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Author: Sandra Moll, PhD

Sandra Moll, PhD is an Occupational Therapist and Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science at McMaster University. She has over three decades of experience as an educator and researcher, with a primary focus on mental health innovation in research and clinical practice. Drawing upon a commitment to co-design approaches and participatory methods, she leads the McMaster Co-design Hub for structurally vulnerable communities, and is the principal investigator for two national mobile health projects designed to promote early intervention and peer support for frontline healthcare workers and for First Responders.

Accommodating Students With Disabilities in Professional Rehabilitation Programs: An Institutional Ethnography Informed Study

In this enlightening study, 11 educators and 4 staff members from one Canadian university were interviewed about their work of accommodating students with disabilities in their occupational therapy and physiotherapy programs. The authors identify a “false dichotomy” that places the needs of these students in opposition with some of the professional requirements of a practicing clinician—and suggest some solutions.