Alison Kerr

About

As an Occupational Therapist and programme leader for the Post Registration MSc Advanced Occupational Therapy, my interests lie in promoting career development opportunities for Occupational Therapists, and supporting the development of research, evaluation, service design and service improvement within occupational therapy practice.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach within the following module on the MSc pre-registration course:

Independent Scholarship

I am module leader on the following post registration modules within the MSc Advanced Occupational Therapy and MSc Hand Therapy Programmes:

Research Methods
Independent Scholarship

Within the Apprenticeship PG Certificate for Enhanced Clinical Practice I lead a module on:

Ageing Well

Within the Post Graduate Masters in Advanced Clinical Practice ( Apprenticeship and non-apprenticeship) I lead a module on:

Research Methods: Application to Advanced Practice

Professional interests

My professional interests lie in exploring the occupational impact of chronic and life threatening illness, how people 'live' with these conditions and how occupational therapy may contribute to this.

I am also interested in exploring new employment opportunities for graduate occupational therapists in both traditional and non-traditional arenas of practice, in particular opportunities afforded through the third sector such as independent practice, social enterprise and the voluntary/charitable sector.

Membership of professional bodies

British Association of Occupational Therapists

Qualifications

BSc Hons in Occupational Therapy, Oxford Brookes University
MSc in Rehabilitation and Research, University of Southampton
Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Additional interests and activities

I am an external examiner with experience of external examining across both pre-registration and post registration ( Post Graduate) Occupational Therapy provision.

I am a reviewer for the "British Journal of Occupational Therapy"

Recent publications

Vervloesem N, Glassey N, Kerr A. Rehabilitation following extra-articular proximal phalangeal fractures of the fingers in adults: a scoping review. Hand Therapy. 2023;0(0). doi:10.1177/17589983231155270
Kerr, A., Ballinger, C. (2010) Living with Chronic Lung Disease: An Occupational Perspective. Journal of Occupational Science 17 (1) pp34-40.