Apeksha Gohil

Position: Lecturer
Discipline: Occupational Therapy
Location: Gippsland Campus, Room 5N 120
Phone: (03) 5122 6109
Email: a.gohil@federation.edu.au

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Occupational Therapy (Post-professional) – University of Illinois at Chicago
  • Graduate Certificate in Tertiary Education – Federation University, Australia
  • Certificate IV in Access Consulting – Access Institute, Australia
  • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy – Manipal University, India

Teaching

Course

  • Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours)

Units

  • NHPOT 1011: Introduction to Occupational and Occupational Therapy
  • NHPHS 1003: Lifespan Development for Health A
  • NHPOT 2014: Contextual Determinants of Occupation

Research areas

  • Universal Design and Accessibility
  • Built environment (Public spaces)
  • Assistive Technology
  • Home Modifications
  • Research

Professional associations

Member of:

  • Occupational Therapy Australia
  • Australian Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Association
  • Centre for Universal Design Australia
  • Registered Occupational Therapist - AHPRA

Adjunct Appointment:

Adjunct Lecturer, College of Healthcare Science- Occupational Therapy, James Cook University, Queensland

Website:

https://pomodars.com/ PoMoDARS: Powered Mobility Device Autonomy Residential Screen

Supervised projects

“University campus maps they’re not just for people with mobility impairments, they’re for everyone”: A mixed methods study. (Honours project)

A Mixed Methods Study of the Useability of Federation University Campus Maps: Views of Staff with Disabilities (Honours project)

A mixed method study investigating the usability of university campus maps for students with a disability. (Honours project)

Assessment of Powered Mobility Device use among Older Australians in Residential Aged Care Facilities (Master by Research)

Publications

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2639-8542

Book chapters

Mirza, M., Zakrajsek, A., & Gohil, A. R. (2018). Assessment of the environment of AT use: Accessibility, universal design, and sustainability. In S. Federichi, M.J. Scherer (Ed.) Assistive Technology Assessment Handbook, Second edition. CRC Press

Magasi, S., Gohil, A., Burghart, M., & Wallisch, A. (2017). Understanding measurement properties. In M. Law, C. Baum, W. Dunn (Ed.), Measuring occupational performance: Supporting best practice in occupational therapy, Third edition. New Jersey, SLACK Incorporated.

Refereed journal articles

Dickson, N., Gohil, A. Unsworth, C.A. (2023 accepted). Initial validation of the powered mobility device autonomy residential screen (PoMoDARS). Scandinavian Journal of Occupational Therapy, JIF=2.1, Q2.

Dickson, N., Unsworth, C.A., & Gohil, A. (2023). Powered Mobility Device use in Residential Aged Care: A Retrospective Audit of Incidents and Injuries.  BMG Geriatrics. 23:363 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-023-04073-z JIF= 4.471, Q1.

Unsworth, C. A., Baker, A., Brito, S., Das Neves, B., Dickson, N., Gohil, A., Kahandawa, G., Naweed, A., & Timmer, A. (2022). Views of American and Australian mobility device users and ambulant bus users regarding occupant restraint systems on public buses. Journal of Transport & Health, 25, 101380. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jth.2022.101380

Magasi, S., Harniss, M., & Gohil, A. (2015). Reasonable accommodations affect the validity of scores on the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery among people with neurological disabilities. Quality of Life Research, 24:9-9

Conference proceedings

Watchorn, V., Grant, C., Tucker, R., Hitch, D., Frawley, P., Ang, S., ... Gohil, A. (2018). Evaluating universal design in built environments - A scoping project. In G. Craddock, C. Doran, L. McNutt, & D. Rice (Eds.), Transforming our World Through Design, Diversity and Education - Proceedings of Universal Design and Higher Education in Transformation Congress 2018 (pp. 689-695). (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; Vol. 256). Amsterdam Netherlands: IOS Press.

Conference presentations

Validating a new powered mobility device screening tool for residential aged care” was presented at the OT AUS 2023 conference in Cairns on June 21, 2023

Development and Evaluation of Universal Design Consultation Guide for OTs, 3rd Australian Universal Design Conference (2018), Brisbane, Queensland. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27640.06407

Accessible Health Measurement: A Role for Occupational Therapy, USC OT summit, California, USA

Language Access in the Vocational Rehabilitation System in Illinois: A Capacity Building Effort, UIC Minority Health Conference, Chicago, IL, USA

Grants

2018-19

TAC - National and international perspectives to inform the TAC client housing strategy. Callaway, E., Tregloan, K., Bonyhady, B., Bowen, D., Gabbe, B., Braaf, S., Wiesel, I., Martel, A., Gohil, A., Lalor, A. & Moore, L.

Awards

2022 Award for Inclusion and Equity, Federation University, Australia