Dr Emma Green
Lecturer in Occupational Therapy
Department of Occupational Therapy, and Human Nutrition and Dietetics
Emma Green is an experienced Occupational Therapist, educator and early career researcher. She qualified as an Occupational Therapist in 2002 and worked in a range of practice, research and managerial roles. She achieved her PhD in 2014 and has been working as a lecturer in occupational therapy at GCU since 2015. Emma has a strong track record in learning and teaching having become the learning and teaching advisor for the Department of Occupational Therapy, Human Nutrition and Dietetics in 2019. Emma has experience in teaching undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD supervision having two successful PhD completion to date. She has won GCU students teaching awards in 2017 and 2021 for “fantastic feedback” and won the inaugural GCU teaching impact award for “inclusive practice” in 2023.
Building on this strong learning and teaching profile, Emma has dedicated her early career research activity to educational research. Emma has been a lead for a successful international collaboration with University of Sydney and Curtain University focused on designing, implementing and evaluating the implementation of simulation. This has led to dissemination activity at local, national, and international conferences. Emma has recently been commissioned as the lead editor for a book on practice education for allied health professionals. Emma has also successfully secured a GCU Strategy for Learning grant in 2022-23 for the innovative project “snack-size selfcare” which is an education research project focused on implementing selfcare resources within the curriculum to support student wellbeing. Emma is an active member of the School of Health and Life Sciences education research group and the GCU Reach Active Aging research group. Emma was selected as a participant in the GCU Crucible programme in 2023.