Ben Sellar

Teaching Strengths

Primary Health Care
Critical Theory
Occupational Science

Dr Ben Sellar

Program Director: Occupational Therapy

UniSA Allied Hlth & Human Perf

Teaching Enterprise

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Available For Media Comment.

Do you remember when people used to take photos of their dinner, get them developed and then mail them to all their friends for comment? Neither do I.
My research focuses on how digital technologies shape what people do from a primary health care perspective. Right now I use a combination of theoretical and sociological methods to understand how children’s play is changing amidst new technologies and the associated concerns of parents, health services and policy makers.
I teach into the primary health care and occupational science streams of the Occupational Therapy Program.

Reengagingyouth in learning and work through filmmaking:A collaborative investigation

This project will investigate the impact of an innovative transdisciplinary approach for reconnecting disadvantaged youth with learning and work.It will generate evidence about the potential of participation in the creative industries, given that disengaged young people have indicated adesire for increased arts and cultural experiences (Playford Youth Engagement Report, 2016).

Representations of Resilience: A comparative analysis of child development and sustainable development policy

This collaboration with InterPART we are examining the way resilience is represdented in policies that focus on sustainability in future generations acrosss ectors. Our aim is to support future policy and practice with more coherent and mutually complementary approaches.

Mapping the Undergraduate Occupational Therapy Program Against the Australian Minimum Comptency Standards.

As part of ongoing quality improvement in the Occupational Therapy program, this project is examining the extent to which the undergrdaute course objectives support students to meet the minimum competency standards for new graduates by completion of their studies.

Year Citation
2025 Tepper, D., Sellar, B., Shipley, S., Smith, R., & Murray, C. M. (2025). A scoping review of programmes that address the daily living functioning of people diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, online, 1-18.
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2022 Janssen, H., Bird, M. L., Luker, J., Sellar, B., Berndt, A., Ashby, S., . . . Spratt, N. J. (2022). Impairments, and physical design and culture of a rehabilitation unit influence stroke survivor activity: qualitative analysis of rehabilitation staff perceptions. Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(26), 8436-8441.
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2021 Halls, D., Murray, C., & Sellar, B. (2021). Why allied health professionals use evidence-based clinical guidelines in stroke rehabilitation: a systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative studies. Clinical Rehabilitation, 35(11), 1611-1626.
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2018 Sellar, B., Murray, C. M., Stanley, M., Stewart, H., Hipp, H., & Gilbert Hunt, S. (2018). Mapping an Australian Occupational Therapy curriculum: Linking intended learning outcomes with entry-level competency standards. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 65(1), 35-44.
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2016 Jenkin, K., Sellar, B., Stanley, M., & Thomas, K. (2016). How sustainable development is understood in World Federation of Occupational Therapy policy. British journal of occupational therapy, 79(8), 505-513.
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2016 Sellar, B., & Whiteford, G. (2016). Occupational rights and theoretical wrongs: a critical analysis. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 60(supplement s1), 56.
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2009 Sellar, B. (2009). Assemblage theory, occupational science, and the complexity of human agency. Journal of occupational science, 67(2), 16-74.
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2006 Sellar, B. N., & Boshoff, J. (2006). Leisure Experiences of Older Australians: Implications for Creating Leisure Consciousness. Australian occupational therapy journal, 53(3), 211-219.
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  • Various Scholarship, Various, 01/01/2025 - 31/12/2026

Courses I teach

  • REHB 3064 Primary Health Care Approaches in Occupational Therapy (2025)
  • REHB 4046 Contemporary Practice and Professional Development 400 (2025)
  • REHB 4047 Contemporary Practice and Professional Development 401 (2025)
  • REHB 6015 Participatory Community Practice GE: Implementation (2025)
  • REHB 3043 Participatory Community Practice: Planning (2024)
  • REHB 4028 Occupational Therapy Field Placement 401 (2024)
  • REHB 4045 Participatory Community Practice: Implementation (2024)
  • REHB 4046 Contemporary Practice and Professional Development 400 (2024)
  • REHB 4047 Contemporary Practice and Professional Development 401 (2024)
  • REHB 5108 Evidence Based Practice Skills (2024)
  • REHB 6014 Participatory Community Practice GE: Planning (2024)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Principal Supervisor - Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Sumana Maney
2023 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dillon Tepper
2023 Co-Supervisor - - Master Full Time Ms Deborah Jayne Phipps
2017 Co-Supervisor - Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Tim Coventry

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