Duncan Pentland
Lecturer
Division: Occupational Therapy & Arts Therapies
Queen Margaret University
United States of America
Biography
Following completion of my MSc in OT, I worked in acute stroke and orthopaedic rehabilitation services before starting work in knowledge transfer and exchange. While working for QMU and NHS Lothian as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate I completed my Professional Doctorate of Health and Social Sciences with the thesis ‘Realising evidence based practice: a systemic investigation of core knowledge processes in mental health.’ Following completion of my MSc in OT, I worked in acute stroke and orthopaedic rehabilitation services before starting work in knowledge transfer and exchange. While working for QMU and NHS Lothian as a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Associate I completed my Professional Doctorate of Health and Social Sciences with the thesis ‘Realising evidence based practice: a systemic investigation of core knowledge processes in mental health.’
Research Interest
Stroke and acquired brain injury rehabilitation
Publications
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Vocational rehabilitation: facilitating evidence based practice through participatory action research.
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Enabling integrated knowledge acquisition and management in health care teams.
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Sir David K Henderson and the origins of British occupational therapy.
