2024 Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture

Katrina is a recognised leader of research within and beyond the profession with an outstanding portfolio.

Notably, she played a pivotal role in developing the first research priorities setting exercise in 2007. As the Chair of the Research and Development Board for the College of Occupational Therapists she established the RCOT Research Foundation. Katrina considers this achievement as one of her proudest, underlining her significant role in growing and evolving the profession in the UK.

Katrina's career in numbers

Katrina completed her PhD 19 years ago and has consistently published research with the quantity of her publications increasing as her role has become more senior. This has created a highly cited portfolio.

15

She has an H index of 15 (indicating that at least 15 of her research papers have been cited by other researchers a minimum of 15 times each).

52

This is the number of Katrina's peer-reviewed papers in journals from 1997–2022. This includes one of the first systematic reviews published within occupational therapy.

135

Katrina has given 135 conference presentations, highlighting her role in sharing research, actively participating in discussions and driving forward the profession’s evidence base and research efforts.

639,250

Katrina has been awarded a total of £639,250 in research grants spanning topic areas including anxiety in Parkinson’s, homelessness and children and young people’s mental health. She has an accomplished record of research collaborations and outcomes. 

Applying her research expertise

Katrina has applied her research expertise to the advancement of education in occupational therapy, both at pre-registration and post-registration level – with a significant contribution to doctoral-level education – as a director of studies and an external examiner.

She has been at the forefront of integrating research into curriculum design through programme re-approval events and the development of the highly cited Model of professional thinking (Bannigan and Moore, 2009). Katrina has been invited to contribute to book chapters and editorial teams of influential textbooks such as Creek’s Occupational Therapy in Mental Health (2014). This reflects the profession’s high regard of her.

Katrina has also created an online forum to nurture scholarly writing (@otwg_gcu) as a central part of occupation therapy practice open to all levels and stages within the profession. She has been instrumental in advancing partnerships with local NHS Board areas too.

The lecture is a memorial to Elizabeth Casson (1881–1954) in honour of her contributions to the profession of occupational therapy. The first woman to be awarded the degree of Doctor of Medicine from the University of Bristol in 1929, Elizabeth Casson specialised in psychiatry and introduced occupational therapy to England, setting up the first school of occupational therapy, Dorset House, in Bristol.

We award the lectureship to an RCOT member whose peers consider them to have made and be making a significant contribution to the profession’s development.

It is open to members and non-members and encourage you to invite friends and those interested in occupational therapy.

See our previous Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecture speakers.

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She was nominated by Janice McClymont – with over 26 years of expertise, Katrina is an internationally renowned occupational therapist researcher and educator. Her impactful leadership has greatly fuelled the growth of evidence-based practice in occupational therapy. Throughout her career, Katrina has actively harnessed her expertise, passion, creativity and innovation to develop a culture of scholarly activity within occupational therapy.

While nominating Katrina, Janice McClymont emphasised that 'her expertise not only inspires students and colleagues but also the entire OT community to adopt evidence-based practices by merging research, practice and education for meaningful impact.'

Good news for RCOT members

If you’re an RCOT member attending live – and you signed up using the same email address as for your RCOT membership – you’ll see a CPD diary entry in your CPD portfolio shortly after the lecture has finished.

You’ll be able to complete the diary entry by adding your personal learning and reflections from this lecture whenever suits you best.

If you didn't attend live – within your CPD portfolio you can add a reflection to capture the insights gained from Professor Katrina Bannigan’s lecture. Just choose your preferred reflective model within the reflection section, and the text fields will auto populate ready for you to complete.

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Log into your CPD portfolio (a member benefit) to view and complete your automated CPD diary entry, or to add a reflection after watching the lecture back.

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Any questions about the CPD portfolio?

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The lecture is being streamed via – https://rcotcassonlecture2024.streameventlive.com/ 

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You can also submit questions to our Elizabeth Casson Memorial Lecturer, Professor Katrina Bannigan, during the live event.

She will answer as many as she can after the lecture. The option to submit questions will be available once the event is officially live.

You can use your mobile phone, computer or laptop to view the lecture and can use multiple devices to watch the stream.

The event will take place from 6:30pm on Wednesday 24 April 2024.

The event will last approximately 90 minutes. This includes introductions and closing.

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