Colette Fegan MSc
Principal Lecturer
Summary
I joined the occupational therapy team here at Sheffield Hallam in 2001 where I am the academic delivery manager for health courses (postgraduate and CPD). I teach on the MSc Vocational Rehabilitation and I am involved in the delivery of the work based learning module. My previous clinical experience has been in the area of mental health. I have worked with adults with severe and enduring mental health problems and their families and have facilitated a number of therapeutic groups.
About
Since working at the University I have had a short secondment with the Centre for Interprofessional eLearning to develop learning objects for distance learning. I was project lead working on a self assessment tool to support the Making Every Contact Count Prevention and Lifestyle Behaviour Change: A Competence Framework. I have recently contributed to an e module -An Introduction to Behavioural Change Techniques developed as part of the Health Innovation and Education Cluster (HIEC).
I am currently working towards a PhD with a focus on the experiences of mental health service users who volunteer and the impact it has on their recovery using constructivist grounded theory methodology.
Teaching
Health And Wellbeing
Occupational Therapy
MSc Vocational Rehabilitation
Research
I am currently working towards a PhD with a focus on the experiences of mental health service users who volunteer and the impact it has on their recovery using constructivist grounded theory methodology.
Publications
Journal articles
Lanfranchi, V., Jones, N., Read, J., Fegan, C., Field, B., Simpson, E., ... Ciravegna, F. (2022). User attitudes towards virtual home assessment technologies. Journal of Medical Engineering and Technology. http://doi.org/10.1080/03091902.2022.2089250
Dawdy, K., Fegan, C., Sheikh, A., Harris, S., & McGuffin, M. (2021). Changing me to we: Developing teambuilding in radiation therapy. Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, 52 (3), 390-398. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2021.04.003
Jones, N.L., Read, J., Field, B., Fegan, C., Simpson, E., Revitt, C., ... Ciranvenga, F. (2021). Remote home visits: Exploring the concept and applications of remote home visits within health and social care settings. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. http://doi.org/10.1177/03080226211000265
Field, B., Read, J., Jones, N., Fegan, C., & Lanfranchi, V. (2021). Occupational therapists need to be involved in developing and evaluating technological solutions to support remote working. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 84 (2), 69-71. http://doi.org/10.1177/0308022620979517
Read, J., Jones, N., Fegan, C., Cudd, P., Simpson, E., Mazumdar, S., & Ciravegna, F. (2020). Remote Home Visit: Exploring the feasibility, acceptability and potential benefits of using digital technology to undertake occupational therapy home assessments. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 030802262092111. http://doi.org/10.1177/0308022620921111
Dawdy, K., McGuffin, M., & Fegan, C. (2020). Understanding team dynamics to promote team building in a radiotherapy department. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice. http://doi.org/10.1017/S1460396920000813
Fegan, C., & Cook, S. (2014). The therapeutic power of volunteering. Advances in Psychiatric Treatment, 20 (3), 217-224. http://doi.org/10.1192/apt.bp.113.011890
Fegan, C., & Cook, S. (2012). Experiences of volunteering: a partnership between service users and a mental health service in the UK. Work (Reading, Mass.), 43 (1), 13-21. http://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-2012-1443
Fegan, C. (2004). What is work? Qualifying in vocational rehabilitation. A Life in the Day, 8 (2), 13. http://doi.org/10.1108/13666282200400015