Associate Professor Linda Robertson

Dr Linda Robertson will speak at a celebration of her appointment as Associate Professor.

9 JULY 2018, 5.30 - 7 PM

HUB, OTAGO POLYTECHNIC, FORTH STREET, DUNEDIN

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Many people have ideas and willingness to set up groups that are beneficial for their local community, but only some such groups survive. Associate Professor Dr Linda Robertson will consider the features of group processes for a peer-led exercise group for senior citizens, called Steady As You Go. What gives people ownership of the group and makes them feel valued members of it? How do you create a positive group culture? What support do peer leaders need to continue in their leadership roles? What strategies ensure leadership succession? The answers to these and other questions identify characteristics that are likely to be helpful to maintain the viability of similar peer-led groups.

Linda is an experienced lecturer in occupational therapy, and her address will be of interest to practising occupational therapists and those who work with seniors in the community. Linda has taught at all levels of occupational therapy education but is now focusing on postgraduate courses. She has a PhD from Victoria University of Wellington, a Masters in Education from Edinburgh University, and BA from Alderson Broaddus College (US). Her topics of research expertise are clinical reasoning, qualitative research methods, education, and care of older people. A major achievement from a long career in teaching is her book, Clinical Reasoning in Occupational Therapy Controversies in Practice, published in 2012.

Linda is a registered occupational therapist and a member of the Abbeyfield Dunedin Inc committee and of the Age Concern Otago executive committee. Her current research interests focuses on the sustainable care of older people in the community.