Debbie Whittaker

Senior Lecturer - Occupational Therapy

• Allerton C401
• T: 0161 295 6992
• E: d.s.whittaker@salford.ac.uk
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Debbie has worked at the university since 1998. She progressed from being a lecturer to senior lecturer to Director of Occupational Therapy and has recently acted as Associate Head Academic for the School of Health Sciences. She teaches on the UG and PG Occupational Therapy programmes

Debbie came to the University from a research post where she undertook research related to stroke rehabilitation. However her focus in now on teaching and learning.

Debbie is an elected member of University Senate and also sits on the Academic  Audit and Governance Committee; she has also been a longstanding member of the University Disciplinary committee.

BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy – full and part-time programmes

MSc Advanced Occupational Therapy (online programme)

MSc Psycho-Oncology

Stroke rehabilitation

Student retention and attrition

The ‘at risk’ student

Diploma College of Occupational Therapists

MSc Health Practice

Postgraduate Certificate Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Fellow of Higher Education Academy

Member of Health and Care Professions Council

McLoughlin, M & Thacker, E & Robinson, L & Whittaker, D & Jenkins, J & Kniveton, K & Langlands, J & Hinsley, J & Pine, C 2011, Using student induction data with final student qualitative data to manage experience and expectations for realistic engagement in higher education, Education in a Changing Environment Conference , Salford, UK

Whittaker, D 2003, Prevention of student failure: strategies for change., Inaugural Learning and Teaching Research Conference, Salford, UK.

Cross, S & Tallis, R & Gardener, E & Wenman, R & Bowen, A & Whittaker, D 2003, 'Use of a randomised single case experimental design to evaluate therapy for unilateral neglect ', Neuropsychological Rehabilitation 13(4) 441-459

Wenman, R & Bowen, A & Whittaker, D & Gardner, E & Cross, A & Tallis, R 2002, 'Therapy for Unilateral Spatial Neglect. Clinical Rehabilitation. 16(1) 571-574', Clinical Rehabilitation, 16(8), pp.913-925

Whittaker, D & Bowen, A & Collis, R & Tallis, R 2000, 'Memory test scores and ability to learn an activity after stroke', Clinical Rehabilitation, 14, pp.454-456