Profile
Joyce Tryssenaar is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science and Co-ordinator of the MSc (Rehabilitation Science) course-based online option. She is also the Occupational Therapy Coordinator for the Northern Studies Stream. Her field of research includes curriculum development and evaluation, tutor training in PBL programs, aging with serious mental illness and qualitative research methods. She has many years of clinical experience in all areas of mental health and mental illness practice including crisis intervention, in and outpatient settings, and case management. Her teaching area in the professional Masters (OT) program focuses on disability, development, and occupation with regard to individuals with mental illness, adult education, stigma, and grief and loss. In the online program her teaching responsibilities include clinical reasoning and decision-making, and facilitating learning in the rehabilitation context. She also has a small private practice working in the auto insurance sector.
Fun Fact
I live in Thunder Bay , Ont. – the center of Canada where the air is clean, unspoiled nature is 5 minutes away, and there are no traffic jams.
Taking Graduate Students
I will take MSc (thesis option) graduate students whose research interests are in mental health/mental illness or adult education.
Courses Taught
McMaster University , Hamilton , Ontario
Graduate
2009
Co-ordinator, M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Sciences) Online Option
RS710 Facilitating Learning in the Rehabilitation Context
RS730 Scholarly Paper Advisor
Co-ordinator, M.Sc. (O.T.) Program. Northern Studies Stream
OT 637 Inquiry and Integration (NSS)
OT 638 PREP (NSS)
2008
Co-ordinator, M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Sciences) Online Option
RS710 Facilitating Learning in the Rehabilitation Context
RS704 Independent Study in Rehabilitation Science (x2)
RS770 Leadership in Rehabilitation (course development)
2007
Co-ordinator, M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Sciences) Online Option
RS708 Reasoning and Decision Making
S710 Facilitating Learning in the Rehabilitation Context
RS704 Independent Study in Rehabilitation Science (x2)
Co-ordinator, M.Sc. (O.T.) Program
OT 637 Inquiry and Integration (NSS)
Faculty mentor
Recent Research
2008
Funding Agency: Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing
Amount: $20, 000.00
Project Title: An Evaluation of the Implementation of Online Interprofessional Courses as a Component of the MN/NP Program
Funding Period: November 1, 2008 – November 1, 2010
Investigators: Boblin, S ., Staples, E., Black, M., Patterson, C., Tryssenaar, J. |