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Beverley Goodman

Research Officer
School of Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences
 Beverley Goodman

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Biography

I am an HCPC-registered Occupational Therapist who recently completed a part-time PhD, using a Participatory Action Research approach to explore more accessible and inclusive ways of evaluating disabled people's participation in sport and physical activity. I am particularly interested in occupational in/justice and how Occupational Therapists can work with marginalised groups to address inequalities in access to occupations, particularly through collaborative research approaches. Before coming to Essex to complete the MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration), I worked for a number of years in the third sector, for Parkinson's UK, Macmillan Cancer Support and the Motor Neurone Disease Association. I work three days a week as an Occupational Therapist for Sport for Confidence, leading the delivery model at Colchester Leisure World.

Qualifications

  • MSc Occupational Therapy (pre-registration) University of Essex, (2018)

Appointments

University of Essex

  • Lecturer - Occupational Therapy, Occupational Therapy, University of Essex (2/11/2020 - present)

Research and professional activities

Conferences and presentations

Nothing about us without us”: The challenges and opportunities of collaborative approaches to data collection and analysis

School of Health and Social Care Staff & Student research Conference, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, 15/6/2022

Learning from the Voices for Inclusive Activity (VIA) Project: Using digital methods to facilitate inclusive and accessible research.

Royal College of Occupational Therapists 46th Annual Conference,, 14/6/2022

Participatory Action Research and Occupational Therapy.

Invited presentation, #OTalk event, 18/11/2021

Publications

Journal articles (1)

Pettican, A., Goodman, B., Bryant, W., Beresford, P., Freeman, P., Gladwell, V., Kilbride, C. and Speed, E., (2022). Doing together: reflections on facilitating the co-production of participatory action research with marginalised populations. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health. 15 (2), 202-219

Contact

b.goodman@essex.ac.uk

Location:

ESA.3.13, Colchester Campus

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