Rate My Professor Kirsty Pope

Pope’s research specializations include occupational therapy, education research, work-integrated learning, healthcare student education, mental health, and homelessness. She has contributed to projects such as problem-based and scenario-based learning in the occupational therapy curriculum with Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2020–2021), innovative workforce growth in thin markets piloting mixed digital and face-to-face training for NDIS participants in Tasmania (2020–2021), developing effective feedback processes for health professional students (2018–2019), and building learning resources for collaborative care curricula (2017–2018). Key publications include “Models of pre-registration student supervision in allied health: a scoping review” (Pope, Barclay, Dixon, Kent, 2023, Focus on Health Professional Education), “The Human Library and the development of cultural awareness and sensitivity in occupational therapy students: a mixed methods study” (Chu, Pope, Hewlin-Vita, 2024), “How student placements can positively contribute to workforce development” (Pope, Barclay, Kent, 2024), “Time use of patients in a secure forensic hospital: A mixed methods study” (Lewis, Pope, Mynard, 2024, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal), and “‘It Can Be Quite Daunting’: Promoting Mental Health Service Use for Vulnerable Young People” (Gu, Kehoe, Pope, Hopkins, 2025, Healthcare). She serves as a peer reviewer for Medical Teacher (since 2023) and Australian Occupational Therapy Journal (since 2021). Pope has received team awards including the Dean’s Award for Excellence - Programs that Enhance Learning (2023, 2024), Programs that Enhance Learning Award (2022), and School of Primary and Allied Health Care Academic Excellence Awards (2017, 2021).