Annabel Heaslop

Senior Lecturer, Occupational Therapy

School of Health and Wellbeing

Department of Allied Health

Contact Details

email: a.heaslop@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 542619

Annabel qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2005 after graduating from the University of Queensland, Australia. She worked clinically in paediatric Occupational Therapy both in Australia and the UK within a range of settings including acute, community and schools. She worked within clinical and management roles and was significantly involved in staff development and support. Annabel has a particular interest in working with children within early years Occupational Therapy.

Annabel joined the team at University of Worcester in January 2017. Annabel has worked both the placements team and now is teaching across both the BSc and MSc Occupational Therapy courses.

Annabel enjoys student support within placements and university modules, and has conducted research into the occupational therapy student experience within role-emerging placements.

Outside of work Annabel spends most of her spare time with her family and loves travelling whenever she can.

Qualifications

Bachelor of Occupational Therapy B Occ Thy
PGCLTHE
MA Education

Teaching & Research

Teaching Interests

Annabel loves teaching into both the BSc Occupational Therapy and MSc Occupational Therapy courses. She leads on modules across both courses and teaches into other modules, particularly relating to paediatrics.

Research Interests

Annabel has previously been involved in research within the paediatric population.

Since working at the University of Worcester she has been involved in publications relating to practice placements.

Annabel completed research regarding the occupational therapy student experience on role-emerging placements.

Professional Bodies

Fellow HEA

Royal College of Occupational Therapists

Recent Publications

Poulsen, Anne A., Desha, Laura, Ziviani, Jenny, Griffiths, Lisa, Heaslop, Annabel, Khan, Asad and Leong, Gary M. (2011) Fundamental movement skills and self- concept of children who are overweight. International Journal of Pediatric Obesity , 6 2-2: e464.1-e471.8.

Thomas, Y., Heaslop, A., Philips, B., Champman, R. (2018). Adapting the CLiP model for occupational therapy/Royal College of Occupational Therapists: OT News, 26 (9), pp: 32-35 https://eprints.worc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12023

Heaslop, A. and Lees, R. (2022) Occupational therapy and physiotherapy practice educator training: Learning from experiences of the pandemic to develop a hybrid training model. UW Learning and Teaching Conference 2022

Heaslop, A., Knight, S. and Grant, T. (2023). Teamwork makes the dream work: Strategies for fostering a collaborative and supportive team approach within higher education. Royal College of Occupational Therapists Conference 2023

Grant, T., Heaslop, A., and Nelson, C. (2023). Growing your own -Supporting clinicians from practice to become lecturers. UW Student Experience Conference 2023.

Heaslop, A. and McGee, A. (2023). An innovative approach to receiving mid-module feedback whilst developing professional skills. UW Student Experience Conference 2023.

Heaslop, A. (2023). An exploration of occupational therapy role-emerging placements: Students’ perspective. NETworking and Innovation in Healthcare Education Conference 2023

Heaslop, A. (2024). An exploration of occupational therapy role-emerging placements: Students’ perspective. Royal College of Occupational Therapists Conference 2024

Heaslop, A., and Knight, S. (2024). Teamwork makes the dream work: occupational therapists' perspective. Royal College of Occupational Therapists Conference 2024

External Roles

Royal College of Occupational Therapists - Accreditor

Royal College of Occupational Therapists - Research Champion