Annie Rochette, Ph.D.

Education

• B.Sc. Occupational Therapy, McGill University (1993)
• M.Sc. Clinical Sciences (Geriatrics), Université de Sherbrooke (2000)
• Ph.D. Clinical Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke (2004)
• Postdoctorate, Rehabilitation, McGill University (2006)

Current research projects

• Updating and development of the knowledge transfer web site on stroke rehabilitation strokengine.ca
• Evolution of the scholar role in rehabilitation
• Contribution of contextual factors on the deployment of competencies in clinical practice
• Improving Stroke Rehabilitation Services Through Evidence-based Practice and Knowledge Translation

Selected publications

Co-author of the book Stroke phenomenology: Why a stroke on that day and under these circumstances? (Rochette, A., & Gaulin, P., 2017, Agio Publishing House, 116 pages) (see also their video at Salon du livre de Montréal 2017).

• Vermeulen, P., Dyer, J., Hallé, M., Gingras, M., Mingant, A., Parisien, M., & Rochette, A. (2025). Influence of a Disrupted Practice Context on Occupational Therapists’ Clinical Reasoning: A Qualitative Study. The Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 13(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.2323
• Vermeulen, P., Lavoie, P., Moreau, E., Rochette, A. Intuition in Occupational Therapy Clinical Reasoning: A Scoping Review. (2024). Occupational Therapy Journal of Research https://doi.org/10.1177/15394492241300604
• Rochette, A., Vermeulen, P., Dyer, JO., Hallé, MC., Gingras, M., Mingant, A., Parisien, M. & Thomas A. (2024). Deployment of professional expertise during a period of disruption: A phenomenological study of rehabilitation clinicians. Journal of Evaluation and Clinical Practice. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jep.14150
• Rochette A. Thomas A. Salbach NM. Vachon B. Menon A. Poissant L. Boutin M. Grad R. & Pluye P. (2023). Expected health benefits as the ultimate outcome of information from Stroke Engine, a knowledge translation stroke rehabilitation website: A web-based survey. JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies 10:e44715; doi:10.2196/44715. https://rehab.jmir.org/2023/1/e44715
• Rochette A. Brousseau M. Vachon B. Engels C. Amari F. & Thomas A. (2020). What occupational therapists’ say about their competencies’ enactment, maintenance and development in practice? A two-phase mixed methods study. BMC in Medical Education.20 (191). 1-14. DOI : 10.1186/s12909-020-02087-4. https://rdcu.be/b4Wmj (open access)

Research interests

• Social participation
• Stroke
• Relatives
• Pedagogy and knowledge mobilization
• Competencies development