Wendy Burrows
Lecturer/Kaiwhakaako
Occupational Therapy
BIO
Wendy is a kaiwhakaako (lecturer) in the School of Occupational Science and Therapy Department. Wendy has held this 0.6 position since February 2021 and prior to this worked at AUT as a guest kaiwhakaako and clinical educator for five years. Wendy has taught on many of the occupational therapy courses and currently is the Course Leader for the Creating an Enabling Environments Course (OCTY604) and Co-Course Leader for
Preparation for Occupational Therapy Practice (OCTY703).
Wendy has extensive clinical experience as a kiawhakaora ngangahau (occupational therapist) and supervisor of both kiawhakaora ngangahau students and therapists and her research interests evolved from these clinical and educator roles.
Wendy completed her PhD in 2025, undertaking a qualitative interpretive description study exploring occupational therapists’ experiences of using the Perceive, Recall, Plan and Perform Assessment (PRPP-A) in practice. Her research examined the cultural applicability of the PRPP-A within Aotearoa New Zealand, as well as knowledge translation and the influence of the assessment on occupational therapists’ clinical reasoning and practice decision-making.
Findings from her doctoral research have been disseminated at national and international conferences, including the World Federation of Occupational Therapists (WFOT) Congress in February 2026. One peer-reviewed article from the doctoral study has been published, with an additional manuscript currently in preparation.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Lecturer/KaiwhakaakoAuckland University of Technology, Occupational Science and Therapy Department, Auckland, New Zealand22 Feb 2021
DEGREES
- Post Graduate Diploma in Health Science and Occupational PracticeAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand7 Aug 2014
- Diploma of the College of Occupational TherapySt Andrew's School of Occupatioanl Therapy, Northampton, United Kingdom
- PhDAuckland University of Technology, Auckland, New Zealand
FACULTY
- Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences
AVAILABILITY
- Teaching provision
- Membership of an advisory committee
- Collaborative projects