Rate My Professor Maggie Scorey

Maggie Scorey is a lecturer and Practice Education Lead in the Occupational Therapy program at Southern Cross University within the Faculty of Health. She holds a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy from the University of Queensland (BOccThpy UQ), a Master of Science from Southern Cross University (MSc SCU), a Graduate Certificate in Academic Practice completed in 2013, and a Masters by Thesis in 2021. Prior to her academic career, Scorey worked clinically in private practice specializing in hand therapy and in public hospitals in neurosciences. In her current role as Work Integrated Learning Academic Coordinator for Occupational Therapy, she oversees practice education across all years of the program, sourcing and supporting placements that enhance student employability and community engagement. Her teaching focuses on fourth-year units including Advanced Fieldwork and Health Promotion and Primary Health Care, serving as Unit Assessor since 2012 and facilitating student projects with local and international partners in Vietnam and Cambodia.

Scorey's research interests include work-integrated learning, interprofessional education in primary healthcare settings, and the facilitators and barriers for professional surfers returning to surfing after acute physical injury, the topic of her Masters research. She has co-authored publications such as 'Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Student Placements: Qualitative Findings from a Mixed-Method Evaluation' (2020, International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning) and 'Simulation Placement: Reflections on a Novel Work Integrated Learning Unit (Practice Report)' (2026, Southern Cross University Scholarship of Learning & Teaching Research Paper Series No. 46). Additionally, her Masters thesis, 'A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of professional surfers returning to surfing following an acute injury' (2020), contributes to occupational therapy knowledge. Scorey has demonstrated leadership as Chair of the Australia New Zealand Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Academics in 2014 and Co-chair of the University Occupational Therapy Practice Education Network in 2014-2015 and 2021-2022. Her contributions earned the Engaged Learning Award in 2016 for an inter-professional unit fostering community-relevant learning and the runner-up for best presentation at the SCU HDR Symposium in 2017. These efforts have advanced occupational therapy education and interprofessional practice.