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TALKING RESEARCH – Susanne Yee Lin Mak | January 26, 2022

When: 26 January 2022 12:15 to 26 January 2022 01:00

Where: Lien Zoom : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88681227092

Reflections on attrition and retention in rehabilitation professions

Conference presented by the Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital of the CISSS de Laval 

Susanne Yee Lin Mak, MSc, OT(c), erg, PhD candidate

Susanne’s project is supervised by Aliki Thomas and Matthew Hunt, CRIR researchers at McGill University 

Susanne Yee Lin Mak, MSc, OT(c), erg., is an Occupational Therapist, an Assistant Professor (professional), Associate Director of the Occupational Therapy program (School of Physical and Occupational Therapy), and an Associate Member of the Institute of Health Sciences Education. She earned both her BSc. Occupational Therapy and MSc. in Rehabilitation Sciences from McGill. She is currently a PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences (McGill) investigating the phenomena of attrition and retention in the rehabilitation professions.

Description: Attrition is an issue among rehabilitation professionals worldwide. Approximately 10-15% of Canadian rehabilitation professionals (OTs, PTs, S-LPs) leave their profession within two years of graduation. This permanent loss of rehabilitation professionals from the workforce poses a serious challenge for a health care system’s capacity to provide quality rehabilitation services to those who need it. Based on findings from a recent scoping review, we will discuss the reasons for why rehabilitation professionals decide to stay in, or leave their profession, and possible strategies to support their retention.

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