Rate My Professor Jocelyn Kernot

Dr. Jocelyn Kernot is a Lecturer in the School of Allied Health and Human Performance within the College of Health at Adelaide University, specializing in occupational therapy. She joined the occupational therapy teaching team in 2009 and teaches across a broad range of subjects, with a focus on clinical skill development, including occupational therapy practice in hospital settings, neurological rehabilitation, environmental adaptation, and field practice education. Dr. Kernot led the establishment of the student-led occupational therapy neurological rehabilitation service at the university's City West and Elizabeth Health and Medical Clinics, where she also served as clinical educator. Prior to academia, she worked for 17 years as a clinician in hospital, community, and private practice settings, gaining expertise in neurological rehabilitation for children and adults across metropolitan, rural, and international contexts. She held senior roles such as Deputy Head of the Occupational Therapy Department and Head Paediatric Occupational Therapist at East Surrey Hospital in the UK. Dr. Kernot completed her PhD in 2016.

Dr. Kernot's research centers on improving health and wellbeing through community development and innovative service delivery, particularly for individuals with disabilities, neurodivergence, and barriers to equity and access, including those in rural and remote areas. Her interests include mental health and wellbeing across the lifespan, health promotion, neurological rehabilitation, neurodiversity, paediatrics, technological rehabilitation, and teaching and learning practices. Proficient in quantitative and qualitative methodologies such as co-design, Delphi studies, realist evaluation, qualitative descriptive methods, and randomised controlled trials, she has published over 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and secured more than $660,000 in research funding. Key publications include 'Individual placement and support: a qualitative investigation of carers' experiences supporting someone experiencing mental illness into employment' (2024, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal), 'Employment interventions to assist people who experience borderline personality disorder: a scoping review' (2023, International Journal of Social Psychiatry), 'Effectiveness of a Facebook-delivered physical activity intervention for postpartum women: A randomized controlled trial' (2019, Journal of Physical Activity and Health), and 'Spatial Neglect Subtypes, Definitions and Assessment Tools: A Scoping Review' (2021, Frontiers in Neurology). She has supervised 11 higher degree by research students (PhD and Masters) and over 15 Honours students.