Susanne Mak

SUSANNE MAK, MSc, OT(c), erg., is an Occupational Therapist, an Assistant Professor (professional), Associate Director of the Occupational Therapy program (School of Physical and Occupational Therapy), and an Associate Member of the Institute of Health Sciences Education. She earned both her BSc. Occupational Therapy and MSc. in Rehabilitation Sciences from McGill. She is currently a PhD candidate in Rehabilitation Sciences (McGill) investigating the phenomena of attrition and retention in the rehabilitation professions. She is the faculty lead for the Occupational Therapy mentoring program and Chair of the Occupational Therapy Promotions and Review Committee. Ms. Mak was named to the Faculty Honour List for Educational Excellence (Faculty of Medicine) in 2013 and is the 2016-2017 recipient of the Jonathan Campbell Meakins and Family Memorial Fellowship. She currently holds a doctoral scholarship from the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Société et Culture for her doctoral studies.

Current research interests: attrition and retention; professional identity formation; mentorship; and fieldwork education.

Email: Susanne.mak [at] mcgill.ca
Tel: 514-398-2772