Rate My Professor Lisa Knightbridge

Lisa Knightbridge serves as Senior Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Primary and Allied Health Care, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University. Her academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (B.O.T.), Postgraduate Diploma in Child Development (PGDip.Ch.Dev.), and Graduate Certificate in Higher Education (GradCertHigherEd.). With a focus on occupational therapy education and community practice, she contributes to teaching units such as OCC3062 Participation Community Practice 1: Development and OCC4071 Participatory Community Practice 2: Implementation, preparing students for real-world application through experiential learning.

Knightbridge's research specializes in community-based occupational therapy, healthy ageing, participation barriers, reflection-in-practice, and pediatric assessments. She is an MPhil candidate with the RAIL team, supervised by Associate Professor Helen Bourke-Taylor and Professor Keith Hill, developing an assessment and theoretical framework to promote healthy ageing through increased community participation. Her peer-reviewed publications include 'Visual Motor Assessment of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Comparing Performance and Considerations for Assessment' (2025, Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, and Early Intervention, co-authored with Carey, McKenzie, and Bourke-Taylor); 'Healthy ageing through participation in community situated activities: A scoping review of assessment instruments to support occupational therapy practice' (2022, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, co-authored with Bourke-Taylor and Hill); 'Reflection-in-practice: A survey of Australian occupational therapists' (2019, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal); 'Initial psychometric evaluation of the Hartley Knows Writing Shapes Assessment Version 2 with typically developing children between the ages of 4 and 8' (2021, Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, co-authored with Pavlos, McKenzie, Knightbridge, and Bourke-Taylor); 'Population and community occupational therapy practice and project management in Australia' (2021, book chapter co-authored with Gilbert-Hunt and Hyett); and 'Experiential Learning on an Alternative Practice Education Placement: Student Reflections on Entry-Level Competency, Personal Growth, and Future Practice' (2014, British Journal of Occupational Therapy). Her work has accumulated 46 citations on ResearchGate. In 2021, she received the Occupational Therapy School of Victoria Award.