
Profiles
Miss Melissa Jacobs
Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
School of Health Professions (Faculty of Health)
Biography
Biography
Lecturer in Occupational Therapy, University of Plymouth
Qualifications
Masters of Research in Clinical Practice, St Georges University of London, 2015
BSc Hons Occupational Therapy, Oxford Brookes University, 2005
BA Hons Sociology, University of Exeter, 1997
Professional membership
HCPC registered since 2005
BAOT member since 2002
RCOT SSTO (PAR) member since 2014
Roles on external bodies
Executive Committee Member of the International Society of Prosthetists and Orthotists, 2016-2019
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
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
Research
Research
Research interests
Completed research project as part of Masters entitled ‘An Exploration of the Strength of Correlation between the Modified Box and Blocks Assessment, the Standard Box and Blocks Assessment, and the Assessment of Capacity for Myoelectric Control’, completed, 2015.
Assisted in the recruitment of participants for PHD study on the usage patterns of myo-electric prostheses, 2017.
Publications
Publications
Acted as consultant on the ‘Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation – Standards and Guidelines (3rd Edition)’ - A Report of the Working Party of the British Society of Rehabilitation.
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
Invited speaker at the British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) Conference, 2018 presenting on ‘Rehabilitation of the Upper Limb Amputee’.
Invited speaker at the British Association of Prosthetists and Orthotists (BAPO) Conference, 2016 presenting on ‘Outcome Measures for Prosthetic Upper Limbs’.
Other academic activities
Acted as consultant on the ‘Amputee and Prosthetic Rehabilitation – Standards and Guidelines (3rd Edition)’ - A Report of the Working Party of the British Society of Rehabilitation.
Presentation of Masters Research at the Royal College of Occupational Therapists’ Conference, 2016.
Presented Masters Research findings at the Trent International Prosthetic Symposium (TIPS) Conference, 2016
Presentation on ‘Rehabilitation of the Multiple Limb Amputee – A Case Study’, TIPS conference, 2012
Presentation on ‘Outcome Measures for Myo-electric Prostheses’ TIPS conference, 2012
Poster Presentation – An Exploration of the Psychological Effect of Digit Amputation’, TIPS conference, March, 2019
Poster Presentation - ‘Rehabilitation of the Multiple Limb Amputee’, International Society for Prosthetists and Orthotists (ISPO) World Congress, Hyderabad, India, February 2013