Month: April 2019

Ms Jamie Hunter1, Dr Kristy Coxon2, Ms Caitlyn Robson1 1Westmead Hospital, Westmead, Australia, 2Western Sydney University, Penrith, Australia Background: The Specialist Management with Acute Rehabilitation Treatment (SMART) program provides multi-disciplinary rehabilitation to acute patients at Westmead Hospital. This program is...

Dr Katherine Harding1,2, Ms Annie  Lewis1,2, Professor Nick Taylor1,2, Professor Sandy Leggat2, Assoc Professor Jenny Watts3 1Eastern Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia, 3Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia Background: Poor access to sub-acute ambulatory care and community services has...

Dr Adrienne Young1,2, Dr Merrilyn  Banks1, Dr Alison Mudge3, Ms Prue McRae3 1Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Brisbane And Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia, 2School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia, 3Internal Medicine, Royal Brisbane and...

Ms Rebecca Heron-dowling1, Mr Hassan Kadous1, Ms Cath Maloney2 1NSW Ministry Of Health, North Sydney, Australia; 2Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) In 2018, NSW Health commissioned a consultancy to write a rapid review outlining effective and...

Miss Kylie Draper1,2, Professor David Greenfield2, Doctor Indu Nair1 1Sydney Local Health District, , Australia, 2The University of Tasmania, , Australia BACKGROUND: Inter-hospital transfers facilitate optimal continuity of care however, no standardised education existed within our acute-care and rehabilitation facilities....

Dr  Narelle  Campbell1, Annie Farthing2, Jessie  Anderson2, Leigh Moore1, Susan Witt1 1Flinders NT, Darwin, Australia, 2Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs, Australia Background: Placing undergraduate health students in underserved areas with a view to them taking up employment after graduation is...

Ms Danielle Hornsby1 1Townsville Hospital And Health Service, Townsville, Australia As electronic medical records (EMR) become common place in our hospitals nationally, allied health leaders have a window of opportunity to mine the rich data source, to rapidly change the...

Andrew Wale-corey1, Simone Sheridan1 1The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia Background: A recent Australian study found that Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) patients experience high rates of discrimination when accessing mainstream healthcare services.  A lack of knowledge of TGD issues...

Ms Maryanne Long1, Ms  Sonia  Wood1 1Southern Queensland Rural Health, Toowoomba , Australia Research evidence suggests that peer to peer communication is a potentially influential tool to leverage interest and engage students in the conversation in relationship to the uptake...

Mr Mark Cruickshank1, Prof Lisa Nissen2, Ms Sonia Sam1 1Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Background: There are many challenges facing the Australian health care sector such as an aging population, increasing burden...