Stephanie Tempest

Academic qualifications

• MSc Neurorehabilitation
• PGCert LTHE
• BSc(Hons) Occupational Therapy

Profile

Stephanie graduated from Exeter University in 1997 and completed her MSc Neurorehabilitation at Brunel University in 2005. Prior to joining Brunel, she worked as a Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist in Neuroscience and Stroke Care at the Royal Free Hospital. Her clinical experience includes regional acute neurosciences, regional in-patient neurorehabilitation and working as part of a clinical team, to develop local services for people with stroke.  She has researched and published on topics including occupational therapy practice for people with apraxia; goal setting in neurorehabilitation and the use of the ICF to aid team working in stroke care. The latter is currently registered as part of a PhD qualification.

Committee responsibilities

• BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy Examination Board and Course Committee
• MSc Neurorehabilitation Course Committee
• MSc (pre-registration) Occupational Therapy Examination Board and Course Committee

Admin responsibilities

• Year One leader MSc (pre-registration) Occupational Therapy including admissions
• Module Leader: MSc (pre-registration) Occupational Therapy: Occupational Therapy Process and Practice 1
• Module Leader: MSc Neurorehabilitation: Clinical Applications in Neurorehabilitation

Teaching responsibilities

Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, in the subject areas of:

• Occupational Therapy Process and Practice;
• Neuropsychology including apraxia
• Communication and Clinical Effectiveness

Teaching interest

• Stroke rehabilitation
• Multidisciplinary teamwork in neurorehabilitation
• Use of the ICF in clinical practice
• Occupational therapy practice in neurorehabilitation
• Use of action research

Other responsibilities

Other responsibilities are associated with roles as Year Leader and Module Leader including management of the student experience

Research interests

• The use of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in the organisation of stroke services
• Occupational therapy interventions following acquired brain injury
• Functional assessment and management of apraxia
• Use of action research to engage clinicians and service users in the research process

Research centres

• Centre for Citizen Participation (CCP)
• Centre for Professional Practice (CPPR)
• CCentre for Research in Rehabilitation (CRR)

Research projects and grants

• The use of the ICF to aid teamwork in stroke care – with funding from The Elizabeth Casson Trust
• Engaging with service users to develop website content for Centre for Citizen Participation – funding from Knowledge Transfer Scheme

Membership and affiliation

• British Association of Occupational Therapists (BAOT)
• Registered with the Health Professions Council (HPC)
• Society of Rehabilitation Research (SRR)
• College of Occupational Therapists Specialist Section in Neurological Practice (COT-SSNP)

Professional activities or recognition

Journal reviewer for the British Journal of Occupational Therapy and the Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Publications

Journal Papers

(2013) Tempest S., Harries, P., Kilbride, C. and DeSouza, L., Enhanced clarity and holism: the outcome of implementing the ICF with an acute stroke multidisciplinary team in England., Disabilty and Rehabilitation Download publication

(2012) Tempest, S., Harries, P., Kilbride, C. and DeSouza, L., To adopt is to adapt: The process of implementing the ICF with an acute stroke multidisciplinary team in England, Disability and Rehabilitation 34 (20) : 1686- 1694 Download publication

(2010) Baird, T., Tempest, S. and Warland, A., Service users' perceptions and experiences of goal setting theory and practice in an inpatient neurorehabilitation unit, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 73 (8) : 373- 378

(2008) Tempest, S. and Roden, P., Exploring evidence-based practice by occupational therapists when working with people with apraxia, British Journal of Occupational Therapy 71 (1) : 33- 37 Download publication

(2007) McIntyre, A. and Tempest, S., Two steps forward, one step back? A commentary on the disease-specific core sets of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF), Disability and Rehabilitation 29 (18) : 1475- 1479 Download publication

(2007) Tempest, S. and Cordingley, K., Using Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) to replace a practice placement: a controversial option?, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 70 (9) : 389- 392 Download publication

(2007) Mackenzie, A., Craik, C., Tempest, S., Cordingley, K., Hale, S. and Buckingham, I., Interprofessional learning in practice: the student experience, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 70 (8) : 358- 361 Download publication

(2006) Tempest, SE. and Mcintyre, A., Using the ICF to clarify team roles and demonstrate clinical reasoning in stroke rehabilitation, Disability and Rehabilitation 28 (10) : 663- 667 Download publication

(2006) Tempest, SE. and Appleby, H., Using change management theory to implement the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) in clinical practice, The British Journal of Occupational Therapy 69 (10) : 477- 480 Download publication

Conference Papers

(2009) Tempest, SE. and Thurgood, J., An evaluation of an occupational therapy return to work programme, Discussion Paper at the College of Occupational Therapists Annual Conference 2009