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Dr Esmé Wood is an Occupational Therapist and Senior Lecturer at University of Gloucestershire where she has developed and co-written the new BSc Occupational Therapy course. She is an experienced teaching and research academic with clinical expertise in dementia care and health technology.
“Occupational Therapy practice, values and professional identity remains at the heart of my academic and research work.”
Dr Wood has led multi-agency research projects in both academic and commercial research sectors. Her research interests are varied and include human factors in the development and utilisation of health technologies, nature based therapies, the therapeutic use of outdoor green and blue spaces, creative health and occupational science.
PhD Health Technology, Coventry University 2020
PGCE Higher Education, Coventry University 2013
MSc Advanced Practice – Dementia Care, Manchester University 2010
APPL accreditation, Salford University 2007
BSc (Hons) Occupational Therapy, Derby University 2005
British Society of Gerontology (BSG), Individual Member, February 2019
Higher Education Academy (HEA), Fellow, March 2013
RCOT – Specialist Section for Older People (RCOT-SSOP), Professional Member, January 2007
World Federation of Occupational Therapy (WFOT), Individual Professional Member, October 2005
Royal College of Occupational Therapy (RCOT), Professional Member, September 2005
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), Registered Occupational Therapist, September 2005
Esmé teaches across all levels of the BSc Occupational Therapy course; she is an experienced who has developed and taught a range of health courses at BSc and MSc level in several UK universities. Her teaching is underpinned by a passion for creative pedagogical practices and quality student experiences.
Publications from Dr Esmé Wood can be found in the Research Repository.
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