Overview
Freyr is an experienced occupational therapist who has conducted clinical research primarily in the field of brain injury rehabilitation. She has extensive clinical experience across the continuum of care with clients with complex neurological conditions, particularly following brain injury. Her PhD, conferred in 2019, explored occupational therapy groups in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Her current research has extended on her PhD topic to explore the use of occupational therapy and multi-disciplinary groups in occupational therapy practice, and both inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation settings. She is also focusing on the educational needs of clinicians and students relating to the facilitation of group interventions, and the role of participation and measures of participation in group interventions. She is passionate about opportunities for collaborative research with clinicians, service providers and clients that leads to meaningful translation of research findings into clinical practice. She currently works in a teaching and research position in the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences.
Research Interests
Group therapy interventions: Freyr is engaged in clinical research, extending from her PhD studies, exploring the use of group therapy interventions across the continuum of care and with a variety of population groups and clinical contexts.
Brain Injury: Freyr has substantial clinical experience working across the continuum of care with client’s following brain injury. She is interested in the patient journey and exploring occupation-based therapy with this population group.
Student education: Freyr has been involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of a new model of practice placement in an inpatient brain injury rehabilitation setting. This has progressed to current research investigating the health and economic impacts of rehabilitation groups that are resourced and led by students, with a focus on the student experience of learning in this model of practice placement.
Journal Article: Indocyanine green lymphography in conservative lymphedema therapy: a scoping review
Trevethan, Megan, Patterson, Freyr, Doig, Emmah and Pigott, Amanda (2023). Indocyanine green lymphography in conservative lymphedema therapy: a scoping review. Rehabilitation Oncology, 41 (4), 180-190. doi: 10.1097/01.reo.0000000000000347
Journal Article: “Be ready to learn”: a qualitative study of the patient perspective of falls and fall prevention following discharge from a spinal injuries unit
Marshall, Kathryn, Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer, Gustafsson, Louise and Atresh, Sridhar (2023). “Be ready to learn”: a qualitative study of the patient perspective of falls and fall prevention following discharge from a spinal injuries unit. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2245755
Journal Article: Conceptualization of self-awareness after acquired brain injury: a qualitative systematic review
Sansonetti, Danielle, Fleming, Jennifer, Patterson, Freyr and Lannin, Natasha (2022). Conceptualization of self-awareness after acquired brain injury: a qualitative systematic review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 103 (12), e202-e202. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.08.033
(2023–2024) ACEN Research Grants
(2021–2022) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
(2020–2021) U21 Health Sciences Group Research Development Fund
TBC
Doctor Philosophy
Functional assessment of functional management following acquired brain injury.
Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing Occupational Performance in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients with Distal Radial Fractures
Doctor Philosophy
Indocyanine green lymphography in conservative lymphedema therapy: a scoping review
Trevethan, Megan, Patterson, Freyr, Doig, Emmah and Pigott, Amanda (2023). Indocyanine green lymphography in conservative lymphedema therapy: a scoping review. Rehabilitation Oncology, 41 (4), 180-190. doi: 10.1097/01.reo.0000000000000347
Marshall, Kathryn, Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer, Gustafsson, Louise and Atresh, Sridhar (2023). “Be ready to learn”: a qualitative study of the patient perspective of falls and fall prevention following discharge from a spinal injuries unit. Disability and Rehabilitation, 1-8. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2245755
Conceptualization of self-awareness after acquired brain injury: a qualitative systematic review
Sansonetti, Danielle, Fleming, Jennifer, Patterson, Freyr and Lannin, Natasha (2022). Conceptualization of self-awareness after acquired brain injury: a qualitative systematic review. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 103 (12), e202-e202. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.08.033
Sansonetti, Danielle, Fleming, Jennifer, Patterson, Freyr and Lannin, Natasha (2022). Self-awareness in adults with traumatic brain injury: exploring the profile of intellectual awareness in rehabilitation. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 103 (12), e59-e60. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2022.08.581
Marshall, Kathryn, Fleming, Jennifer, Atresh, Sridhar, Scott, Justin, R., Gustafsson, Louise and Patterson, Freyr (2022). Falls on an inpatient rehabilitation spinal injuries unit: the characteristics, circumstances, and consequences. Spinal Cord, 61 (1), 1-8. doi: 10.1038/s41393-022-00861-3
Martin, Romany, Mandrusiak, Allison, Hoyle, Melanie , Fuentes-Cimma, Javiera, Henrico, Karien , Patterson, Freyr, Penman, Adriana, Hill, Anne and Forbes, Roma (2022). The support needs of health professional educators to teach clinical skills online: Experiences of COVID-19 lockdowns from three countries. Focus on Health Professional Education, 23 (3), 18-35. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v23i3.588
Trevethan, Megan, Bennett, Sally, Doig, Emmah, Patterson, Freyr and Pigott, Amanda (2022). Navigating the application of new innovations: Establishing an indocyanine green lymphography clinic in Australia. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30 (6), e5549-e5559. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13979
Pigott, A., Patterson, F., Birch, S., Oakley, P., Doig, E. and Impact of SRSD of Groups Placement Project Team (2022). The health service impact of an occupational therapy practice placement model: Student-resourced service delivery of groups. Focus On Health Professional Education, 23 (2), 21-34. doi: 10.11157/fohpe.v23i2.525
Pigott, Amanda, Patterson, Freyr, Prescott, Sarah, Doig, Emmah, Fleming, Jennifer, “Impact of SRSD of groups placement” project team, Fitzgerald, Cate, Laracy, Sue, Searles, Jacqueline, McKenzie, Amy, Strong, Jenny, Tornatore, Giovanna and Whitehead, Mary (2021). Exploring the patient perspectives of student‐resourced service delivery of rehabilitation groups: a qualitative study. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 69 (2), 140-150. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12776
A descriptive video analysis of interactions during inpatient brain injury rehabilitation groups
Patterson, Freyr, Doig, Emmah, Marshall, Kathryn and Fleming, Jennifer (2021). A descriptive video analysis of interactions during inpatient brain injury rehabilitation groups. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 85 (2), 030802262110087-152. doi: 10.1177/03080226211008723
Forbes, Roma, Martin, Romany, Patterson, Freyr, Hill, Anne, Hoyle, Melanie, Penman, Adriana, Leung, Letizia, Smith, Sage and Mandrusiak, Allison (2021). Exploring allied health professional student and academic teacher experiences of teaching and learning clinical skills online in response to COVID-19. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 9 (1). doi: 10.53300/001c.24488
Sansonetti, Danielle, Fleming, Jennifer, Patterson, Freyr and Lannin, Natasha A. (2021). Conceptualization of self-awareness in adults with acquired brain injury: A qualitative systematic review. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 32 (8), 1-48. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2021.1924794
Patterson, Freyr, Doig, Emmah, Fleming, Jenny, Strong, Jenny, Birch, Stephen, Whitehead, Mary, Laracy, Sue, Fitzgerald, Cate, Tornatore, Giovanna, McKenzie, Amy, Searles, Jacqueline and Pigott, Amanda (2021). Student-resourced service delivery of occupational therapy rehabilitation groups: patient, clinician and student perspectives about the ingredients for success. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44 (18), 1-12. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2021.1922517
Patterson, Freyr, Caine, Anne-Maree, Ninness, Nadine, Griffin, Janelle and Fleming, Jennifer (2019). The student-led groups program model of practice education: pilot evaluation from the perspective of service provider and university stakeholders. Australian Journal of Clinical Education, 5 (1). doi: 10.53300/001c.11465
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2018). Patient perceptions of participation in group-based rehabilitation in an inpatient brain injury rehabilitation setting. Patient Education and Counseling, 102 (1), 148-154. doi: 10.1016/j.pec.2018.08.001
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2017). Clinician perceptions about inpatient occupational therapy groups in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Brain Injury, 31 (8), 1077-1087. doi: 10.1080/02699052.2017.1296974
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer, Marshall, Kathryn and Ninness, Nadine (2017). Student perspectives of a Student-Led Groups Program model of professional practice education in a brain injury rehabilitation unit. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 64 (5), 391-399. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12382
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer, Doig, Emmah and Griffin, Janelle (2017). Participant evaluation of an inpatient occupational therapy groups programme in brain injury rehabilitation. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 64 (5), 408-418. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12392
Group-based delivery of interventions in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a scoping review
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2016). Group-based delivery of interventions in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation, 38 (20-21), 1961-1986. doi: 10.3109/09638288.2015.1111436
Canty, Allana L., Fleming, Jennifer, Patterson, Freyr, Green, Heather J., Man, David and Shum, David H. K. (2014). Evaluation of a virtual reality prospective memory task for use with individuals with severe traumatic brain injury. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, 24 (2), 238-265. doi: 10.1080/09602011.2014.881746
Forbes, Roma , Martin, Romany, Patterson, Freyr, Hill, Anne, Hoyle, Melanie, Penman, Adriana, Leung, Letizia, Smith, Sage and Mandrusiak, Allison (2021). Allied health student and educator experiences of teaching and learning clinical skills online in response to COVID-19. QLD Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Showcasing Research and Scholarship in Teaching and Learning, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 15 July 2021.
Patient experiences of occupational therapy groups in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2018). Patient experiences of occupational therapy groups in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation. Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment 41st Annual Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 3-5 May 2018. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2018.14
Occupational therapist perceptions of group therapy interventions in TBI rehabilitation
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2017). Occupational therapist perceptions of group therapy interventions in TBI rehabilitation. Occupational Therapy Australia 27th National Conference, Perth, WA Australia, 19-21 July 2017. Richmond, VIC Australia: Wiley-Blackwell.
Rehabilitation Groups – What is Unique about Groups in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation?
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2017). Rehabilitation Groups – What is Unique about Groups in Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation?. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment ASSBI 40th Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1-3 June 2017. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2017.24
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer, Doig, Emmah and Griffin, Janelle (2016). An inpatient occupational therapy groups program in brain injury rehabilitation: overview of principles, processes and consumer evaluation. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment ASSBI 39th Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Macau, Hong Kong, 26th–28th September 2016. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/BrImp.2016.25
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer, Doig, Emmah and Griffin, Janelle (2015). Group therapy interventions in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: clinicians perceptions of processes and effectiveness. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment ASSBI 38th Annual Brain Impairment Conference,, Sydney, Australia, 1-4 July 2015.
Evaluating a Student-Led Group Occupational Therapy Program in Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Patterson, Freyr, Ninness, Nadine, Griffin, Janelle and Fleming, Jennifer (2013). Evaluating a Student-Led Group Occupational Therapy Program in Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment ASSBI 36th Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Hobart, Australia, 2-4 May 2013.
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2013). Occupational therapy group interventions in inpatient brain injury rehabilitation: a systematic review. Occupational Therapy Australia, 25th National Conference and Exhibition, Adelaide, Australia, 24-26 July 2013. Richmond, VIC, Australia: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.12060
Review of group therapy in inpatient brain injury rehabilitation.
Patterson, Freyr, Fleming, Jennifer and Doig, Emmah (2013). Review of group therapy in inpatient brain injury rehabilitation.. Australasian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment ASSBI 36th Annual Brain Impairment Conference, Hobart, Australia, 2-4 May 2013.
Evaluation of a Student-Led Groups Program in Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Ninness, Nadine, Patterson, Freyr and Griffin, Erin (2012). Evaluation of a Student-Led Groups Program in Inpatient Brain Injury Rehabilitation. Occupational Therapy Queensland Conference, Cairns, Australia, 13-15 September 2011.
Reflections, opportunities and lessons learned from teaching Occupational Therapy in Bangladesh
Patterson, Freyr (2011). Reflections, opportunities and lessons learned from teaching Occupational Therapy in Bangladesh. Occupational Therapy Australia 24th National Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 29 June - 1 July 2011.
Training the work health force for chronic illness: the challenges. Paper
Fleming, Mary-Louise, Parker, Elizabeth, Gould, Trish and Patterson, Freyr (2011). Training the work health force for chronic illness: the challenges. Paper. 41st Public Health Association Australia (PHAA) Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 26-28 September 2011.
Patterson, Freyr (2019). Group therapy interventions in traumatic brain injury rehabilitation: processes, perceptions and effectiveness. PhD Thesis, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.155
(2023–2024) ACEN Research Grants
(2021–2022) UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund
(2020–2021) U21 Health Sciences Group Research Development Fund
Rehabilitation groups: participation, satisfaction and the client experience
(2020) Occupational Therapy Australia
TBC
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Functional assessment of functional management following acquired brain injury.
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Enhancing Occupational Performance in Orthopaedic Trauma Patients with Distal Radial Fractures
Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
Exploring student and practice educator experiences in feedback processes within clinical learning environments
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Educational experience and work readiness of allied health students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Return to work following moderate to severe TBI: Barriers, facilitators, outcomes and opportunities 2 years post injury in South East Queensland.
Master Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
ICG Lymphography in Lymphoedema Therapy
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Rehabilitation for impaired awareness following acquired brain injury
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Falls following spinal cord injury: an exploration of the trends, perceptions and future directions for management.
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: