About

I am a senior lecturer on the Occupational Therapy programmes at the University of Derby, within the College of Health and Humanities and the School of Allied Health and Social Care.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach various modules across the BSc Occupational Therapy, MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration), and the Occupational Therapy Degree Apprenticeship courses. My expertise is in the areas of practice-based learning, mental health and research, therefore I mainly teach modules relating to these subjects.

Research interests

I am helping the Cochrane EMBASE project by identifying reports of randomised controlled trials from EMBASE for publication in the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL).

Membership of professional bodies

• Member of the British Association of Occupational Therapists/College of Occupational Therapists
• Registered with The Health and Care Professions Council
• Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Qualifications

Undergraduate Qualifications

• BA (Hons) Drama and Experience of Writing (1994) University of Derby
• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy (2000) University of Derby

Postgraduate Qualifications

• MA Research Methods (2011) University of Nottingham
• Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (2015) University of Derby
• Post Graduate Diploma in Health and Social Care Practice (2021) University of Derby

Experience in industry

My past experience is in the NHS working as an Occupational Therapist in the areas of older adult mental health, adult learning disabilities, substance misuse and adult mental health.

Additional interests and activities

I have been an Oxfam festivals steward supervisor since 2002 and in 2022 was shift leader of about 500 stewards on the opening shift for Glastonbury.

Recent publications

Due for publication 12th September 2025:

Bernstein, J, Jones, J,  Millington, J and Renganschi, A (2025) 'Introduction to research', in S. Williams and R. Searcy (eds) Research in health and social care. London: Routledge.