Staff

Academic Staff

Senior Hospital Staff

Honorary Lecturers

Administrative Staff

Staff Member
Teaching and Research Interests
Associate Professor and Head of Division

Lana van Niekerk, B(OccTher) UOFS, M(OccTher) UOFS, PhD UCT

 


Human Occupation; psychiatry, disability and mental health; qualitative research methodology; employment equity and mental health; clinical reasoning.

Senior Lecturers

Madeleine Duncan, B(OccTher) UOFS, BA(Hons) UDW, MSc(OT) UCT

 

Long term psychiatry including forensics; mental health programme development; service management systems; curriculum design

Theresa Lorenzo, BSc(OT) and DipAdEd Witwatersrand, MSc(CommDisStud) London, PhD UCT
Disability studies - community; adult education programmes; community based programmes
Roshan Galvaan, BSc(OT) UCT, MSc(OT) UCT
Short term psychiatry and mental health; Human Occupation in long term therapy; women's issues
Elelwani Ramugondo, BSc(OT) UCT, MSc(OT) UCT
Paediatrics; Cultural diversity in the learning environment; Human Occupation related to HIV in Paediatrics


Lecturers

Helen Buchanan, BSc(OT) UCT, MSc (OT) Cape Town

 

Hands; work-related injuries; Clinical reasoning

Lizahn Cloete, BSc OT (UWC), MSc(OT) UCT
Rehabilitation in the Community
Senior Hospital Staff

Hilary Beeton, DipOT Pretoria, BA UNISA, MSc(OT) UCT/font>

 

Paediatrics including cerebral palsy; Neurology, Neurodevelopmental technqiues; Sport for the disabled (international classifier)

Emiritus Associate Professor

Ruth Watson, BSc (Occ Ther) Witwatersrand, DipEdTherVoc (Pretoria), Med, PhD Stellenbosch

 

Ethics; Human Occupation; Health Promotion and Education; Rehabilitation; Research methods (particularly qualitative)

Honorary Lecturers
Margaret Linegar, BArb Stellenbosch
Orthopaedics; Occupational performance
Karin Weskamp, BArb Stellenbosch
Hands; Human Occupation
Linda Swanepoel, BArb Stellenbosch
Learning disabilities; mental health