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 on the following modules on the MSc pre-registration course:

Independent Scholarship

I also teach on the following post registration MSc Advanced Occuaptional Therapy Programme:

Introduction to Masters level Study
Research Methods
Independent Scholarship

I am currently Vice Chair of the College of Health and Social Care Research Ethics Committee.

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

Recent publications

Kerr, A., Ballinger, C. (2010) Living with Chronic Lung Disease: An Occupational Perspective. Journal of Occupational Science 17 (1) pp34-40.