Teresa Cook

Biography

Biography

Teresa qualified as an occupational therapist in 2000 at the University of Cape Town, South Africa and has had experience of working in different roles in South Africa and more recently England in an acute physical setting. In 2015 she completed an NIHR funded Clinical Research MSc at the University of Sheffield. Teresa has worked in Higher Education since 2020 and has completed postgraduate certificates in Academic Practice in Higher Education (2020) and Health Simulation (2022). She is HCPC registered, a member of the Royal College of Occupational Therapists and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Teresa is particularly interested in interprofessional education and the role of practice based learning and simulation in occupational therapy education.

Research and scholarship

Research and scholarship

MSc (Clinical Research) dissertation title (2015) : “A qualitative study of therapy staff attitudes and experiences of integrated occupational therapy and physiotherapy roles in an acute setting”

Accepted Conference Abstracts:

Cook TM, Using simulation for practice education: Attitudes and experiences of AHP and nursing educators, Systematic Review Poster, ASPiH conference, Birmingham, November 2022

Cook TM, The impact of using clinical competencies to achieve effective blended therapy roles on professional identity, Poster, RCOT conference, Birmingham, June 2019

Cook TM and Brown EC, Succession planning through Therapy Support Worker apprenticeships. Oral presentation, RCOT conference, Birmingham, June 2017

Cook TM, Attitudes to integrating occupational therapy and physiotherapy roles in an acute setting, Oral presentation, COT conference, Harrogate, June 2016

Teaching

Teaching

Teresa has experience of teaching on pre-registration occupational therapy programmes in relation to anatomy/psychology and their application in occupational therapy practice, reasoning and decision making in occupational therapy and also preparation for practice placements.

Publications

Publications