Banking on a review of Philippine occupational therapy studies conducted since the 2000s, Occupational Therapy academic researcher Assoc. Prof. Ivan Neil B. Gomez, PhD and co-authors Caroline Fischl and Michael P. Sy reviewed 鈥渃ommon areas, topics, and methodologies鈥� found in local occupational therapy research since the new millennium.
Using these as bases, the authors discussed the implications for using such in 鈥渁dvancing knowledge and practice of occupational therapy鈥� in the country. The authors also presented strategies that may be adopted to strengthen research efforts and establish a 鈥渃ontemporary, relevant, and critical research agenda.鈥�
A researcher of the Center for Health Research and Movement Science, Gomez specializes in occupational therapy, psychophysiology, and evidence-based practice. Among his recent publications are 鈥淥ccupational Balance and Quality of Life among Hospital-based Occupational Therapists during the COVID-19 Pandemic鈥� (with Christopher Jeffrey B. Streegan) and 鈥淩eflections on the role of occupational therapy programmes on mental health of stakeholders鈥� transition to e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.鈥� Gomez is also the editor-in-chief of the Philippine Journal of Allied Health Sciences (PJAHS).
The book chapter is part of the new Routledge book entitled “.” It was edited by Michael Sy, Roi Charles Pineda, and Caroline Fischl.
