3), 351-357.

Dancza, K., Warren, A., Copley, J., Rodger, S., Moran, M., McKay, E. & Taylor, A. (2013). Learning experiences on role-emerging placements: an exploration from the students' perspective. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 60(6), 427-35.

Nelson, A., Copley, J. & Salama, R. (2010). Occupational therapy students’ perceptions of the multiple mentoring model of clinical supervision. Focus on Health Professional Education, 11(2), 14-27.

Rodger, S., Fitzgerald, C., Davila, W., Millar, F., Thomas, Y., Garbutt, K., & Greber, C. (2010). The Improving Quality in Practice Placements (iQIPP) Guide. Brisbane, Qld, The University of Queensland.

Rodger, S., Fitzgerald, C., Davila, W., Millar, F., & Allison, H. (2011). What makes a quality occupational therapy practice placement? Multiple stakeholders’ perspectives. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 58 (3)195-202.

Rodger, S, Coleman, A, Caine, A, Chien, C, Copley, J, Turpin, M and Brown, T (2014) Examining the inter-rater and test-retest reliability of the Student Practice Evaluation Form-Revised (SPEF-R) for occupational therapy students. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 61 5: 353-363. doi:10.1111/1440-1630.

Rodger, S, Turpin, M, Copley, J, Coleman, A, Chien, C, Caine, A and Brown, T (2014) Student Practice Evaluation Form-Revised edition online comment bank: development and reliability analysis. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, Early View 1-8. doi:10.1111/1440-1630.

Rodger, S, Chien, C, Turpin, M, Copley, J, Coleman, A, Brown, T and Caine, A (2013) Establishing the validity and reliability of the Student Practice Evaluation Form-Revised (SPEF-R) in occupational therapy practice education: a Rasch analysis. Evaluation and the Health Professions, OnlineFirst 1-16. doi:10.1177/0163278713511456

Rorke, L. Clinical Education in Private Practice. Creating “Win, Win, Win” for Students, Universities and Private Practitioners (2005) Discussion Paper generated for QOTFC (available at http://qotfc.edu.au/docs/Win_Win_Win_clin_ed_private_practice.pdf)

Turpin, M., Fitzgerald, C., & Rodger, S. (2011). Development of the Student Practice Evaluation Form Revised Edition (SPEF-R©) Package. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal,58 (2), 67-73.

 

Conference Presentations

A. Hill, R. Dunwoodie, C. Fitzgerald, A. Patane, M. Dalton: Interprofessional clinical education training: A refreshing model of collaboration.

A. Hill, M. Dalton, R. Dunwoodie, C. Fitzgerald, S. Allen, A. Patane: Meeting workplace needs: Interprofessional clinical education training for health professionals.

A. Hill, R. Dunwoodie, C. Fitzgerald, A. Patane, T. Andrews: Connecting with clinical educators in rural and regional areas: a videoconference model.

A. Hill, C. Fitzgerald, R. Dunwoodie, A. Patane, K. Cooper: Building an interprofessional state-wide comprehensive training program for practice educators.

M. Turpin, S., Rodger, C., Fitzgerald, J. Jones: Enhancing the efficacy and utility of the Student Practice Evaluation Form (SPEF) for assessing student professional practice performance.