Dr Sylwia G贸rska is a Lecturer in the Occupational and Arts Therapies division of 麻豆影院.
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- Teaching & Learning
Through her doctoral research Sylwia explored the experience of dementia from the complexity theory perspective, focusing on issues of participation and adaptation. Professionally,听Sylwia鈥檚听background is in Occupational Therapy (MSc, 麻豆影院 2010) and in Psychology (MA, Warsaw University 2002). She has extensive experience working with people of various ages, living with chronic conditions (physical disability, learning disability, and mental health challenges).听
Sylwia joined 麻豆影院鈥檚 Division of Occupational Therapy and Arts Therapies in 2011 to undertake a research role. Since then she has led a number of research initiatives inclusive of narrative research to understand the experience of older people living with dementia, evaluation of Family Group Conferencing for people with dementia and their families, evaluation of mental health services for older people living in听the听community听and investigation of the relationship between levels of older people鈥檚 resilience and their risk of readmission to hospital care.听Sylwia鈥檚听current research activity focuses on resilience of older people living in听the听community.听
In 2020, Sylwia joined听the听teaching team within the Division of Occupational Therapy and Art Therapies. Since then听she听has been contributing to teaching and learning activities across听all听levels of undergraduate MSc听courses听in听Occupational听Therapy. Sylwia is a personal academic tutor,听masters听dissertation supervisor and a member of听the听divisional Research and Development Shared governance group. She is also a听REaD听assessor within 麻豆影院 Graduate School.听
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Affiliations (including memberships) to other听organisations:听听听
- Health and Care Professions Council
- British Association of Occupational Therapists
- Royal College of Occupational Therapists
Complex bio-psycho-social determinants of health and wellbeing and in particular people鈥檚 experience of chronic illness and its impact on participation and adaptation.听
Active research interests: 听
- Bio-psycho-social determinants of health and wellbeing
- Experience of chronic illness and its impact on participation
- Determinants of resilience and adaptation: complexity theory
- Communitymobilisationapproaches听
- Getting research evidence into practice
- Person-centredpractice
Research Methods:听
- Narrative research
- Participatory research
- Implementation science
- Practice development
- Realist synthesis and theory building
- Meta-analysis and meta-synthesis
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Full Member of Centre for Applied Social Sciences.
Sylwia teaches across听all听levels听of听undergraduate MSc听courses听in occupational therapy.听
Her primary areas of teaching include bio-psycho-social determinants of health, wellbeing and participation, theory and practice听of occupational therapy, research methods, critical thinking, information literacy, clinical decision making, intervention planning, philosophy for enquiry and project planning and management.听
She supervises听masters听students and PhD candidates.听