Rate My Professor Victoria Stewart

Dr. Victoria Stewart is a Senior Lecturer in the postgraduate mental health practice programs at Griffith University and a research fellow within the School of Allied Health, Sport and Social Work. She earned her PhD from Griffith University in 2023, Master of Philosophy in 2017, Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, and Bachelor of Occupational Therapy. With over 30 years of clinical experience as an occupational therapist in mental health settings in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States, Stewart previously held positions as Associate Lecturer and Lecturer at Griffith University, bridging clinical practice and academia to advance recovery-oriented mental health care.

Her research specializations encompass goal planning in mental health services, co-design with lived experience perspectives, interprofessional learning, creative arts in recovery, and community pharmacy roles in mental health support. Key publications include 'Are SMART goals fit-for-purpose? Goal planning with mental health service users and carers' (International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2024); 'Experiences of goal planning in Australian community pharmacy: A qualitative study' (Health Expectations, 2023); 'Goal planning in mental health service delivery: a scoping review' (Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2022, cited 27 times); 'Participation in creative workshops supports mental health recovery' (PLOS ONE, 2020, cited 38 times); 'Medication management in the context of mental illness' (Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy, 2020, cited 27 times); and 'Interprofessional learning issues in postgraduate mental health practice education' (Advances in Mental Health, 2016, cited 7 times). Affiliated with the Griffith Centre for Mental Health and Menzies Health Institute Queensland, her scholarship, exceeding 622 citations on Google Scholar and over 57 publications on ResearchGate, impacts person-centered practices. Stewart convenes 'Understanding Mental Health: Theories and Practice' (7035HSV) and contributes to projects on pharmacist-led interventions, NDIS experiences, and creative recovery workshops.