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).

• 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
• Iqbal, M, Z., Rochette, A., Mayo, N, E., Valois, M-F., Bussières, A, E., Ahmed, S., Debigaré, R., Letts, L, J., MacDermid, J, C., Ogourtsova, T., Polatajko, H, J., Rappolt, S., Salbach, N, M., and Thomas, A. (2023.). Exploring how evidence-based practice of occupational and physical therapists evolves: A longitudinal mixed methods national study. PLOS-One 18(3): e0283860. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283860
• Rochette A, Roberge-Dao J, Roche L Kehayia E, Ménard L, Robin JP, Sauvé M, Shikako-Thomas K, St-Onge M, Swaine B, Thomas A, Vallée-Dumas C & Fougeyrollas P. (2022). Advancing social inclusion of people with disabilities through awareness and training activities: a collaborative process between community partners and researchers. Patient Education and Counseling 10 (2), 416-425.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pec.2021.05.032
  (dépôt institutionnel: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/25582 )
• Rochette A, *Dugas A & *Morissette-Gravel AS. (2021). Inclusion of relatives in stroke rehabilitation: Perception of quality of services they received in the context of early supported discharged (ESD), in and out-patient services. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation. 28 (2), 142-152.https://doi.org/10.1080/10749357.2020.1790731. (dépôt institutionnel: http://hdl.handle.net/1866/24953)
• 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