Fiona Maclean
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Dr Fiona Maclean

Associate Professor

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  F.Maclean@napier.ac.uk

   

About me

Biography

Fiona is an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Edinburgh Napier University and Head of Subject for Allied Health & Social Care Science. She is an HCPC registered occupational therapist, previously working in practice with older people across health and social care.

Fiona has extensive experience of educational leadership, including the design, delivery and evaluation of pre and post registration allied health profession research, learning and teaching and knowledge exchange activities. In addition, Fiona has also worked as an Allied Health Profession (AHP) Project Lead with Alzheimer Scotland, leading the creation of a range of educational opportunities designed to advance contribution of the AHPs with people living with dementia, their families and supporters.

Regularly publishing in peer reviewed journals, Fiona has recently co-edited a textbook in occupational therapy and dementia, and continues to contribute widely to professional education with a range of national and international universities. She is a member of the Health Care Technologies Research Group and the Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law at Edinburgh Napier University. She also co-chairs on behalf of the Scottish Government the short life working group on education and learning of the dementia workforce in health and social care in Scotland.

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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-4891
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fiona-Maclean-3

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Use of occupation-focused language by occupational therapists in physical health care settings when considering older people and alcohol use

Journal Article
Maclean, F., & Breckenridge, J. (2015)
Use of occupation-focused language by occupational therapists in physical health care settings when considering older people and alcohol use. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 78(11), 713-717. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308022615580326
Statement of context There is ongoing debate about therapists’ use of occupation-focused language in practice. Through practice language analysis we explored how conceptual mo...

The topic of alcohol within the Scottish occupational therapy curricula

Presentation / Conference
Maclean, F., O'May, F., & Gill, J. (2015, June)
The topic of alcohol within the Scottish occupational therapy curricula. Poster presented at 16th International Congress of the World Federation of Occupational Therapy, Yokahama, Japan

Use of occupation-focused language by occupational therapists in physical health care settings when considering older people & alcohol

Presentation / Conference
Maclean, F., & Breckenridge, J. (2015, June)
Use of occupation-focused language by occupational therapists in physical health care settings when considering older people & alcohol. Presented at Advancing Occupational Therapy Conference, Plymouth, UK

The Topic of Alcohol within the Scottish Occupational Therapy Curricula

Journal Article
Maclean, F., O'May, F., & Gill, J. S. (2014)
The Topic of Alcohol within the Scottish Occupational Therapy Curricula. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 77(4), 205-213. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802214X13968769798872
Purpose: Scotland has witnessed a large rise in all types of alcohol-related illnesses and death, with societal costs associated with drinking estimated to be 3.6 billion poun...

Understanding Twitter

Journal Article
Maclean, F., Jones, D., Carin-Levy, G., & Hunter, H. (2013)
Understanding Twitter. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 76(6), 295-298. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802213x13706169933021
This opinion piece introduces, defines and considers the application of Twitter within occupational therapy research and education. It defines the social networking tool and t...

An evaluation of a one-day course delivering alcohol brief intervention training to final year nursing & occupational therapy students.

Presentation / Conference
Gill, J., O'May, F., Hunter, H., Maclean, F., & McMillan, A. (2013, May)
An evaluation of a one-day course delivering alcohol brief intervention training to final year nursing & occupational therapy students. Poster presented at Social Determinants of Health Research Theme Research Day, Edinburgh, UK

The Usefulness of the Person-Environment-Occupation Model in an Acute Physical Health Care Setting

Journal Article
Maclean, F., Carin-Levy, G., Hunter, H., Malcolmson, L., & Locke, E. (2012)
The Usefulness of the Person-Environment-Occupation Model in an Acute Physical Health Care Setting. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 75(12), 555-562. https://doi.org/10.4276/030802212x13548955545530
Background: Limited evidence is available to illustrate the use of theory to underpin occupational therapy practice in acute physical health care settings in the United Kingdo...

Developing ‘bespoke’ learning modules: a joint occupational therapy/academic development

Presentation / Conference
Maclean, F., & Renton, L. (2012, June)
Developing ‘bespoke’ learning modules: a joint occupational therapy/academic development. Poster presented at The College of Occupational Therapists 36th annual conference and exhibition, Glasgow

Occupational therapist knowledge and attitudes of alcohol misuse

Presentation / Conference
Maclean, F., Gill, J., O'May, F., & Renton, L. (2012, June)
Occupational therapist knowledge and attitudes of alcohol misuse. Paper presented at The College of Occupational Therapists 36th annual conference and exhibition, Glasgow, UK

An exploration of the usefulness of the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) Model

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Maclean, F., Carin-Levy, G., Hunter, H., Malcolmson, L., & Locke, B. (2012, June)
An exploration of the usefulness of the Person-Environment-Occupation (PEO) Model. Presented at The College of Occupational Therapists 36th annual conference and exhibition, Glasgow, UK
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Non-Napier PhD or MSc by Research supervisions

  • The lived experiences of cisgender women in an urban midwestern [USA] area who are at risk for, have been harmed by, or are evaluating their substance use
  • Tree or building: can we have both?