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

College of Health, Wellbeing and Life Sciences

Occupational Therapy

MSc Vocational Rehabilitation

Research

Publications

Journal articles

Charlesworth, L., Fegan, C., & Ashmore, R. (2023). How does severe mental illness impact on cancer outcomes in individuals with severe mental illness and cancer? A scoping review of the literature. Journal of medical imaging and radiation sciences, 54 (2), S104-S114. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2023.01.007

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., McGuffin, M., & Fegan, C. (2022). Understanding team dynamics to promote team building in a radiotherapy department. Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice, 21 (1), 45-50. http://doi.org/10.1017/s1460396920000813

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

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

Colette Fegan