Phone: 807-475-3620 ext: None
Fax: (905) 524-0069
Office: McMaster University
1400 Main St. W
Hamilton, Ontario
L8S 1C7
Email: tryssen@mcmaster.ca
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Profile

Joyce Tryssenaar is an Associate Professor in the School of Rehabilitation Science and Co-ordinator of the OnLine Option, MSc (Rehabilitation Science). Her field of research includes curriculum development and evaluation, tutor training in PBL programs, aging with serious mental illness and qualitative research methods. She has many years of clinical experience in all areas of mental health and mental illness practice including crisis intervention, in and outpatient settings, and case management. Her teaching area in the professional Masters (OT) program focuses on disability, development, and occupation with regard to individuals with mental illness, adult education, stigma, and grief and loss. In the online program her teaching responsibilities include clinical reasoning and decision-making, and facilitating learning in the rehabilitation context.

Fun Fact

I live in Thunder Bay, Ont. – the center of Canada where the air is clean, unspoiled nature is 5 minutes away, and there are no traffic jams.

Taking Graduate Students

I will take MSc (thesis option) graduate students whose research interests are in mental health/mental illness.

Courses Taught

2009 M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Sciences) Online Option
RS710 Facilitating Learning in the Rehabilitation Context

M.Sc. (O.T.) Program
OT 637 Inquiry and Integration (NSS)
OT 638 Professional Roles and Preparation (NSS)

2008 M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Sciences) Online Option
RS710 Facilitating Learning in the Rehabilitation Context
RS704 Independent Study in Rehabilitation Science (x2)
RS770 Leadership in Rehabilitation (course development)

2007 M.Sc. (Rehabilitation Sciences) Online Option
RS708 Reasoning and Decision Making
RS710 Facilitating Learning in the Rehabilitation Context
RS704 Independent Study in Rehabilitation Science (x2)

M.Sc. (O.T.) Program
OT 637 Inquiry and Integration (NSS)
Faculty Mentor

Recent Research

2008 Funding Agency: Council of Ontario University Programs in Nursing
Amount: $20, 000.00
Project Title: An Evaluation of the Implementation of Online Interprofessional
Courses as a Component of the MN/NP Program
Funding Period: November 1, 2008 – November 1, 2009
Investigators: Boblin, S ., Staples, E., Black, M., Patterson, C., Tryssenaar, J.