Shana Taubert1, Dr Clare Burns1, Professor Elizabeth Ward2,3, Lynell Bassett1, Dr Linda Porter4, Penni Burfein1 1Speech Pathology & Audiology, Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Centre for...
- April 3, 2019
Mr Michael Harris1, Ms Naomi Scolari2, Mr Denis Morton2, Ms Sarah Fulton1, Ms Rachel Domalewski1, Dr Laurelie Wishart3, Ms Kelly Hale1, Professor Elizabeth Ward4 1Metro South Health – Bayside Health Network, Cleveland, Brisbane, Australia, 2Metro South Health – Chronic Disease...
- April 3, 2019
Mrs Martine Waters1, Mr Neil Brebner1, Ms Alicia Chaplain2 1Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia, 2Allied Health Professions Office Queensland, Brisbane, Australia There is little evidence documenting skill set requirements for allied health cancer care clinicians in regional areas. Routine data collection...
- April 3, 2019
Dr Angela T Chang1, Dr Adrienne Young1, Dr Anna Farrell1, Prof Jennifer Strong1, Dr Gai Harrison1, A/Prof Jennifer Paratz1, Mr Peter Buttrum1, Ms Michelle Cottrell1, Dr Peter Window1, Dr Merrilyn Banks1, Dr Susan de Jersey1 1Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital,...
- April 3, 2019
Kathryn Rodda1 1The Canberra Hospital , Chifley, Australia AIMS: Tube dependence can be an expensive and detrimental side effect of managing medically complex children. Evidence from international sites shows that hunger provocation tube weaning is effective at increasing successful return...
- April 3, 2019
Mrs Linda Furness1,2,3, Dr Anna Tynan1,2,4, Dr Jenny Ostini2 1Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, Australia, 2University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia, 3Griffith University, Gold Coast, Australia, 4University of Queensland, Rural Clinical School, Toowoomba, Australia Background: Clinical placements support student health professionals...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Ruth Townsend1, Ms Kathryn McKinley2, Ms Joanne Sweeney1 1Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Background: People with communication disability experience barriers to participation in healthcare decision making (O’Halloran, Hickson & Worrall, 2008) and are at...
- April 3, 2019
Sharon Wells1, Joanne Maret1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, 2Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Australia Best practice Social Work includes timely, client-centred and strength-based interventions and processes. With little published research on Social Work services in response to major...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Erin Lawlor1, Ms Kathleen Dwyer1, Dr Bena Cartmill2,3,4, Prof Elizabeth Ward2,3, Ms Laurelie Wall2,3 1Ipswich Hospital, West Moreton Hospital And Health Service, Ipswich, Australia, 2School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 3Centre for Functioning and...
- April 3, 2019
Chantelle Bowles 1Brighton Brain Injury Service, With advances in medicine, more young adults with severe brain injury with profound disturbances of consciousness are surviving and requiring rehabilitation. Currently, there are no published rehabilitation guidelines for clinicians to draw upon in...
- April 3, 2019