Dr. Marjorie Bonello is a Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Occupational Therapy within the Faculty of Health Sciences. She is a registered Occupational Therapist and obtained her M.Sc. in Occupational Therapy specialising in Education in Practice, from the University of East London in 1996. In 2016, she was awarded a PhD from the University of Brighton with a thesis titled 'Conceptualising the Development and Delivery of Interprofessional Health Care Education in Malta.'
Dr. Bonello is involved in lecturing, supervising, and examining at undergraduate and postgraduate levels both within and outside her department. She also collaborates on various research initiatives and international projects.
Her interests focus on lifestyle medicine and wellbeing, occupational science, interprofessional education, practice education and qualitative methodologies. She is also interested in the potential impact of national culture on innovation in health professional education, especially in European small states and other nations.
Prior to academia, Dr. Bonello worked as an occupational therapist in various settings, with a focus on hand therapy. She also worked in health policy within the Ministry of Health (1998-2010) and collaborated on various initiatives such as service audits, operational reviews, coordination of national policies, EU programme management, gender mainstreaming in health and dementia services development in Malta. During the tenure of this role, Dr. Bonello sat on several national boards and committees and represented Malta at a number of international symposia.
Interprofessional education theory, policy and practice
Promoting quality in practice education
Lifestyle Medicine
Occupational Science
Qualitative methodologies
Small state health research
Impact of national culture on innovation in health professional education
OCT4026 - Framing Practice through an Occupation-based Perspective
Affiliations: State Registered Occupational Therapist with Council for Professions Complementary to Medicine (CPCM) Member on the Board of the Faculty of Health Sciences Member of the Malta Association of Public Health Medicine Chair on the Board of Studies and Board of Examiners (O.T. Department) Dean's delegate on the Occupational Health Committee
Peer reviewed articles for publishing in: British Medical Journal Open (BMJ Open) Journal of Interprofessional Care International Journal of Practice-Based Learning in Health and Social Care
