Dr. Kessler is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen\u2019s University, Canada. She trained as an occupational therapist at the University of Manitoba and received her MSc. at Dalhousie University. She completed her PhD at the University of Ottawa. During her Doctoral studies, Dr. Kessler was the recipient of the CIHR Vanier Canada Scholarship. Dr. Kessler did postdoctoral fellowships in Primary Care at the Bruy\u00e8re Research Institute and at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. Dr Kessler is a recognized trainer for Occupational Performance Coaching which is a key focus of her research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr. Kessler\u2019s research focusses on understanding the experiences of people living with chronic health conditions, as well as developing and testing of interventions and models of care to improve community reintegration and participation in personally valued activities among people with chronic health conditions such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson\u2019s\u2019 disease. Her research is centered on interventions and approaches that engage and empower the person to manage their care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
La Dre Kessler est professeure associ\u00e9e \u00e0 l’\u00e9cole de th\u00e9rapie de r\u00e9adaptation de l’universit\u00e9 Queen’s, au Canada. Elle a suivi une formation d’ergoth\u00e9rapeute \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 du Manitoba et a obtenu sa ma\u00eetrise \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 Dalhousie. Elle a obtenu son doctorat \u00e0 l’Universit\u00e9 d’Ottawa. Au cours de ses \u00e9tudes doctorales, la Dre Kessler a re\u00e7u la bourse Vanier Canada des IRSC. La Dre Kessler a effectu\u00e9 des stages postdoctoraux en soins primaires \u00e0 l’Institut de recherche Bruy\u00e8re et au Centre Baycrest pour les soins g\u00e9riatriques. La Dre Kessler est une formatrice reconnue dans le domaine de l’accompagnement de la performance au travail, qui est l’un des principaux axes de sa recherche.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Les recherches du Dr Kessler se concentrent sur la compr\u00e9hension des exp\u00e9riences des personnes vivant avec des maladies chroniques, ainsi que sur le d\u00e9veloppement et la mise \u00e0 l’essai d’interventions et de mod\u00e8les de soins visant \u00e0 am\u00e9liorer la r\u00e9int\u00e9gration dans la communaut\u00e9 et la participation \u00e0 des activit\u00e9s valoris\u00e9es par les personnes souffrant de maladies chroniques telles que les accidents vasculaires c\u00e9r\u00e9braux, la scl\u00e9rose en plaques et la maladie de Parkinson. Sa recherche est centr\u00e9e sur les interventions et les approches qui engagent et responsabilisent la personne dans la gestion de ses soins.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"template":"","class_list":["post-55348","profile","type-profile","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t