Professional issues, challenges and opportunities: Professor Sylvia Rodger's contribution

Professor Sylvia Rodger made a significant contribution to occupational therapy by researching and publishing scholarly works on emerging professional issues, commenting on challenges the profession faces and also identifying opportunities for the profession in the future. These issues, challenges and opportunities have included updating competency standards in occupational therapy, championing evidence based practice and describing the process of clinical decision‐making. Rodger has profiled paediatric occupational therapy practice in Australia and Canada and has published papers on teamwork in health care, leadership and publication quality, which have made a significant contribution to occupational therapy.