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Biography

Eoin Gorman attained his master’s degree in occupational therapy from the University of Limerick in 2010. Eoin also holds a master’s in anthropology and a bachelors’ degree in psychology. He is currently undertaking a PhD exploring the lived experience of people who self-identify as transgender in Ireland.

Eoin’s educational and career pathway has been heavily influenced by his interest in psychosocial concepts and issues. He is particularly interested in the historical development of “mental illness”, alongside social trends, attitudes and critical perspectives towards mental health and service-user led movements.

Since qualifying as an occupational therapist Eoin has worked both academically and clinically. Eoin worked as a teaching and research assistant within the department of Clinical Therapies at the University of Limerick. During this time, Eoin alongside his colleague, designed, developed and implemented an innovative 10-week occupational therapy community mental health programme called “Activate II”. This programme was designed for unemployed people and was based on the concepts of Lifestyle Redesign ©. Activate II was nominated and shortlisted for the Anne Beckett award in 2013.Clinically, Eoin has worked across various psychosocial settings including adult and older adult inpatient and community mental health, as well as youth and young adult community mental health.

Eoin came to UCC in January 2015 to pursue his PhD, exploring an occupational perspective of gender with focus on the occupations of people who identify as transgender. Since then Eoin has lectured across various modules and worked with the practice education team from 2015 to 2016. In 2016 Eoin joined the department as a full-time lecturer assuming the position of year 3 coordinator. 

In June 2017, Eoin was made Professional Programme Director of the undergraduate course. Eoin continues to lecture across years 3 and 4 of the of the occupational science and occupational therapy programme. Eoin’s teaching in Year 3 focuses on the psychosocial aspects of persons, environments and occupations of adults and older adults. Within year 4, Eoin is the module leader for Integrated Professional Practice, whereby students collate their learning from previous years and apply it to new and increasingly complex issues and concepts. Students also explore and critique the value and impact of legislation on therapy and are provided an opportunity to explore non-traditional and emerging areas for occupational therapy. Eoin has provided research supervision to both master’s level and undergraduate level students.

Eoin completed the certificate in teaching and learning with University College Cork in 2017. He completed training with the Centre for Occupational Therapy Education (COTE) in Colorado State University, USA on the Subject-Centred, Integrative Learning Model for Occupational Therapy (SCIL-OT). A model designed to foster students’ understanding of occupational therapy’s distinct value.  

In 2018, Eoin was a successful recipient of the UCC President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning for his development and delivery of an innovative and multifaceted teaching and learning event, “Death Week”.‍

Research Interests

Eoin’s research interests centre on adopting an occupational perspective across a variety of areas strongly influenced by counter-culture and service-user perspectives. As an evidence-based lecturer, Eoin's areas of research interest are interconnected with his teaching interests; gender and sexuality, mental health and Madness, death and dying, spirituality, human rights-based healthcare, and social justice with emphasis on psycho-social issues.‍‍

Professional Activities

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Employment

	Employer	Position	From / To
	Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University College Cork	Professional Programme Director, Lecturer (Yr 3 & Yr 4)	01-JUL-16 /
	Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University College Cork	Lecturer, Practice Tutor	01-JAN-15 / 30-JUN-16
	Headstrong - Jigsaw Kerry (Youth Community Mental Health)	Occupational Therapist	01-MAY-14 / 31-DEC-14
	Jonathon Swift Clinic, St. James' Hospital, Dublin (Adult Psychiatry, Acute-Impatient)	Occupational Therapist	01-DEC-12 / 30-APR-14
	University of Limerick	Activate II - Community Occupational Therapist	01-MAR-12 / 31-MAY-12
	University of Limerick, Education & Health Science	Occupational Therapy Research & Teaching Assistant	01-SEP-11 / 30-SEP-12

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Education

	Year	Institution	Qualification	Subject
	2017	UCC	Postgraduate Certificate	Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
	2010	University of Limerick	M.Sc Occupational Therapy	Occupational Therapy
	2004	Dublin Business School	Master of Arts	Master of Arts in Anthropology
	2003	Dublin Business School	Bachelor of Arts	Bachelor of Arts in Psychology

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Other Activities

	Description
	Module undertaken as part of PhD. Module covered a range of themes including representations of women in history, literature and popular culture (music and film); gender and sexuality; women and politics; women, work and family, and gender violence.
	Module completed as part of PhD Facilitated by Karolinksa Institute, Sweden. The history of occupational science and its associated concepts are explored. Develop an occupational perspective to embed in teaching and research.
	"How is gender contemplated within occupational science and occupational therapy literature?" SSO Conference - Seattle 2017 Presented emerging findings from a scoping study on the concept of gender and how it is understood, communicated and contemplated with occupational literature.

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Teaching Activities

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Modules Taught

	Term (ID))	Title	Link	Subject
	2020	Becoming a Professional Practitioner	OT3010	Becoming a Professional Practitioner
	2020	Personal Professional Development III	OT3009	Personal Professional Development III