The Global Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Melissa's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

About Melissa

Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Plymouth, July 2019 - present.

I prevously worked in clinical practice in Amputee Rehabilitation from 2009 to 2019, where I worked with service users of all ages and life stages. I worked with lower limb and upper limb amputees and people who were born with limb difference. During this time I worked closely with the wider interdisciplinary team. Prior to this I worked in Paediatrics in community settings and Great Ormond Street Hospital. 

Teaching

I teach on a range of modules across the BSc and MSc pathways including an interprofessional module and modules related to occupational therapy core skills and paediatric occupational therapy. 

Taught on 'Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb Amputee' Courses– 2010- 2019, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton

Taught on 'Rehabilitation of the Lower Limb Amputee' Courses – April, 2010-2019, Queen Mary’s Hospital, Roehampton

Taught on ‘Core Training for Therapists Post Sudden Onset Disaster’– Amputee Workshop, organised by Humanity and Inclusion UK, December, 2018

Contact Melissa

( InterCity Place, Plymouth Railway Station, North Road East,, Plymouth, PL4 6AB
+44 1752 588897
melissa.jacobs@plymouth.ac.uk