Month: May 2021

Dr Doris Testa1 1Social Work, Melbourne, Australia, 2Victoria University, Footscray, Australia Over the past 20 years, human trafficking (“trafficking”) has generated much public attention throughout the world. The problem has received growing media coverage and increased anti-trafficking activism. Additionally countries...

Mrs Pushpa Sivakumar1, Dr Yee Leung1, Mrs  Hanna Burbidge1, Ms Gemma Craven1, Ms Aimee Powell2,1, Mrs Valda Duffield1 1King Edward Memorial Hospital Wa, Subiaco, Australia, 2University of Western Australia, Nedlands , Australia It is argued that a standard malnutrition-screening tool...

Mrs Tamina Levy1, Ms Lauren Christie3, Dr Maggie Killington2, A/Professor Kate Laver1,2, Professor Maria Crotty1,2, Professor Natasha Lannin4 1Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, Australia, 2Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 3St Vincents Health Network, Sydney, Australia, 4Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Rationale and Aim:...

Mr Piers Truter1,2, Ms Louise Giglia-Smith1, Mr Simon Rosser1, Ms Pippa Flanagan1 1Fiona Stanley Hospital, Murdoch, Australia, 2University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Australia Introduction: We launched a virtual fracture clinic (VFC) at a Tertiary Hospital in Perth in May 2020....

Mrs Tina Wilkie1, Dr Anne Vertigan1,2,3 1John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, Australia, 2School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 3 Centre for Healthy Lungs, Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, Australia Background and aim: The use of telehealth...

Ms Felicity Duong1, Dr Steph Kershaw1, Dr Louise Birrell1, Dr Katrina Champion1, Ms  Hannah Deen1, Ms Anna Grager1, Associate Professor Lexine Stapinski1, Associate Professor Nicola Newton1, Honorary Professor Frances Kay-Lambkin1,2, Professor Maree Teesson1, Associate Professor Cath Chapman1 1The Matilda Centre...

Ms Thoshen Kandasamy1, Dr Emma  Miller1, Professor Jennifer Tieman2 1College of Medicine and Public Health, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia, 2College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Questions: Are there associations between physiotherapists’ perception of telehealth and telehealth...

Dr Emma O’Brien1, Mr John Bedggood1, Ms Anita Ayling1 1The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia In 2020 the Music Therapy (MT) team at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (RMH) had one of its busiest years since its inception in 1998.  As...

Mrs Melanie Wells1, Mr  Patrick Rosser1 1Q Health, Gold Coast, Australia Social Work was integral to the development and implementation of the human and social health response to the COVID-19 health pandemic on the Gold Coast. This presentation explores the...

Ms Angela Wood1,2, A/Prof Jodie Copley2, A/Prof Anne Hill2, A/Prof Neil  Cottrell2 1Metro South Health , Brisbane, Australia , 2The University of Queensland , Brisbane, Australia Contemporary healthcare requires various professionals to work collaboratively to provide optimal care for increasingly...