Month: April 2019

Mrs  Joanne Crowley1, Mrs Sheridan Guyatt1,2 1Mater Health Services, South Brisbane , Australia, 2Universtiy of Queensland , St Lucia, Australia Across Australia and worldwide, maternity hospitals have successfully introduced enhanced recovery caesarean birth models of care, aiming for new mothers...

Vicky Ryan1, Melita Macdonald1 1Capital & Coast DHB, Wellington, New Zealand “The days of the brilliant solo operator in medicine are gone… The ability to be a team player is essential….for the benefit of patients.” Professor Ron Paterson, NZ Health...

Lucy Whelan1, Greta DeVincentis1, Amy  Thomas1, Louise Britzman1 1Monash Health, Australia Monash Health is an industry leader when it comes to Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) presently employing over 150. AHAs are visible and active across almost all Allied Health disciplines...

Ms Sharon Lee1,2, Dr Karen  Byth-Wilson1,2, Professor Victoria Flood1,2 1Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead, Australia, 2University of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia Background: Research should inform clinical decision-making and evidence-based practice for health care professionals (HCPs).  To build research capacity and...

William Ryder1, Hassan Kadous2, Maria Berarducci1, Rebecca Heron-Dowling2 1Health Education and Training Institute, Gladesville, Australia, 2NSW Ministry of Health, North Sydney, Australia The Health Education and Training Institute (HETI), in partnership with the NSW Ministry of Health, is supporting the...

Miss Lisa Oakley1, Mrs Valentina Maric1, Mrs Lisa  Somerville1,4, Professor Karen Smith2,3 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2Ambulance Victoria, , Australia, 3Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 4LaTrobe University, Melbourne, Australia Background: Approximately 40% of older adults over 65 fall in the community...

Ms Janice Mueller1, Dr Rosalie Boyce2, Mr Ian Rowe1 1Waipiata Consulting Ltd, Coromandel Town, New Zealand, 2Rosalie Boyce Consulting Pty Ltd, Brisbane, Australia Consultancy-led external reviews of allied health typically result in a re-alignment of services, organisation, staffing and strategy. ...

Mrs Amber Thoroughgood, Mrs Cassandra  Knight 1Hunter New England Local health District, Hunter New England, Australia Background: The provision of foodservices to inpatients in Hunter New England Local health District (HNELHD) Mental Health (MH) facilities is challenging, as these services...

Kathy Stiller1 1Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia Background: Building research capacity within a busy clinical allied health department is important but can be limited by time, resources and expertise. In 1995, a role was created in a physiotherapy...

Kathy Stiller1, Deborah Gallasch2, Amy Conlon-Leard3, Michelle Hardy4, Anna Phillips5, Gisela Van Kessel5 1Central Adelaide Local Health Network, Adelaide, Australia, 2Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 3The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Adelaide, Australia, 4Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 5University of South Australia,...