Anita Atwal
Senior Lecturer - Occupational Therapy
Brunel University
Uxbridge
UB8 3PH
United Kingdom
About Anita
Academic qualifications
- Diploma in Occupational Therapy. Derby School of Occupational Therapy. Pass: 1989
- Masters in Interprofessional Health and Social Welfare. London South Bank University . Pass: 1995
- PhD in Interprofessional Health and Social Welfare. Middlesex University . Pass: 1999
Responsibilities
Committee responsibilities
- Director Centre for Professional Practice
- PhD supervisor
- Staff Mentor
- Academic tutor MSc OT
- Research supervisor MSc OT
- Division Strategic Management Group
- School PhD Committee
- School Research Committee
- Academic and Professional Qualifications
Research
External
Professional activities or recognition
- Member of the British Journal of Occupational Therapy Editorial Board (2003-2007)
- Reviewer for 7 quality journals (Journal of Advanced Nursing, Journal of Clinical Nursing, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Science, Age and Ageing, Bio Med, International Journal for Quality in Health)
- Grant reviewer (Department of Health. Research for Patient Benefit Program 2007 and Health Board of Ireland 2005-2007)
Publications
Publications
Journal Papers
(2012) Spiliotopoulou, G., Fowkes, C. and Atwal, A., Assistive technology and prediction of happiness in people with post-polio syndrome, Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology 7 (3) : 199- 204
(2011) Atwal, A., Wiggett, C. and McIntyre, A., Occupational therapists' and physiotherapists' perceptions of risks with older adults in acute care settings, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (9) : 412- 418
(2011) Atwal, A., Luke, A. and Plastow, N., Evaluation of occupational therapy pre-discharge home visit information leaflets for older adults, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (8) : 383- 386
(2011) Atwal, A. and Spiliotopoulou, G., Knowledge transfer: Developing guidelines for occupational therapists working with people with lower limb amputations (Editorial), British Journal of Occupational Therapy 74 (3) : 109- 109
(2008) McIntyre, AE., Atwal, A. and Craik, C., Rapid response to: There is more to lifting than preventing back pain, BMJ Available online 12 February 2008
(2008) Atwal, A., Tattersall, K., Caldwell, K., Craik, C., McIntyre, A. and Murphy, S., The positive impact of portfolios on health care assistants' clinical practice, Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice 14 (1) : 172- 174
(2008) Atwal, A., Craik, C. and McIntyre, A., Rapid response to: Occupational Therapy has a primary preventative role, BMJ Available online 21 January 2008
(2008) Atwal, A., McIntyre, A., Craik, C. and Hunt, J., Occupational therapists' perceptions of predischarge home assessments with older adults in acute care, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 71 (2) : 52- 58 Download publication
(2008) Atwal, A., McIntyre, A., Craik, C. and Hunt, J., Older adults and carers' perceptions of pre-discharge occupational therapy home visits in acute care, Age and Ageing 37 (1) : 72- 76 Download publication
(2008) Atwal, A. and Jones, M., The importance of the multidisciplinary work for health care assistants, British Journal of Health Care Assistants 1 (9) : 425- 428
(2007) McIntyre, AE., Tattersall, K., Murphy, S., Davenport, N., Craik, C., Caldwell, K. and Mcintyre, A., Older adults experiences of rehabilitation in acute health care, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 21 (3) : 371- 378 Download publication
(2007) Copp, G., Caldwell, K., Atwal, A., Brett-Richards, M. and Coleman, K., Preparation for cancer care: Perceptions of newly qualified health care professionals, European Journal of Oncology Nursing 11 (2) : 159- 167
(2006) Atwal, A., Tattersall, K., Caldwell, K. and Craik, C., Multidisciplinary perceptions of the role of nurses' and health care assistants in rehabilitation of older adults in acute health care, Journal of Clinical Nursing 15 (11) : 1418- 1425
(2006) Atwal, A. and Caldwell, K., Nurses' perceptions of multidisciplinary team work in acute health-care, International Journal of Nursing Practice 12 (6) : 359- 365
(2006) Caldwell, K., Atwal, A., Copp, G., Brett-Richards, M. and Colemar, K., Preparing for practice: how well are practitioners prepared for teamwork., Br J Nurs 15 (22) : 1250- 1254 Download publication
(2005) Atwal, A. and Caldwell, K., Do all health and social care professionals interact equally: A study of interactions in multidisciplinary teams in the United Kingdom, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 19 (3) : 268- 273
(2005) Caldwell, K. and Atwal, A., Non-participant observation: using video tapes to collect data in nursing research., Nurse Res 13 (2) : 42- 54 Download publication
(2004) Atwal, A., Discharge planning and multidisciplinary teamwork: An interprofessional battlefield?, Journal of Interprofessional Care 18 (1) : 79- 81
(2003) Caldwell, K. and Atwal, A., The problems of interprofessional healthcare practice in hospitals, British Journal of Nursing 12 (20) : 1212- 1218
(2002) Atwal, A. and Caldwell, K., Do multidisciplinary integrated care pathways improve interprofessional collaboration?, Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences 16 (4) : 360- 367
(2002) Atwal, A., Nurses' perceptions of discharge planning in acute health care: A case study in one British teaching hospital, Journal of Advanced Nursing 39 (5) : 450- 458
Conference Papers
(2011) Money, A., McIntyre, A., Atwal, A., Spiliotopoulou, G. and Elliman, A., Bringing the home into the hospital: Assisting the hospital-home discharge process using 3D home visualisation software, 15th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI International)
(2011) Money, AG., McIntyre, A., Atwal, A., Spiliotopoulou, G., Elliman, T. and French, T., Bringing the home into the hospital: Assisting the pre-discharge home visit process using 3D home visualization software, 6th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction (UAHCI 2011), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction: Applications and Services (6768) : 416- 426
Book Chapters
(2009) Atwal, A., Preparation for professional practice: interprofessional teamwork. In: Atwal, A. and Jones, A. eds. Preparation for Professional Practice. Wiley-Blackwell
Books
(2009) Atwal, A. and Jones, A., Preparation for professional practice. Wiley-Blackwell
(2005) McIntyre, AE. and Atwal, A., Occupational therapy and older people. WileyBlackwell
