Tal Jarus
Biographic Data
| ID | 84812 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tal Jarus |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tal |
| FAMILY NAME | Jarus |
| SIGNATURE | JARUS T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of British Columbia |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4124-7782 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 25 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Different support systems, persistent stigma: Disability inclusion experiences in US and Canadian medical education
Retention beyond representation: A call for structural inclusion in health professions education
Jarus and Mayer offer commentary demonstrating how recruiting underrepresented students without enacting structural reform can do more harm than good
The digital citizenship of children with autism: Challenges, considerations and educational needs of paediatric practitioners
This exploratory study examined paediatric practitioners' challenges and considerations when they support caregivers and children with autism regarding children's screen use. Current research often focuses on the problematic use of screen time among children with autism. No clear strategies or recommendations for clinicians to support the beneficial use of screens exist yet in the field. Participants in the study were 15 experienced paediatric pr…
‘Patient’ or ‘professional’? Negotiating accommodations and identity in fieldwork education
The Mental Health Toll: Medical Trainees Living with Disabilities during the Covid‐19 Pandemic
Objectives . Throughout the world, medical trainees have experienced psychological distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic due to substantial changes in their educational programs and COVID‐19 patient care. When medical trainees live with a disability, their psychological distress may be exacerbated. This study aimed to explore how having a disability may be associated with an additional emotional toll for medical trainees during the COVID‐19 pande…
Enhancing digital citizenship of children and youth with Autism: Evaluating novel screen time guidelines for caregivers and professionals
Negotiating legitimacy and belonging: Disabled students' and practitioners' experience
Through a Glass Brightly: Generative Ethical Tensions in Research-Based Theatre
This qualitative case study methodically explores ethical tensions that arose in the Research-based Theatre (RbT) project, Alone in the Ring (AitR), as a case. We borrowed Elliot Eisner’s set of tensions in Arts-Based Research (ABR), exploring the extent to which they manifested as ethical tensions in AitR. Following analysis of in-depth interviews with key project members, we identified five areas of ethical tension in AitR, adapting Eisner’s fr…
Inclusive Community Aquatics Programming for Children with Developmental Challenges: A Community Participatory Action Research
Inclusive Community Aquatics Programming for Children with Developmental Challenges:A Community Participatory Action Research Minnie Teng, BSc, MScOT, Kathy Xie, BSc, Julie Engleson, Kanachi Angadi, Anita Wong, BA, Michael Lee, MBA, PDOT, and Tal Jarus, MA(OT), PhD (OT) What Is the Purpose of this Study/Review? • The purpose of this participatory action research study was to explore facilitators and barriers to inclusive community aquatics progra…
Inclusive Community Aquatics Programming for Children with Developmental Challenges: A Community Participatory Action Research
Participants felt strongly about the need to improve inclusion practices within aquatics-and other community-based-programs. Increased collaboration between families, community programmers, and helping professionals can foster better inclusion and outcomes for children who are neurodiverse. By incorporating various perspectives into the design of future programs, program administrators can ensure more equitable access such that all children are a…
Professional practice placement as a unique challenge for students with disabilities in health and human service educational programmes
Students with disabilities face barriers to full participation in Health and Human Service (HHS) programmes. Few studies have focused on students’ experiences in practice placements, an aspect of HHS programmes which yield unique barriers. This study aimed to understand the barriers that disabled students in HHS programmes experience during practice placements and their perspective of how to better support and accommodate them. Disabled students …
Policies as barriers for disabled medical learners: Exploratory study of learners’ perspectives
Disabled medical learners have unique accommodation needs, given their diverse and changing learning environments and direct contact with patient-care. However, there are very limited policies and resources available in Canada to inform medical learners and educators about what accommodations are available to them, and little is known about the usefulness of existing policies. This study explored the perspectives of disabled medical learners on e…
An interactive serious game to Target perspective taking skills among children with ASD: A usability testing
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a childhood disorder which affects social and interpersonal communication. Using video game programmes might be considered as complementary assistive technology tools to teach socio-emotional skills; however, there has been limited incorporation of the view and input of key stakeholders during the design of these programmes. This study aimed to collect stakeholders’ ideas by involving 20 participants, including c…
I Can Understand Where They're Coming From: How Clinicians' Disability Experiences Shape Their Interaction With Clients
Students and clinicians with disabilities are underrepresented in the academic health programs and professional clinical settings. Disability studies foregrounds the unique ways of knowing and being that clinicians with disabilities can offer. Based on a larger grounded theory study of the experiences of students and clinicians with disabilities, this article examines the role that clinicians' abilities to draw on their personal experiences of li…
Professionalism and disabled clinicians: The client’s perspective
Disabled individuals are significantly underrepresented as care providers within the healthcare system. One of the institutional barriers are professional competencies established from an ableist viewpoint. We investigated the client’s perspectives on the professionalism of disabled clinicians. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with twenty-seven disabled and non-disabled participants. Participants were asked about their expectations and …
University gatekeepers’ use of the rhetoric of citizenship to relegate the status of students with disabilities in Canada
Despite affirmation that students with disabilities should have equal access to education, individuals with disabilities are still not participating to the same degree as individuals without disabilities, particularly within postsecondary institutions. Students in Health and Human Service (HHS) programs experience many unique challenges and disadvantages. In-depth focus groups and interviews were conducted with 14 university stakeholders in HHS p…
We are not anything alike’: Marginalization of health professionals with disabilities
Despite inclusive rhetoric, disabled peoples’ participation in the Health and Human Service (HHS) professions remains limited. This study explores the perspectives of individuals in the HHS sector regarding inclusion-related barriers and facilitators. We found three mechanisms that marginalize disabled people in HHS education and professions: dominant disabling discourses; discriminatory design within programmes and universities; and oppressive i…
Incidence of lower limb amputation in Canada
Picture This: Exploring the Lived Experience of High-Functioning Stroke Survivors Using Photovoice
An increasing number of high-functioning stroke survivors are present with minimal functional impairments and are often discharged with reduced access to community reintegration. Our objectives were to explore the lived experience of high-functioning stroke survivors and to identify gaps in community and rehabilitation services. Photovoice was used with five high-functioning stroke survivors to photo-document their experiences. A modified inducti…
The Effect of Engagement in Everyday Occupations, Role Overload and Social Support on Health and Life Satisfaction among Mothers
One of the founding assumptions underlying the health professions is the belief that there is a strong relationship between engagement in occupations, health, and wellbeing. The ability to perform everyday occupations (occupational performance) has a positive effect on health and wellbeing. However, there is also conflicting evidence indicating that participation in multiple roles or in certain occupations may lead to poorer health. Therefore, th…
The legitimization process of students with disabilities in Health and Human Service educational programs in Canada
Policy-makers have articulated the right to education for individuals with disabilities. Nevertheless, students with disabilities remain underrepresented in universities. Students in Health and Human Service (HHS) programs experience many unique challenges that disadvantage them, such as having to complete practicums. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 students in HHS programs who identified as having a disability to explore the challenge…
Culture as a variable in health research: Perspectives and caveats
To augment the rigor of health promotion research, this perspective article describes how cultural factors impact the outcomes of health promotion studies either intentionally or unintentionally. It proposes ways in which these factors can be addressed or controlled in designing studies and interpreting their results. We describe how variation within and across cultures can be considered within a study, e.g. the conceptualization of research ques…
A Scoping Review of the Photovoice Method: Implications for Occupational Therapy Research
Background. Photovoice is a participatory action research method combining photography and group work to give people an opportunity to record and reflect on their daily lives. Purpose. To review the use of Photovoice in health research and consider the implications for occupational therapy research. Methods. Literature review, guided by a scoping framework, reveals the purposes, rationales and populations with whom Photovoice has been used. Findi…
Participation and well-Being Among Older Adults Living with Chronic Conditions
This study explored the unique contribution of participation (daily activities and social roles) in explaining well-being of older adults living with chronic conditions and examined which aspect of participation (accomplishment of participation or satisfaction with participation) was more important in describing their well-being. Two hundred older adults with chronic conditions completed the following assessments: Satisfaction with Life Scale to …
Psychometric Evaluation of the Hebrew Language Version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale
We are not anything alike’: Marginalization of health professionals with disabilities
Despite inclusive rhetoric, disabled peoples’ participation in the Health and Human Service (HHS) professions remains limited. This study explores the perspectives of individuals in the HHS sector regarding inclusion-related barriers and facilitators. We found three mechanisms that marginalize disabled people in HHS education and professions: dominant disabling discourses; discriminatory design within programmes and universities; and oppressive i…
The legitimization process of students with disabilities in Health and Human Service educational programs in Canada
Policy-makers have articulated the right to education for individuals with disabilities. Nevertheless, students with disabilities remain underrepresented in universities. Students in Health and Human Service (HHS) programs experience many unique challenges that disadvantage them, such as having to complete practicums. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 students in HHS programs who identified as having a disability to explore the challenge…
Psychometric Evaluation of the Hebrew Language Version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale
Picture This: Exploring the Lived Experience of High-Functioning Stroke Survivors Using Photovoice
An increasing number of high-functioning stroke survivors are present with minimal functional impairments and are often discharged with reduced access to community reintegration. Our objectives were to explore the lived experience of high-functioning stroke survivors and to identify gaps in community and rehabilitation services. Photovoice was used with five high-functioning stroke survivors to photo-document their experiences. A modified inducti…
I Can Understand Where They're Coming From: How Clinicians' Disability Experiences Shape Their Interaction With Clients
Students and clinicians with disabilities are underrepresented in the academic health programs and professional clinical settings. Disability studies foregrounds the unique ways of knowing and being that clinicians with disabilities can offer. Based on a larger grounded theory study of the experiences of students and clinicians with disabilities, this article examines the role that clinicians' abilities to draw on their personal experiences of li…
University gatekeepers’ use of the rhetoric of citizenship to relegate the status of students with disabilities in Canada
Despite affirmation that students with disabilities should have equal access to education, individuals with disabilities are still not participating to the same degree as individuals without disabilities, particularly within postsecondary institutions. Students in Health and Human Service (HHS) programs experience many unique challenges and disadvantages. In-depth focus groups and interviews were conducted with 14 university stakeholders in HHS p…
Participation and well-Being Among Older Adults Living with Chronic Conditions
This study explored the unique contribution of participation (daily activities and social roles) in explaining well-being of older adults living with chronic conditions and examined which aspect of participation (accomplishment of participation or satisfaction with participation) was more important in describing their well-being. Two hundred older adults with chronic conditions completed the following assessments: Satisfaction with Life Scale to …
Policies as barriers for disabled medical learners: Exploratory study of learners’ perspectives
Disabled medical learners have unique accommodation needs, given their diverse and changing learning environments and direct contact with patient-care. However, there are very limited policies and resources available in Canada to inform medical learners and educators about what accommodations are available to them, and little is known about the usefulness of existing policies. This study explored the perspectives of disabled medical learners on e…
Professionalism and disabled clinicians: The client’s perspective
Disabled individuals are significantly underrepresented as care providers within the healthcare system. One of the institutional barriers are professional competencies established from an ableist viewpoint. We investigated the client’s perspectives on the professionalism of disabled clinicians. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with twenty-seven disabled and non-disabled participants. Participants were asked about their expectations and …
Psychometric Evaluation of the Hebrew Language Version of the Satisfaction with Life Scale
Participation and well-Being Among Older Adults Living with Chronic Conditions
This study explored the unique contribution of participation (daily activities and social roles) in explaining well-being of older adults living with chronic conditions and examined which aspect of participation (accomplishment of participation or satisfaction with participation) was more important in describing their well-being. Two hundred older adults with chronic conditions completed the following assessments: Satisfaction with Life Scale to …
A Scoping Review of the Photovoice Method: Implications for Occupational Therapy Research
Background. Photovoice is a participatory action research method combining photography and group work to give people an opportunity to record and reflect on their daily lives. Purpose. To review the use of Photovoice in health research and consider the implications for occupational therapy research. Methods. Literature review, guided by a scoping framework, reveals the purposes, rationales and populations with whom Photovoice has been used. Findi…
Culture as a variable in health research: Perspectives and caveats
To augment the rigor of health promotion research, this perspective article describes how cultural factors impact the outcomes of health promotion studies either intentionally or unintentionally. It proposes ways in which these factors can be addressed or controlled in designing studies and interpreting their results. We describe how variation within and across cultures can be considered within a study, e.g. the conceptualization of research ques…
The Effect of Engagement in Everyday Occupations, Role Overload and Social Support on Health and Life Satisfaction among Mothers
One of the founding assumptions underlying the health professions is the belief that there is a strong relationship between engagement in occupations, health, and wellbeing. The ability to perform everyday occupations (occupational performance) has a positive effect on health and wellbeing. However, there is also conflicting evidence indicating that participation in multiple roles or in certain occupations may lead to poorer health. Therefore, th…
The legitimization process of students with disabilities in Health and Human Service educational programs in Canada
Policy-makers have articulated the right to education for individuals with disabilities. Nevertheless, students with disabilities remain underrepresented in universities. Students in Health and Human Service (HHS) programs experience many unique challenges that disadvantage them, such as having to complete practicums. In-depth interviews were conducted with 12 students in HHS programs who identified as having a disability to explore the challenge…
Picture This: Exploring the Lived Experience of High-Functioning Stroke Survivors Using Photovoice
An increasing number of high-functioning stroke survivors are present with minimal functional impairments and are often discharged with reduced access to community reintegration. Our objectives were to explore the lived experience of high-functioning stroke survivors and to identify gaps in community and rehabilitation services. Photovoice was used with five high-functioning stroke survivors to photo-document their experiences. A modified inducti…
We are not anything alike’: Marginalization of health professionals with disabilities
Despite inclusive rhetoric, disabled peoples’ participation in the Health and Human Service (HHS) professions remains limited. This study explores the perspectives of individuals in the HHS sector regarding inclusion-related barriers and facilitators. We found three mechanisms that marginalize disabled people in HHS education and professions: dominant disabling discourses; discriminatory design within programmes and universities; and oppressive i…
Incidence of lower limb amputation in Canada
University gatekeepers’ use of the rhetoric of citizenship to relegate the status of students with disabilities in Canada
Despite affirmation that students with disabilities should have equal access to education, individuals with disabilities are still not participating to the same degree as individuals without disabilities, particularly within postsecondary institutions. Students in Health and Human Service (HHS) programs experience many unique challenges and disadvantages. In-depth focus groups and interviews were conducted with 14 university stakeholders in HHS p…
Professionalism and disabled clinicians: The client’s perspective
Disabled individuals are significantly underrepresented as care providers within the healthcare system. One of the institutional barriers are professional competencies established from an ableist viewpoint. We investigated the client’s perspectives on the professionalism of disabled clinicians. Focus groups and interviews were conducted with twenty-seven disabled and non-disabled participants. Participants were asked about their expectations and …
I Can Understand Where They're Coming From: How Clinicians' Disability Experiences Shape Their Interaction With Clients
Students and clinicians with disabilities are underrepresented in the academic health programs and professional clinical settings. Disability studies foregrounds the unique ways of knowing and being that clinicians with disabilities can offer. Based on a larger grounded theory study of the experiences of students and clinicians with disabilities, this article examines the role that clinicians' abilities to draw on their personal experiences of li…
An interactive serious game to Target perspective taking skills among children with ASD: A usability testing
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a childhood disorder which affects social and interpersonal communication. Using video game programmes might be considered as complementary assistive technology tools to teach socio-emotional skills; however, there has been limited incorporation of the view and input of key stakeholders during the design of these programmes. This study aimed to collect stakeholders’ ideas by involving 20 participants, including c…
Policies as barriers for disabled medical learners: Exploratory study of learners’ perspectives
Disabled medical learners have unique accommodation needs, given their diverse and changing learning environments and direct contact with patient-care. However, there are very limited policies and resources available in Canada to inform medical learners and educators about what accommodations are available to them, and little is known about the usefulness of existing policies. This study explored the perspectives of disabled medical learners on e…
Negotiating legitimacy and belonging: Disabled students' and practitioners' experience
Through a Glass Brightly: Generative Ethical Tensions in Research-Based Theatre
This qualitative case study methodically explores ethical tensions that arose in the Research-based Theatre (RbT) project, Alone in the Ring (AitR), as a case. We borrowed Elliot Eisner’s set of tensions in Arts-Based Research (ABR), exploring the extent to which they manifested as ethical tensions in AitR. Following analysis of in-depth interviews with key project members, we identified five areas of ethical tension in AitR, adapting Eisner’s fr…
Inclusive Community Aquatics Programming for Children with Developmental Challenges: A Community Participatory Action Research
Inclusive Community Aquatics Programming for Children with Developmental Challenges:A Community Participatory Action Research Minnie Teng, BSc, MScOT, Kathy Xie, BSc, Julie Engleson, Kanachi Angadi, Anita Wong, BA, Michael Lee, MBA, PDOT, and Tal Jarus, MA(OT), PhD (OT) What Is the Purpose of this Study/Review? • The purpose of this participatory action research study was to explore facilitators and barriers to inclusive community aquatics progra…
Inclusive Community Aquatics Programming for Children with Developmental Challenges: A Community Participatory Action Research
Participants felt strongly about the need to improve inclusion practices within aquatics-and other community-based-programs. Increased collaboration between families, community programmers, and helping professionals can foster better inclusion and outcomes for children who are neurodiverse. By incorporating various perspectives into the design of future programs, program administrators can ensure more equitable access such that all children are a…
Professional practice placement as a unique challenge for students with disabilities in health and human service educational programmes
Students with disabilities face barriers to full participation in Health and Human Service (HHS) programmes. Few studies have focused on students’ experiences in practice placements, an aspect of HHS programmes which yield unique barriers. This study aimed to understand the barriers that disabled students in HHS programmes experience during practice placements and their perspective of how to better support and accommodate them. Disabled students …
The digital citizenship of children with autism: Challenges, considerations and educational needs of paediatric practitioners
This exploratory study examined paediatric practitioners' challenges and considerations when they support caregivers and children with autism regarding children's screen use. Current research often focuses on the problematic use of screen time among children with autism. No clear strategies or recommendations for clinicians to support the beneficial use of screens exist yet in the field. Participants in the study were 15 experienced paediatric pr…
‘Patient’ or ‘professional’? Negotiating accommodations and identity in fieldwork education
The Mental Health Toll: Medical Trainees Living with Disabilities during the Covid‐19 Pandemic
Objectives . Throughout the world, medical trainees have experienced psychological distress during the COVID‐19 pandemic due to substantial changes in their educational programs and COVID‐19 patient care. When medical trainees live with a disability, their psychological distress may be exacerbated. This study aimed to explore how having a disability may be associated with an additional emotional toll for medical trainees during the COVID‐19 pande…
Enhancing digital citizenship of children and youth with Autism: Evaluating novel screen time guidelines for caregivers and professionals
Retention beyond representation: A call for structural inclusion in health professions education
Jarus and Mayer offer commentary demonstrating how recruiting underrepresented students without enacting structural reform can do more harm than good
Different support systems, persistent stigma: Disability inclusion experiences in US and Canadian medical education
Psychology (22 works) · Medicine (20 works) · Political science (16 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Medical education (12 works) · Social Psychology (12 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Inclusion (mineral (8 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works)