Ann Underhill
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Job title: Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Email: a.c.underhill@derby.ac.uk
Phone No: 01332 594038
Room: BM110
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Health and Social Care
Subject Area: Occupational Therapy
I am Programme Leader for the MSc Hand Therapy.
I also teach on the BSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Occupational Therapy (Pre-reg) and MSc Occupational Therapy programmes.
Teaching responsibilities
I teach on a variety of modules across the programmes. I am module leader for the Clinical Governance module on The BSc Occupational Therapy programme, Informing the Occupational Therapy Process on MSc (Pre-reg) programme and 3 modules on the MSc Occupational Therapy programme.
Professional interests
I worked in an acute general hospital for many years specialising in elective orthopaedics. i also have experience in trauma, hand therapy and rheumatology. I have management experience and a special interest in clinical governance.
Membership of professional bodies and advisory committees
- Registered with the Health Professions Council
- British Association of Occupational Therapists
- World Federation of Occupational Therapists
- College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section Trauma and Orthopaedics
- Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Recent Conferences
- Underhill A (2007). Does occupational therapy education influence student's learning styles? College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference. Poster Presentation
- Underhill A (2006). Pre-operative Education for Patients undergoing Total Knee Replacement. OTTO- Specialist Section of the College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference. Poster Presentation 6 November 2006
Undergraduate qualifications
- Diploma of the College of Occupational Therapists, Wolverhampton School of Occupational Therapy
Postgraduate qualifications
- MSc Occupational Therapy, University of Exeter
- Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning, University of Derby
