Staff profile
Dr Carol Elizabeth McKinstry PhD
Senior Lecturer, Coordinator LRHS Occupational Therapy Program
Faculty of Health Sciences
La Trobe Rural Health SchoolDepartment of Allied Health
HS 1.19, Bendigo
- T: +61 3 5444 7416
- F: +61 3 5444 7977
- E: c.mckinstry@latrobe.edu.au
Qualifications
Bach of App Sc (OT), M Hlth Sc, PhD
Membership of professional associations
OT AUSTRALIA
Area of study
Occupational Therapy
Brief profile
Carol is coordinator of the La Trobe Rural Health School Occupational Therapy Program which began in 2009 and has students on the Bendigo, Albury-Wodonga, Shepparton and Mildura campuses. Carol has teaching responsibilities in all years of the program including mentoring to first year students on the Mildura, Shepparton and Albury-Wodonga campuses. Currently Carol is third year coordinator for students at Bendigo and Bundoora campuses. Carol also supervises the research projects of higher degree postgraduate and honours students. Carol has a master of health science, researching the continuing professional development needs of occupational therapists while her doctorate research was a longitudinal qualitative study in workplace learning for newly graduated occupational therapists. Recently her research interest involves exploring the recovery for people with cancer particularly their participation in leisure and work following treatment. Important research partners include the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Occupational Therapy Department. Another research area is looking into strategies to improve rural health workforce shortages. Carol has strong links with OT Australia having served on several national reference groups and working parties. She has presented and participated in state, national and international occupational therapy conferences. Carol has written chapters for occupational therapy textbooks and published journal articles while she is also a reviewer for the Australian Occupational Therapy Journal and British Journal of Occupational Therapy.
Research interests
Rehabilitation
- Cancer rehabilitation
Rural and Regional Health
- Rural Health Workforce
Teaching units
HLT2IEP, OCT3PDC, OCT4HOB, OCT4ECA, OCT4PPA, OCT5ECB
Recent publications
Chapters in books
McKinstry, C. (2008) “Enhancing Workplaces to Maximise Learning for Newly Occupational Therapists” in Inside My Job ed. M Courtney. Department of Human Services. McKinstry, C. (2005) “From Graduate to Practitioner: Rethinking Organisational Support” in Occupation & Practice in Context eds G. Whiteford & V. Wright-St Clair, Churchill Livingstone, Marrickville, pp. 129-143 Allen, R., Oke, L., McKinstry, C. & Courtney, M. (2005) ‘Professionalism and Accountability: Accreditation Examined’ in Occupation & Practice in Context eds G. Whiteford & V. Wright-St Clair, Churchill Livingstone, Marrickville, pp. 87-104. Papers in refereed journals
McKinstry, C., Allen, R., Courtney, M. & Oke, L. (2009) “Why occupational therapy needs evidence of participation in continuing professional development” Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 56 (2), pp. 140-143. Maglio, J. & McKinstry, C. (2008) "Occupational Therapy and Circus: Potential partners in enhancing the health and wellbeing of young people" Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 55 (4), pp. 287-290. McKinstry, C. (2006) “Workplace Learning for Newly Graduated Occupational Therapists” Peer reviewed conference proceedings. Out of Bounds and Borders: A Trans-Tasman Collaboration, Continuing Professional Education Conference, Eds. Beddoe, L. & Jesson, J., April.
Fortune, T., Farnworth, L. & McKinstry, C. (2006) “Filling Fieldwork Gaps or Learning about Project Management?” Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 53 (3), pp. 233-236.
Research projects
The role of community based occupational therapy in health promotion. Rebecca Wood, Tracy Fortune, Carol McKinstry. Investigating the impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment on work participation. Emma Prowse, Carol McKinstry, Elizabeth Pearson, Jenni Bourke, Jane Farrow. Accessing Alcohol & Other Drug services in a rural community: client experiences of changing factors that impact on their health and wellbeing. Nerida Hyett, Virginia Dickson-Swift, Carol McKinstry. The impact of prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment on work participation for men in rural and regional Victoria. Adele Callaghan, Amanda Kenny, Carol McKinstry. The centrality of consumer participation in developing and sustaining recovery orientated community mental health service for people with low prevalence disorders and enduring mental illness in the Loddon Mallee catchment in Victoria. Sue Kidd, Amanda Kenny, Carol McKinstry. Readiness for Professional Practice, Mary Kennedy-Jones; Maureen Long; Megan Davidson; Michael Dillon; Nick Stone; Nora Shields; Rachel Davenport; Susan Darzins, Anne Williams; Belinda Torney; Carol McKinstry; Clare Ardern; Connie Koklanis; Daniel Bonanno; Kerry Fitzmaurice. Creating student-focussed, web-learning resources to support the development of and provide evidence of Occupational Therapy students’ graduating competencies, Susan Ryan, Carol McKinstry, Michael Curtin, Matthew Yau.
