{"id":15730,"date":"2019-02-26T14:55:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T13:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/readaptation.umontreal.ca\/?page_id=15730"},"modified":"2025-06-12T16:05:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:05:18","slug":"paula-rushton-ph-d","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/readaptation.umontreal.ca\/en\/research\/researchers\/paula-rushton-ph-d\/","title":{"rendered":"Paula Rushton, Ph.D."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"one-third first \">\n<span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">_<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readaptation.umontreal.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/11\/PaulaRushton_2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-13930\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-third  \">\n<h3>Associate Professor<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Contact details (Research)<br \/>\n<\/strong>CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center<br \/>\nMarie-Enfant Rehabilitation Center<br \/>\n5200, rue B\u00e9langer<br \/>\nMontreal (Quebec) H1T 1C9<br \/>\nOffice : G.1.033<br \/>\n<strong>T<\/strong> 514 374-1710, ext. 8003<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact details (School of Rehabilitation)<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:paula.rushton@umontreal.ca\"><u>paula.rushton@umontreal.ca<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Program<br \/>\n<\/strong>Occupational Therapy<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Education<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>B.Sc. Biology et Psychology, Mount Allison University (1993)<\/li>\n<li>M.Cl.Sc.(OT) Occupational Therapy, University of Western Ontario (1999)<\/li>\n<li>Ph.D. Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia (2010)<\/li>\n<li>Post-doctorate, Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Montr\u00e9al (2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Current research projects<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Integration of wheelchair service delivery process education in university rehabilitation programs <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>Development of a toolkit for educators of the wheelchair service provision process in rehabilitation university programs. <a href=\"http:\/\/smart.wheelchairnetwork.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/smart.wheelchairnetwork.org\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Reducing the gap between evidence and practice in wheelchair skills testing and training: Development of a knowledge translation intervention for the rehabilitation context<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Selected publications<em><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1017\/S1041610214001902\"><\/a><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> <\/span><strong>Rushton, P. W.<\/strong>, &amp; Daoust, G. (2018). Wheelchair skills training for occupational therapy students: comparison of university-course versus &#8220;boot-camp&#8221; approaches. <em>Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology<\/em>, 1-7. doi:10.1080\/17483107.2018.1486468 <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> <\/span>Lam, J. F., Gosselin, L., &amp; <strong>Rushton, P. W.<\/strong> (2018). Use of Virtual Technology as an Intervention for Wheelchair Skills Training: A Systematic Review. <em>Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 99<\/em>(11), 2313-2341. doi:10.1016\/j.apmr.2018.02.007 <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> <\/span>Pituch, E., <strong>Rushton, P. W.<\/strong>, Ngo, M., Heales, J., &amp; Poulin Arguin, A. (2018). Powerful or Powerless? Children&#8217;s, Parents&#8217;, and Occupational Therapists&#8217; Perceptions of Powered Mobility. <em>Physical &amp; Occupational Therapy Pediatrics<\/em>, 1-16. doi:10.1080\/01942638.2018.1496964 <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> <\/span><strong>Rushton, P. W.<\/strong>, Smith, E. M., Miller, W. C., Kirby, R. L., &amp; Daoust, G. (2018). Reliability and responsiveness of the Self-Efficacy in Assessing, Training and Spotting wheelchair skills (SEATS) outcome measure. <em>Disability and Rehabilitation Assistive Technology<\/em>, 1-5. doi:10.1080\/17483107.2018.1428370<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>Rushton, P. W.<\/strong>, Labbe, D., Demers, L., Miller, W. C., Mortenson, W. B., &amp; Kirby, R. L. (2017). Understanding the Burden Experienced by Caregivers of Older Adults Who Use a Powered Wheelchair: A Cross-Sectional Study. <em>Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, 3<\/em>, 1- doi:10.1177\/2333721417703736<\/li>\n<li>Fung, K. H., <strong>Rushton, P. W.<\/strong>, Gartz, R., Goldberg, M., Toro, M. L., Seymour, N., &amp; Pearlman, J. (2017). Wheelchair service provision education in academia.\u00a0<em>African Journal of Disability<\/em>,\u00a0<em>6<\/em>, 340. doi:10.4102\/ajod.v6i0.340<a href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.4102\/ajod.v6i0.340\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<h2>Research interests<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Wheelchair skills testing and training<\/li>\n<li>Wheelchair confidence testing and training<\/li>\n<li>The development of technologies for wheelchair skills training<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge translation of the <em>Wheelchair Skills Program<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Training of rehabilitation professionals in the wheelchair service provision process<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education B.Sc. 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