Pam Wener, PhD, MEd, BMR (OT)

Pam Wener is a professor emerita in the College of Rehabilitation Sciences at the University of Manitoba. She is also the current director of the Applied Health Sciences PhD program, a collaboration between the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and the Faculty of Kinesiology & Recreation Management. Wener joined the faculty full-time in 1991.

Her research focuses on interprofessional collaboration in practice and education, client-centredness, and primary care. Wener has a particular interest in occupational therapy in mental health, group therapy, counselling skills, and the development of communication skills and interviewing in healthcare contexts. She is also active in interprofessional education for collaborative client-centred practice.

Wener has published more than 40 manuscripts in national and international journals and delivered over 100 presentations worldwide. She serves on the research grants review committee for the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation and is co-chair of the Canadian Interprofessional Health Collaborative’s Interprofessional Collaboration Competency Framework working group, which is reviewing and revising the competencies.

Throughout her career, Wener has been involved in many professional committees at both local and national levels, including with the Association of Canadian Occupational Therapy University Programs and the Canadian Occupational Therapy Foundation. She is also committed to community service and currently serves as vice-president and incoming president of Gaining Resources Our Way, a program that fosters community engagement for young adults with intellectual and social disabilities.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Manitoba
Thesis: Development of Relationships Among Health Professionals in Primary Mental Health Care Delivery