Professor Jodie Copley
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Jodie Copley

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Fields of research

Clinical sciences

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Upper limb neurorehabilitation

    Clinical reasoning and decision making for upper limb interventions, use of splinting and casting within a clinical reasoning model, client-centred and occupation-focussed outcomes, development of professional expertise

  • Clinical reasoning in occupational therapy

    Use of multiple information types and sources to make clinical decisions when working with children and families, and people with upper limb neurorehabilitation needs; teaching and learning of clinical reasoning to students, use of clinical reasoning tools for students and practitioners

  • Clinical and professional education of occupational therapy students

    Inter-professional education, professionalism, clinical reasoning, models of clinical placement

Search Professor Jodie Copley’s works on UQ eSpace

141 works between 1999 and 2025
All (141) Book (2) Journal Article (110) Other Outputs (1) Conference Publication (20) Book Chapter (8)

141 - 141 of 141 works

1999

Book

Management of Upper Limb Hypertonicity

Copley, J. A. and Kuipers, K. (1999). Management of Upper Limb Hypertonicity. Texas: Therapy Skill Builders.

Management of Upper Limb Hypertonicity

Current funding

  • 2024 - 2027
    CP-KASP (Cerebral Palsy Knowledge, Advocacy Skills, and Support Program): co-designed with families to optimise evidence-based support through the NDIS
    NHMRC MRFF PPHR - Consumer Led Research
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2016 - 2017
    Building capacity for interprofessional work-integrated learning through development of authentic assessment of interprofessional skills
    UQ Teaching Innovation Grants
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2020
    Engagement in the Pediatric Rehabilitation Intervention Process: Its Nature, Measurement, and Role in the Determination of Outcomes
    Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
    Open grant
  • 2014
    Development of new clinical education opportunities in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (Health Workforce Australia grant administered by the Institute for Urban Indigenous Health)
    Institute for Urban Indigenous Health
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2014
    Development of tools for enhancing clinical reasoning of occupational therapy students and practitioners
    Occupational Therapists Board of Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2008 - 2009
    Teaching clinical reasoning to Occupational Therpay students during Paediatric Clinical Fieldwork
    Occupational Therapists Board of Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2008
    How widely applicable is a multipe mentoring model for student supervision?
    Occupational Therapists Board of Queensland
    Open grant
  • 2005 - 2007
    Occupational Therapists Meeting the Needs of Children with Learning Difficulties: Where does Clinical Reasoning meet EBP?
    UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
    Open grant
  • 2001
    Tactile processing ability in children with cerebral palsy
    Brain Research Fund
    Open grant

Availability

Professor Jodie Copley is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Decision-making aids for upper limb interventions in neurological rehabilitation

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Professor Jennifer Fleming

  • Master Philosophy

    Exploring Interprofessional Education in Health Care Professions in Chile

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Felipe Retamal Walter

  • Master Philosophy

    Developing a framework for practice evidence in occupational therapy

    Principal Advisor

  • Master Philosophy

    Chileans OT practice in acquired brain injury patients in ICU and acute hospital ward units: what do they do and how do they support their practice?

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Adriana Penman

  • Master Philosophy

    Upper limb splinting in the management of hypertonicity / spasticity in adults post stroke.

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Failing a professional practice experience in Occupational Therapy: the student experience.

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Jessica Hill

  • Doctor Philosophy

    TBC

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Becoming an effective healthcare practitioner in the NDIS context

    Principal Advisor

    Other advisors: Associate Professor Merrill Turpin, Dr Leander Mitchell

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Supporting allied health students with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds to meet expected levels of competency during clinical placement

    Associate Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Codesign of a shared decision making framework for children with spinal disabilities, their families and clinicians when considering participation at home, school and in the community.

    Associate Advisor

    Other advisors: Dr Sarah Reedman, Dr Melanie Hoyle

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Professor Jodie Copley directly for media enquiries about:

  • Arm function - problems due to brain injury, stroke or cerebral palsy
  • Brain injury - motor control
  • Cerebral palsy - motor control
  • Clinical education - occupational therapy
  • Education - occupational therapy
  • Hand function - problems due to brain injury, stroke or cerebral palsy
  • Learning disabilities
  • Motor control - problems due to stroke, brain injury or cerebral palsy
  • Occupational therapy
  • Occupational therapy - education
  • Stroke - motor control

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