Biography
Fiona is an Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy at Edinburgh Napier University and Head of Subject for Allied Health & Social Care Science. She is an HCPC registered occupational therapist, previously working in practice with older people across health and social care.
Fiona has extensive experience of educational leadership, including the design, delivery and evaluation of pre and post registration allied health profession research, learning and teaching and knowledge exchange activities. In addition, Fiona has also worked as an Allied Health Profession (AHP) Project Lead with Alzheimer Scotland, leading the creation of a range of educational opportunities designed to advance contribution of the AHPs with people living with dementia, their families and supporters.
Regularly publishing in peer reviewed journals, Fiona has recently co-edited a textbook in occupational therapy and dementia, and continues to contribute widely to professional education with a range of national and international universities. She is a member of the Health Care Technologies Research Group and the Centre for Mental Health Practice, Policy and Law at Edinburgh Napier University. She also co-chairs on behalf of the Scottish Government the short life working group on education and learning of the dementia workforce in health and social care in Scotland.
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ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0946-4891
Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Fiona-Maclean-3