Rehabilitation and Educational Training

Dr. Michal Avrech Bar

Dr. Avrech Bar, PhD, is at the Department of Occupational Therapy at the School of Health Professions. She received her PhD from Tel Aviv University, followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. She joined the Occupational Science Europe (OSE)Research Committee as Israel's representative. The committee is responsible for developing the research agenda for Occupational Science Europe.

Occupational science

Dr. Avrech Bar’s primary area of research is occupational science, a scientific discipline that is defined as the systematic study of the human as an occupational being . It is the basic science that supports the practice of occupational therapy. As an occupational scientist she studies the relationship between engagement in occupations, health, and wellbeing . The goal of her research is to clarify the nature of these relationships and to provide empirical evidence to support them, especially among women in relation to their role as mothers . In her research she employs advanced qualitative and quantitative methods with healthy women, women in their role as caregivers to their children or spouse and women diagnosed with illness or having a disability.