Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Senior Lecturer in Occupational Therapy

Reference number PAR 2025/59

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The Department of Occupational Therapy has a funding agreement target to provide undergraduate education leading to a professional degree and a Bachelor's degree in occupational therapy. The program is conducted through course-based studies over three years, with the first year consisting of studies in occupational science and anatomy and physiology. The second year focuses on the occupational therapy process in various fields of practice, along with associated medical subjects. The focus of the third year is research methodology, the bachelor’s thesis, innovation, and pedagogy in occupational therapy, and it concludes with a course in leadership. The clinical training takes place over a total of 21 weeks, most of which are scheduled in the second and third years. The department also offers independent courses at an advanced level in occupational therapy and can award an advanced level degree in occupational therapy.

The Department of Occupational Therapy (https://www.gu.se/studera/hitta-utbildning/arbetsterapeutprogrammet-v1art) has a creative research environment and extensive collaboration with interdisciplinary research groups both nationally and internationally. The research focuses on the relationship between daily activities and health across the entire age span, from children to older adults. Research groups based at the department include the TIDAS research group, focusing on methods for early identification, treatment, and support for individuals to maintain their ability to work and reduce their need for sick leave. The ProDo research group, focusing on the opportunities and barriers in the actions of children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities due to neurological issues. The department also has a close collaboration with the FRESH research group, which focuses on the health of older adults. At the department and within the research groups, we have PhD students, junior and senior researchers with broad expertise, including knowledge of occupational therapy, occupational science, medicine, health, and social sciences, as well as in qualitative research, epidemiological methods, randomized controlled trials, and instrument development.

Subject area

Occupational Therapy

Subject area description

Occupational Therapy, grounded in occupational science, encompasses the knowledge and study of human occupation as related to doing as well as negotiating physical/social environments in temporal and cultural contexts. Furthermore, occupational therapy and occupational science encompasses knowledge about how habits, lifestyle, motivation and contexts impact on the ability to engage in occupations situated in everyday life. Occupational science and occupational therapy draw on other areas such as medicine, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, and technology to study and understand the complexity of human occupation.

Duties

The position includes teaching and research. The educational environment has a strong focus on student-centered learning. The main responsibilities consist of theoretical and practical teaching of occupational therapy students at the undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels, where the applicant's professional experience will be applied in a various teaching situations.

The teaching is conducted in both Swedish and English. The position includes conducting research, actively seeking external funding, and contributing to the development of the primary field of occupational therapy and occupational science.

Eligibility

Eligibility for an appointment as a teacher is specified in the Higher Education Ordinance and in the Appointment Procedure for Teaching Posts at the University of Gothenburg.

The requirements are that the applicant has demonstrated pedagogical competence, has a PhD in the area of occupational therapy, or in areas deemed by the employer to be closely related, as well as being a licensed occupational therapist (Swedish or foreign license) with clinical professional experience. The ability to teach in both Swedish and English is also a requirement.

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