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Dr Merrill Turpin

Senior Lecturer in Occ Therapy

School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences
m.turpin@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 56491

Overview

Dr Turpin’s research centres on the clinical/professional reasoning of occupational therapists across the spectrum of experience from new graduates to experts, as well as the subjective experiences of people with disabilities (particularly in the area of Multiple Sclerosis). She specialises in the use of qualitative research methods and uses a variety of qualitative research methods in her own research, as well advising others on these research methods. Dr Turpin has written books and book chapters on occupational therapy models of practice, evidence-based practice, and clinical reasoning, as well as publications on various aspects of people's experience. Dr Turpin has been a teaching and research academic at The University of Queensland since 1992. The connection between theory and practice is central to her research and teaching. As occupational therapists attend to both thinking and experience, they need to use rigorous thinking and a deep understanding of human experience in their practice.

Research Impacts

Dr Turpin works closely with Queensland Heath regarding supporting the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists with a range of experience. She also works with a range of organisations to use personal and occupational therapy understandings to improve the lives of people with Disabilities.

Qualifications

  • PhD, The University of Queensland
  • Master of Occupational Therapy, The University of Queensland
  • GDipCouns, Brisbane College of Advanced Education
  • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, The University of Queensland

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Supervision

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Book

Book Chapter

  • Occupational therapy models of practice

    Turpin, Merrill and García, Jenniffer (2021). Occupational therapy models of practice. Occupational therapy in Australia: professional and practice issues. (pp. 213-225) edited by Ted Brown, Helen M. Bourke-Taylor, Stephen Isbel, Reinie Cordier and Louise Gustafsson. Abingdon, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.

  • Learning to use evidence to support decision making

    Higgs, Joy and Turpin, Merrill (2019). Learning to use evidence to support decision making. Clinical reasoning in the health professions. (pp. 465-474) edited by Joy Higgs, Gail Jensen, Stephen Loftus and Nicole Christensen. London, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

  • Models of occupational therapy

    de Jonge, Desleigh and Turpin, Merrill (2019). Models of occupational therapy. An occupational therapists guide to home modification practice. (pp. 41-62) edited by Elizabeth Ainsworth and Desleigh de Jonge. Thorofare, NJ, United States: Slack .

  • Interactive reasoning

    Turpin, Merrill and Copley, Jodie (2018). Interactive reasoning. Clinical and professional reasoning in occupational therapy. (pp. 245-260) edited by Barbara A. Boyt Schell and John W. Schell. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Wolters Kluwer.

  • Learning professional reasoning in practice through fieldwork

    Turpin, Merrill and Hanson, Debra (2018). Learning professional reasoning in practice through fieldwork. Clinical and professional reasoning in occupational therapy. (pp. 439-460) edited by Barbara A. Boyt Schell and John W. Schell. Philadelphia, PA, United States: Wolters Kluwer.

  • Models of occupational therapy

    Turpin, Merrill (2018). Models of occupational therapy. An occupational therapist’s guide to home modification practice. (pp. 41-61) edited by Elizabeth Ainsworth and Desleigh De Jonge. Thorofare, NJ, United States: Slack.

  • Decision‐making for occupation‐centred practice with children

    Copley, Jodie, Bennett, Sally and Turpin, Merrill (2017). Decision‐making for occupation‐centred practice with children. Occupation-centred practice with children: a practical guide for occupational therapists. (pp. 349-372) edited by Sylvia Rodger and Anne Kennedy-Behr. Oxford, United Kingdom: Wiley-Blackwell.

  • Occupational therapy practice models

    Turpin, Merrill (2017). Occupational therapy practice models. Occupational therapy for people experiencing illness, injury or impairment: promoting occupation and participation. (pp. 115-133) edited by Michael Curtin, Mary Egan and Jo Adams. Edinburgh, United Kingdom: Elsevier.

  • Occupational therapy practice models and frames of reference

    Turpin, Merrill (2017). Occupational therapy practice models and frames of reference. Occupational therapy in Australia: professional and practice issues. (pp. 185-201) edited by Ted Brow, Helen Bourke-Taylor, Stephen Isbel and Reinie Courtier. Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin.

  • Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice

    Turpin, Merrill and Higgs, Joy (2013). Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice. Evidence-Based Practice across the Health Professions. (pp. 300-317) edited by Tammy Hoffmann, Sally Bennet and Chris Del Mar. Sydney, NSW Australia: Elsevier.

  • Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice

    Turpin, Merrill and Higgs, Joy (2010). Clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice. Evidence-based practice across the health professions. (pp. 300-317) edited by Tammy Hoffmann, Sally Bennett and Chris Del Mar. Sydney, Australia: Elsevier.

  • Decision Making for Occupation-centred Practice with Children

    Copley, Jodie, Bennett, Sally and Turpin, Merrill (2010). Decision Making for Occupation-centred Practice with Children. Occupation-centred practice with children: A practical guide for occupational therapists. (pp. 320-341) edited by Sylvia Rodger. Oxford, UK: Wiley - Blackwell. doi: 10.1002/9781444319699.ch15

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PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • Responsibility sharing for optimal adolescent participation in diabetes self-management at high school

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

  • Exploration of the use of mental health services among international students in Australia

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Improving the educational practice of occupational therapists to promote the use of occupational therapy theory in practice

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • The Role of Occupational Therapy and Early Cognitive Therapy in Patients in Intensive Care Units

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

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