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Personal profile
Biography
Mong-Lin works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences at Monash University as an Lecturer. She is also the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator of the Monash Department of Occupational Therapy at its Peninsula Campus overseeing consistency and resource, and coordinates fieldwork education of the Monash Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) course.
Mong-Lin has worked as an occupational therapist for over 18 years. She completed a Bachelor of Science in occupational therapy in 2001 from Kaohsiung Medical university, Taiwan. She then went on to complete a Master of Occupational Therapy in 2003 from The University of Queensland, Australia. In 2009, she completed a PhD in occupational therapy at the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. Following this, she completed a graduate certificate in Health professional Education in 2012 at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. Mong-Lin also had clinical experiences both in Taiwan and Australian as a paediatric occupational therapist in inpatient, community and school settings.
In 2010, Mong-Lin took up an academic position in the Department of Occupational Therapy, Monash University - Peninsula Campus. She was second Academic Fieldwork Coordinator hired to further develop fieldwork for the undergraduate course.
In 2015, Mong-Lin was awarded Monash University School of Primary Health Care (SPHC)Education Committee Innovation Teaching Excellence Award based on her “achievements in innovation and excellence for developing and delivering innovative models of fieldwork learning” to occupational therapy education. In the following year, 2016, she was again awarded Monash University SPHC Education Committee International Teaching Excellence Award for her teaching excellence in “orienting and providing academic and fieldwork teaching and learning support to occupational therapy International students”.
Monash teaching commitment
Mong-Lin currently coordinates, tutors and/or lectures into the following undergraduate units offered in the Monash Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) course during Semester One and Two each academic year:
OCC2013 Introduction to Occupational Therapy Professional Practice (6 CPs), Semester one
OCC2020 Enabling Occupation: Performance challenges 1A (12 CPs), Semester two
OCC3000 Enabling Occupation: Fieldwork Experience 1B (0 CP, Fieldwork unit), Semester one
OCC4081 Transition to Practice 1 (6 CPs), Semester one
OCC4082 Advanced Professional Practice (12 CPs, Fieldwork unit), Semester two
Mong-Lin also continuously involves in research honours student supervision linked to OCC3072 (12 CP) and OCC4091(12 CP) the occupational therapy honours research project units.
Research interests
Mong-Lin has a number of research interests including:
- Children's time use and activity participation
- Children's behavioural and psychosocial wellbeing,
- Parenting practice and parental influences on child development
- Paediatric occupational therapy with children and families
- Evidence-based occupational therapy professional practice education
- International education in health professional education
Supervision interests
Since 2010, Mong-Lin has supervised a number of undergraduate honours students within Monash University. Below is a list of the students that Mong-Lin is currently supervising and those who have successfully completed:
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Type of Student |
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Year of enrolment |
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Role |
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Outcome
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Jacquelyn Sanders
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2019-2020 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Wang Ying (Winnie) Hui
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2019-2020 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Madeline George
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2019-2020 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Eliza Jobling
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2016-2017 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Honours completed (D graded awarded)
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Flora Wu
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2016-2017 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Honours completed (HD graded awarded)
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Sze Tim Yu
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2015-2016 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Honours completed (HD graded awarded)
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Wai Chu Lau |
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Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours), Monash University
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2015-2016 |
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Co-supervisor |
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Honours completed (D graded awarded)
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Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
Health Professional Education, Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education (GrdCertHlthPrfEd), Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria
2010 → 2012
Occupational Therapy, Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD), Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2005 → 2009
Occupational Therapy, Master of Occupational Therapy (MOT),Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
2002 → 2003
Occupational Therapy, Bachelor of Science in occupational therapy (BScOT), Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health Science, Faculty of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, R.O.C.
1997 → 2001
Research area keywords
- Occupational Therapy
- Children
- Rehabilitation
- Children and Families
- Time Use
- Activity Participation
- Children's Health and Wellbeing
- Parents
- Practice Education / Fieldwork Education
- International Students
- International Education
Network
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Professionalism, reflective-thinking and resilience links with occupational therapy, social work, pharmacy and education students’ fieldwork-performance success?: Informing curriculum and work-readiness
Brown, T., O'Donovan, R., Oliaro, L., Grieve, A., Malone, D., Furletti, S., Bevilacqua, M., Hewitt, A., Yu, M., Ross, B. & Cousland, R.
Monash University – Internal Faculty Contribution
1/04/19 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Building direct support and health professional workforce capacity: Embedded and digital workforce training in Specialist Disability Accommodation
Callaway, E., Farnworth, L., Morgan, P., Pope, K., Francis-Cracknell, A., Yu, M., Sloan, S., Mackey, J., Gee, E., Gallo, J., Turner, L. & Tregloan, K.
1/08/17 → 31/07/18
Project: Research
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The relationship between resilience, reflective thinking and professionalism in Australian undergraduate occupational therapy students
George, M., Brown, T. & Yu, M. L., 3 Apr 2022, In: Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 29, 3, p. 229-241 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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‘It became quite a complex dynamic’: The experiences of occupational therapy practice educators' move to digital platforms during the COVID-19 pandemic
Peart, A., Wells, N., Yu, M-L. & Brown, T., Feb 2022, In: Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 69, 1, p. 38-49 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access -
Baccalaureate occupational therapy students' development of social and emotional competencies
Yu, M. L., Brown, T., Hewitt, A., Cousland, R., Licciardi, L. & Lyons, C., Oct 2021, In: Nurse Education Today. 105, 6 p., 105032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Being more than a mother: A qualitative study of Asian immigrant mothers in Australia who have children with disabilities
Sim, S. S., Bourke-Taylor, H., Fossey, E. & Yu, M., Oct 2021, In: Research in Developmental Disabilities. 117, 13 p., 104060.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
Listening and interpersonal communication skills as predictors of resilience in occupational therapy students: A cross-sectional study
Brown, T., Yu, M. L. & Etherington, J., Jan 2021, In: British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 84, 1, p. 42-43 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
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Academy Better Teaching, Better Learning Small Grants Scheme (Round 2), Monash University
Yu, Mong-Lin (Recipient), Brown, Ted (Recipient), Hewitt, A. (Recipient), Cousland, Robert (Recipient) & Lyons, C. (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Other distinction
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Awarded Faculty of Medicine, Nursing, and Health Science Gender Equity Support Grant
Yu, Mong-Lin (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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Awarded Monash University Outside Study Program
Yu, Mong-Lin (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Other distinction
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Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Travel Grant
Yu, Mong-Lin (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Formative Research Project Grant
Yu, Mong-Lin (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Monash University Online Hong Kong Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Educator Workshop
Mong-Lin Yu (Organiser)
22 May 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Occupational Therapy Australia National Conference and Exhibition 2019
Pui Pui Phoebe Cheung (Speaker), Ted Brown (Speaker), Mong-Lin Yu (Speaker) & Andrew M. H. Siu (Speaker)
10 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Monash University Online occupational Therapy Fieldwork Educator Workshops (10 workshops in 2019)
Mong-Lin Yu (Organiser)
27 Feb 2019 → 4 Sep 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Occupational Therapy Australia National Conference and Exhibition 2019
Mong-Lin Yu (Speaker) & Ted Brown (Speaker)
10 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
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Occupational Therapy Australia National Conference and Exhibition 2019
Mong-Lin Yu (Speaker) & Ted Brown (Speaker)
10 Jul 2019 → 12 Jul 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference