Rate My Professor Maggie Scorey

Scorey's research interests include work-integrated learning, interprofessional education in primary healthcare settings, and the facilitators and barriers for professional surfers returning to surfing after acute physical injury, the topic of her Masters research. She has co-authored publications such as 'Interprofessional Primary Healthcare Student Placements: Qualitative Findings from a Mixed-Method Evaluation' (2020, International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning) and 'Simulation Placement: Reflections on a Novel Work Integrated Learning Unit (Practice Report)' (2026, Southern Cross University Scholarship of Learning & Teaching Research Paper Series No. 46). Additionally, her Masters thesis, 'A qualitative study exploring the lived experiences of professional surfers returning to surfing following an acute injury' (2020), contributes to occupational therapy knowledge. Scorey has demonstrated leadership as Chair of the Australia New Zealand Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Academics in 2014 and Co-chair of the University Occupational Therapy Practice Education Network in 2014-2015 and 2021-2022. Her contributions earned the Engaged Learning Award in 2016 for an inter-professional unit fostering community-relevant learning and the runner-up for best presentation at the SCU HDR Symposium in 2017. These efforts have advanced occupational therapy education and interprofessional practice.