
Samantha Elizabeth AshbyUniversity of Newcastle Australia · School of Health Sciences
Samantha Elizabeth Ashby
PhD in Occupational Therapy
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January 2007 - December 2020
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There is a paucity of research into the strategies occupational therapists use to maintain career longevity professional resilience. The objective of the study was to identify the strategies used by occupational therapists to maintain their professional resilience. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data from a cross-sectional survey that...
Background:
The increasing prevalence of obesity is a global issue with the World Health Organization estimating that more than 650 million adults are impacted by obesity. Those living with obesity are impacted by both physical and psychological issues. The physical consequences of living with obesity can lead to decreased mobility and reduced occ...
Question(s):
What are the experiences and preferences of individuals living with a musculoskeletal disorder regarding prognosis?
Design:
Exploratory phenomenological study.
Participants:
Individuals aged 18-year or older currently experiencing a musculoskeletal disorder and receiving treatment from a physiotherapist.
Data analysis:
Data were...
Question(s):
How do individuals living with musculoskeletal disorders perceive the concept of prognosis?
Design:
Exploratory phenomenological study.
Participants:
Individuals aged 18 years or older currently experiencing a musculoskeletal disorder.
Data analysis:
Single semi-structured one-on-one interviews were conducted. Data was analysed...
Background: Art-making-as-therapy has been used by occupational therapists in mental health since the inception of the profession. It aims to enable people to gain mastery and produce art. This review synthesizes the research on the use of art-making as therapy by occupational therapists in adult mental health practice.
Method: Arksey and O’Malley’...
Purpose The adoption of professional resilience strategies can foster and maintain career longevity in health and social care. This study investigates the professional resilience strategies used by occupational therapists to mitigate occupational stressors in workplaces and enhance career longevity.
Method Cross-sectional survey. Participants were...
Purpose:
This study aimed to investigate rehabilitation staff perceptions of factors influencing stroke survivor activity outside of dedicated therapy time for the purpose of supporting successful translation of activity promoting interventions in a rehabilitation unit.
Materials and methods:
Purposive sampling of multi-disciplinary teams from f...
Introduction
The aim was to explore occupational participation and quality of life (QoL) for power mobility device users with chronic disease.
Methods
Arksey and O’Malley’s framework for scoping reviews was used. Six data bases were searched using keywords: wheelchair, scooter, QoL and participation. Data were extracted with coding and thematic an...
Background:
Research in lifestyle interventions focusing on nutrition and physical activity in people living with psychotic illness, highlights anthropometric and metabolic benefits of these interventions. However, little is known about potential factors to consider during implementation into real-world contexts. Community-managed organisations (C...
Introduction
As the rate of post‐traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among military personnel and military veterans continues to rise, occupational therapists are increasingly concerned with the impact of this disorder on health, occupational performance, and quality of life. However, the literature on occupational therapy for military personnel and m...
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to provide insight into the injured worker’s perspective of experiences with their workplace return to work coordinator (RTWC), and explore some of the barriers they encountered in the return to work process.
Design/methodology/approach
Semi-structured interviews were conducted with ten injured workers from New...
Background/aim
Professional practise placements in occupational therapy education are critical to ensuring graduate competence. Australian occupational therapy accreditation standards allow up to 200 of a mandated 1000 placement hours to include simulation‐based learning. There is, however, minimal evidence about the effectiveness of simulation‐bas...
Introduction
Goal-setting in client-centred occupational therapy is often problematic. The Assessment of Client's Enablement was developed to measure the gap between an occupational therapist's and client's ratings of occupational performance. This study examines the reliability and convergent validity of the assessment.
Method
The assessment was...
The aim of the study was to compare the changes in the prevalence of pressure injuries from 2008 to 2014 in relation to staff behaviour in acute/subacute inpatient care settings. In 2008, the large regional health district Hunter New England Local Health District implemented an initiative called the Crystal Model which resulted in changes in their...
Background
Clinical placements are a critical component of the training for health professionals such as occupational therapists. However, with growing student enrolments in professional education courses and workload pressures on practitioners, it is increasingly difficult to find sufficient, suitable placements that satisfy program accreditation...
Introduction: For occupational therapists to utilise client-centred practice requires the acknowledgement of the person as an expert about their illness experience. To improve the effectiveness of therapy a key step is for practition- ers to spend time learning about a person’s explanatory model of illness the personal and social meanings a person...
The prevalence of obesity is increasing. The potential for allied health professionals to intervene through the provision of lifestyle advice is unknown. This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals in the provision of dietary and physical activity advice for clients with overweight or obesity. Dietit...
Purpose: Growing demands placed upon healthcare systems require more health professionals to be trained. Clinical placement education is an integral component of health professional training, however accommodating increasing numbers of student placements is a challenge for health services. Personal digital assistants such as iPadsTM may assist in d...
Objective . To assess whether acute stroke patients in rural hospitals receive less occupational therapy and physiotherapy than those in metropolitan hospitals. Design . Retrospective case-control study of health data in patients ?10 days after stroke. Setting . Occupational therapy and physiotherapy services in four rural hospitals and one metropo...
Purpose: Transitioning into occupational therapy practice is a complex process in which new graduates develop their skills and professional identity. Evidence suggests this process requires guidance and support through supervision. This study investigated final year students’ and newly graduated occupational therapists’ perceptions and expectations...
Background:
While legitimate practice tools have been the subject of debate within the profession, little attention has been paid to psychological frames of reference (PFsOR). Hence, this article explores the ways psychological theories and therapies shape occupation-based practice in mental health settings.
Methodology:
Narrative inquiry method...
Background/aim:
The successful development and maintenance of professional identity is associated with professional development and retention in the health workforce. This paper explores students' perspectives on the ways pre-entry experiences and curricula content shape professional identity.
Methods:
An online cross-sectional survey was sent t...
The development of student-practitioners' practical clinical skills is essential in health professional education. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations are central to the assessment of students performing clinical procedures on simulated patients (actors). While feedback is considered core to learning providing timely, individualised student...
A cross-sectional survey was conducted in a regional area in Australia to measure nurses' perceptions, practices, and knowledge in regard to providing healthy lifestyle advice to people who are overweight or obese. Responses were compared between geographic regions. Participation was voluntary and anonymous. Of the 79 nurse participants, 68% consid...
Introduction: Across all areas of occupational therapy little is known about exactly how and when occupational therapists draw on different forms of knowledge and integrate them into their practical action. This paper explores one of the forms of knowledge traditionally used in mental health practice – psychological frames of references.
Methods:...
Introduction
This paper explores the way dominant discourses, and their associated practice knowledge dimensions, shape personal paradigms and occupation-based practice in mental health workplaces.
Method
Narrative inquiry methods and narrative thematic analysis was used to explore the career stories of nine occupational therapists who had worked...
p>Assessment of practical clinical skills is essential in the health fields. Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs), where examiners assess students performing clinical procedures on simulated patients (actors), are central to the evaluation of practical skills. However, traditional OSCEs require considerable time-investment to administer, and...
Background/aimPractice education is a compulsory component of all entry-level programmes in the health professions. It is used as a teaching strategy to connect theoretical knowledge, such as occupation-focussed models with practice. The study aimed to explore students’ perceptions about the influence of practice educators on their understanding of...
Aim
The aim of this analysis is to establish if dietitians have the knowledge, skills and attitude to provide support to other health professional ( HP ) groups in the provision of weight management advice to overweight/obese patients.
Methods
A secondary data analysis of a cross‐sectional survey of HP s was undertaken to perform a gap analysis wi...
Abstract Physiotherapists may have an impact on obesity prevention and treatment by providing nutrition and physical activity advice to overweight or obese clients; yet little is known about physiotherapists' beliefs and practices related to client weight management. The aim of this pilot study was to determine the practices, beliefs, attitudes and...
Obesity affects more than half the Australian population and has become epidemic throughout the world. Little is known regarding occupational therapy interventions with clients who are overweight or obese. This study aimed to identify occupational therapy practice in relation to the provision of weight management. This was part of a larger study in...
Mental health practice can create challenging environments for occupational therapists. This study explores the dynamic processes involved in the development and maintenance of professional resilience of experienced mental health occupational therapy practitioners. It presents the PRIOrity model that summarises the dynamic relationship between prof...
Aim: Chronic low back pain can reduce engagement and participation in all areas of daily life. Previous research has focused on employment and vocational rehabilitation initiatives, with less attention paid to its impact on leisure. This paper examines the difficulties men with chronic low back pain experienced in the maintenance of their leisure a...
Aim: Chronic low back pain can reduce engagement and participation in all areas of daily life. Previous research has focused on employment and vocational rehabilitation initiatives, with less attention paid to its impact on leisure. This paper examines the difficulties men with chronic low back pain experienced in the maintenance of their leisure a...
Obesity is a global issue, with healthcare practitioners increasingly involved in clinical interactions with people who are overweight or obese. These interactions are opportunities to provide evidence-based healthy lifestyle advice, and impact on public health. This study used a cross-sectional survey of Australian healthcare practitioners to inve...
Introduction
Occupation-focused models are one method of integrating occupation into occupational therapy education programmes. They offer a theoretical basis for practice by providing explanations about the process and practice of the profession.
Method
This exploratory study used a quantitative research framework to investigate which occupation-...
Aims
This article looks at the effect that fear of movement can have on the lives of people with chronic low back pain. It describes the experiences of people who were attending a six week work hardening programme as part of their vocational rehabilitation in Sydney, Australia.
Method
A thematic content analysis of data collected during an ethnogr...