Assistant Head of Department

Susanne Grødem Johnson

Department of health and functioning
Susanne Grødem Johnson
Tel: +47 55 58 71 14
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Bergen
KRONSTAD G416
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Field of work

I am interested in how students learn and how they develop their professional competence. I have a particular focus on clinical reasoning among students and occupational therapists, and on the processes that help students become confident and skilled practitioners. To support high-quality, up-to-date occupational therapy practice, I have researched evidence-based practice. In my doctoral work, I investigated how a mobile app, EBPsteps, can be used as a learning tool to promote students’ ability to work in an evidence-based manner. I work as a manager, lecturer, and researcher in the Bachelor's programme in Occupational Therapy at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences (HVL).

 

Courses taught 

  • Bachelor's in Occupational Therapy

Research areas 

  • Pedagogy and learning
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Usability of mobile apps
  • Learning among occupational therapy students and other health and social care students

 

 

Courses taught
  • ERG100, Activity as a Human Need , Fall 2025
  • ERG130, Occupational Science, Spring 2026
  • ERG140, The Importance of Environmental Factors for Activity and Participation , Spring 2026
  • ERG201, Rehabilitation and Interventions for Activity Challenges, Fall 2025
  • ERG220, Enabling Occupation, Spring 2026
  • ERG300, Development of Knowledge in Occupational Therapy , Fall 2025, subject responsible
  • ERG300, Development of Knowledge in Occupational Therapy , Spring 2026
  • ERG390, Bachelor's Thesis , Spring 2026
  • ERGP3, Independent Professional Practice under Supervision - Clinical placement , Fall 2025, subject responsible
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