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Mong-Lin Yu is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Monash University's School of Primary and Allied Health Care, within the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. She serves as the Academic Fieldwork Coordinator for the Peninsula Campus, focusing on enhancing fieldwork resources and educational quality for the Monash Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (Honours) course. Her career spans over 18 years as a practicing occupational therapist with clinical expertise in paediatric settings across Taiwan and Australia.
Education qualifications include a Bachelor of Science in Occupational Therapy from Kaohsiung Medical University (2001), Master of Occupational Therapy and PhD from the University of Queensland (2003 and 2009 respectively), followed by a Graduate Certificate in Health Professional Education from Monash University (2012). These qualifications align with her dual focus on clinical practice and academic development.
Her research interests concentrate on children's time use and activity participation, paediatric occupational therapy interventions, and evidence-based practice education. She investigates parenting practices' impact on child development, interdisciplinary teaching strategies for health professions, and international student integration in clinical education. Notable areas include interoception's role in child emotional regulation, screen time effects on play engagement, and sensory processing assessment methodologies.
Mong-Lin has received multiple awards including the SPHC Innovation Teaching Excellence Award (2015) and International Teaching Excellence Award (2016). Her work supports the UN Sustainable Development Goals related to quality education and good health. Recent research explores pandemic-era educational adaptations and cross-cultural validation of assessment tools.
She coordinates key units in Monash's occupational therapy program, including fieldwork and clinical practice units. Her supervision includes non-HDR students since 2010, with notable outcomes like HD and D grade awards. Active research grants include Monash's Better Teaching scheme and Gender Equity initiatives.
Collaborative projects include investigations into professionalism and resilience among health students, and workforce capacity building in disability accommodations. She contributes to interdisciplinary research teams involving occupational therapy, social work, and pharmacy disciplines.
