Dr Charlotte Brooks BSc Occupational Therapy, PhD
Macmillan AHP cancer rehabilitation lead, Teaching Fellow
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Charlotte (Lotty) Brooks is an occupational therapy lecturer. Charlotte delivers a range of teaching sessions and leads modules on topics such as cancer, palliative care, health literacy, and research. Charlotte conducts research on topics such as cancer related fatigue, health literacy and self-management. Charlotte has primarily conducted qualitative research. Charlotte has been involved in developing digital interventions using research methods. Charlotte works clinically with the OT Practice. Prior to these roles, Charlotte worked as a Macmillan cancer rehabilitation lead and worked in a variety of other research and clinical roles.
It is important to empower patients to access, understand and use health information to take control of their healthcare.
Charlotte also completed a clinical academic doctoral research fellowship. This involved using qualitative methodology to identify the facilitators and barriers to meeting older adults’ health literacy needs in clinical practice. Health literacy is about patients’ ability to access, understand and use information for health. Charlotte is an occupational therapist and obtained a BSc degree in Occupational Therapy from the University of Southampton in 2011. Charlotte believes in the importance of developing clinically relevant research, with a focus on enhancing the quality and effectiveness of healthcare provision.