Rosemary Gospel | UniSC | University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia

Rosie Gospel is an Associate Lecturer in Occupational Therapy.

Rosie started her career as an Associate Lecturer at James Cook University from 2000-2002 and went on to become an experienced clinical occupational therapist working in forensic mental health, an acquired brain injury unit and several large teaching hospitals in South Australia, Queensland, the Northern Territory and the United Kingdom. These roles encompassed a variety of caseloads including adult and paediatric burns, orthopaedics, general medicine, respiratory wards, ICU and emergency departments. For the last fifteen years, she consolidated skills in hand therapy and became an accredited hand therapist as awarded by the Australian Hand Therapy Association. Rosie’s special interest areas include: hand therapy, scar management, and persistent pain (particularly Complex Regional Pain Syndrome/CRPS).

Rosie has always had a strong interest in teaching and learning and gives regular presentations in Australia and internationally on her clinical work with CRPS. Areas of particular interest include polyvagal theory, the impact of a dysregulated autonomic nervous system and methods for rehabilitating this, as well as disembodiment and methods for bodily relearning.