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Matilda Bönner

PhD student

Through my research in Health Professions Education, I strive to create optimal conditions that facilitate occupational therapy students' learning of skills in occupational therapy assessment.

Learning about Assessment as an Occupational Therapy Skill

My research in Health Professions Education focuses on how occupational therapy students learn about occupational therapy assessment as a tool to be prepared for their future professional roles.

I am part of the Graduate school in Health Professions Education at Linköping University, which collaborates with Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet. My research investigates how students, clinical supervisors, and university teachers experience and understand occupational therapy assessment as a means to create learning situations and support student learning. Currently, there is a lack of research in this area.

My research interest originates from my past and present experiences in creating optimal learning conditions. As a former occupational therapist within preschool and elementary school student health services, and through my interactions with current students in the occupational therapy program, I am also interested in promoting professional development. Central to this is the enhancement of skills within the occupational therapy profession.


About me

Qualifications

  • 2022 Master of Medical Science with a major in Occupational Therapy, Linköping University
  • 2006 Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy, Linköping University

Positions of employment

  • 2023- Doctoral student Linköping University
  • 2022-2023 Adjunct in Occupational Therapy, Linköping University
  • 2017-2022 Reg. Occupational Therapist, within preschool and elementary school student health services, Kinda kommun
  • 2007-2017 Reg. Occupational Therapist, Primary care, orthopedics, neurology, habilitation and psychiatry in Rörelse and Hälsa and Linköping University Hospital, Region Östergötland

Field of teaching

I teach at the bachelor level in occupational therapy.

Network

  • Graduate school in Health Professions Education at Linköping University
  • LOTS (Learning Occupational Therapy Skills)
  • LOTS-A
  • P4C (Partnering for change)

Research

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