ACUTE CARE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Dynamic diagnostics: Do videofluoroscopic evaluations change swallowing management at Joondalup Health Campus? |
Sarah Baildon |
| Physiotherapy Prevention of Post-operative Pulmonary Complications in the Upper Abdominal General Surgical Patient – Are we doing enough? |
Jasmyn Burnett |
| Videofluoroscopic Swallow Study (VFSS) in the real-word: Who does and does not receive a VFSS in the acute-care setting? |
Tia Croft |
| The Melbourne E-Scooter Trial – how safe are they wheelie? |
Emily Cross |
| Time to clearance from spinal precautions in patient with spinal fractures: a review into factors contributing to delays. |
Hayley Deacon |
| Rethinking Inpatient Social Work Service Delivery for Peri-Urban Hospital Sites |
Suzanne Ebert, Deborah Parish, Emily Burrows, Sarah Love, Karin Bell, Megan Gulbin |
| Incidence of bladder, bowel, and sexual dysfunction post spinal surgery |
Jimena Garcia-Vega |
| Older women’s view on frailty and an Emergency Department evidence-based frailty intervention team (FIT) program: An evaluation using the RE-AIM framework |
Kristie Harper |
| EPiC: Engaging Patients and Companions |
Lisa Ip |
| You gotta move: current practice of, and health professionals perspectives about, promoting early mobilisation in admitted patients |
Jo Nolan |
| Heads up: Concussion and Occupational Therapy |
Elaine O’Grady |
| The real role of occupational therapy in acute spinal stroke |
Megan O’Meara |
| The role of Allied Health in improving community-based Chronic Heart Failure rehabilitation engagement following an acute admission |
Katie Palmer |
| The Impact of Allied Health Assistants in Social Work: A New Role |
Snezana Vujic, Veronique Clyde |
AGED CARE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| A pre and post-analysis of the 10-metre walk test (10MWT), Timed Up and Go (TUG), and PDQ-8 following participation in a 6-week physiotherapy-led exercise group for people with Parkinson’s Disease |
Nicole Andrewartha |
| The impact of a tailored, theoretically driven implementation strategy on the uptake of evidence: Integrating the Balance Intensity Scale into clinical care |
Abby Foster |
CHRONIC DISEASE MANAGEMENT
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Eccentric Cycling Amplifies Functional Capacity and Quality of Life in Heart Failure Patients: A Randomized Controlled Trial |
Lucy Bolam |
| Multiple Individuals in Families with Chronic and Life-Limiting Illness |
Diane Cass |
| Higher fish consumption is associated with longer time to relapse in women with multiple sclerosis |
Eden Dolling |
| Validation of the Eating Assessment Tool to assess diet quality in patients attending a multidisciplinary program for the management of Osteoarthritis |
Giulia Jara |
| Identifying patient preferences for telehealth exercise therapy in multiple sclerosis: a cross-sectional survey to inform the ‘ideal exercise program’ |
Georgios Mavropalias |
CLINICAL EDUCATION
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Targeted peer supervision training for Dietitians- results from real world implementation |
Stephanie Day |
| Establishing a valid and reliable tool to evaluate the impact of education interventions on Allied Health clinicians |
Katie Palmer |
| A knowledge translation approach to implementing health system guidance: revision and dissemination of the Guidance for Western Australian Health lymphoedema and chronic oedema services |
Melissa Thorne |
CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| From Side-Line to Centre: Person- Centered Approaches to Communication Access in Health |
Molly Banks |
| Redesigning orthopaedic post-operative protocols to optimise patient care: An evaluation study |
Emily Cross |
| Consumer Focussed Occupational Therapy Resources |
Elizan Gomez, Ronelle Bosua, Emily Falconer, Ellen Feeney |
| Chronic Conundrums: elevating the voices of young consumers with lived experiences |
Jourdan Hancock |
COVID-19 & COVID-19 Rehab
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Allied and Scientific Health Office Long COVID Project |
Suzanna Parkyn, Madeleine Della, Danica Liu, Nicolas Martin, Ingrid Lensink |
| Long COVID Symptom (LCS) Baseline Study in South Australia – Allied and Scientific Health Office (ASHO) |
Danica Liu, Nicolas Martin, Suzanna Parkyn, Madeleine Della, Ingrid Lensink |
| An appropriate role for allied health professionals? Experiences in the COVID-19 vaccination response |
Abby Foster |
| Working Through COVID – one year of activity in an Allied Health Assistant service |
Katrine Nehyba |
DIGITAL HEALTH & TECHNOLOGY
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Working smarter, not harder: Using Artificial Intelligence (AI) bots to write clinical documents |
Kirstin Berry |
| “Seems like something I would use a lot”: evaluation of an online resource MyPainHub for people with musculoskeletal conditions and their healthcare professionals. |
Dragana Ceprnja |
| Understanding digital health capability across allied health therapies and sciences – a Parkville precinct observational study |
Aruska D’Souza, Kath Feely |
| Allied Health Acceptance of an Electronic Medical Record: Applying a modified UTAUT Model |
Kath Feely |
| Online information about the management of anterior cruciate ligament ruptures in Australia: a content analysis |
Andrew Gamble |
| Automated abdominal aortic calcification scoring and long-term falls and fracture risk: the Perth Longitudinal Study of Ageing Women |
Abadi Kahsu Gebre |
| Perceived technology proficiency and acceptance of telehealth technology in optometry students |
Jia Jia Lek |
| Adding life to years through digital technology – with LifeCurve™ |
Sarah Mitchell |
| Digital Transformation: Mapping the digital future for allied health |
Rachelle Pitt |
| The co-design of an app-based monitoring and support model of care for patients on Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) |
Jane Stewart |
| Fostering digital transformation of mental health care to maximise access and impact |
Heidi Sturk |
| Families from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities have lower uptake of paediatric allied health telehealth services |
Clarice Tang |
| Digital intervention to promote exercise in people with chronic kidney disease: a pilot, feasibility and acceptability study |
Thái Bình Trần |
DISABILITY / NATIONAL DISABILITY INSURANCE SCHEME
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Capturing disability information in the medical records |
Stephanie Coates, Jocelyn Franciscus |
| What is an assessment of functioning and how do I do one? Assessing functioning in the disability context |
Emily D’Arcy |
| An exploration of client experiences with their NDIS allied health service delivery in metropolitan compared to regional areas of Australia |
Gabrielle Maere |
| Music Therapy for People with Cognitive, Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities – a Systematic Review |
Zara Thompson |
| Conducting a longitudinal cohort study to assess functional outcomes for persons with above-knee amputation fitted with osseointegrated and conventional socket prostheses is feasible and safe |
Claire Tucak |
DIVERSITY
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Talk to Me – Addressing risk and cultural safety of language applications in the clinical setting |
Monita Mascitti-Meuter |
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Virtually Equipped Therapy Options (VETO) – Reducing environmental impact through improved access to telehealth |
Sue-Ellen Hogg, Katie Tsaccounis |
FIRST NATIONS HEALTH
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Evaluating the Be Well, Learn Well program: Delivering culturally-appropriate allied health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students in remote northern Queensland schools |
Shantanu Sheshgir, Elise Gorman |
| Debakarn Koorliny Wangkiny: Steady walking and talking using First Nations-led participatory action research methodologies to build relationships |
Tiana Culbong, Jamie Culbong, Michelle Webb, Margaret O’Connell |
HOSPITAL AVOIDANCE, DISCHARGE & TRANSITION
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Rapid Access to Community Care |
Kelly McDonald |
| Hospital bed block pressures eased by funding. Nursing home beds with social work in-reach support |
Misty Purdy |
INNOVATION & CREATIVITY
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Total Knee Arthroplasty: Post-Surgical Swelling Assessment – a Feasibility Study utilising Bioimpedance Spectroscopy |
Alicia Boyd |
| Changing the Game: a 3-month initiative prompting Innovative Practice in a community-based Neurological Allied Health clinic setting |
Simon Chan, Al Poliakow |
| “Allied Health Unlocking Capacity in Country Care Pods” |
Angie Cook |
| Local solutions improve rehabilitation outcomes after major trauma in New Zealand – A national rehabilitation collaborative |
Kathryn Quick |
| Co-design to shape staff development opportunities and supports: The Western Health model to advance the skills of allied health professionals and enhance career pathways |
Emily Ramage |
| Establishing the Canine Assisted Therapy program in CYMHS |
Ashleigh Wegener |
INTEGRATED HEALTHCARE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Allied health referrals in community palliative care: Electronic, mandatory and specific |
Sally Connell |
| Establishing a novel multidisciplinary, non-tertiary ICU aftercare clinic: Patient profiles and outcomes |
Hai-Yun Li |
| Animation… Can you do that? |
Rebecca Smith |
| Forging new LINKS: the evolution of multidisciplinary trauma treatment teams in an out of home care context |
Kelsey Stalker |
| Realist evaluation as a research method to explore integrated primary health care for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness |
Susan (Suzi) Taylor |
INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION & PRACTICE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Bringing healthy ageing home: Adapting an online ‘food and fitness in older age’ education workshop for homecare support workers |
Jess Barry, Antonia Thodis |
| An Allied Health Professional Supervision Framework |
Leanne Browne |
| Comparison of beliefs and culture regarding Interprofessional Collaborative Practice across Allied Health Professional Groups in a large public health service |
Katherine Delany |
| Piloting a Family Violence Community of Practice in a Hospital Setting using a Trauma Informed approach |
Melinda Collins |
| Speech Pathology collaboration to enhance facial reanimation surgery outcomes |
Deb Cunningham |
| Pilot review into outreach sites’ medication procurement process , enabling better medication management |
Saba Farbiz, Loesje Scholz |
| Piloting a Dietetics and Speech Pathology Interprofessional Clinical Assistant Role in an Inpatient Rehabilitation Setting |
Jessica Kinneally |
| STARS Interprofessional Clinical Assistant (IPCA) Model of Care Implementation |
Tamsin Mahoney |
| Integrated Allied Healthcare For Healthy Ageing in Australia and Japan: Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, Education And Research |
Marianne Piano |
| Tracheostomy education for intensive care nursing staff: An interprofessional education approach by Physiotherapists and Speech Pathologists |
Alana Rix |
| A whole of Health Service approach to Promoting Teamwork and Interprofessional Practice: The P-TIP Project |
Angela Wood |
LEADERSHIP
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Allied Health Management Models: Impacts and Issues. |
Chris Hanna |
| Wellbeing post COVID – time for a fresh look |
Angela Mucic |
| Leadership training starts at induction |
Angela Mucic |
MENTAL HEALTH
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Good Arts, Good Mental Health: Year 1 of developing a campaign |
Christina Davies |
| “I can get to a happy place by visiting nature”: The benefits of implementing nature-based interventions within mental health services |
Peter Destry |
| Drive Safe Program: Changing workforce practice throughout a mental health organisation to promote safe driving with consumers |
Carolyn Dun |
MODELS OF CARE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| New model of care: Rapid Face to Face Triage for clients discharged home |
Birgitte Bowers |
| Effect of Early and Intensive Telephone or Electronic Nutrition Counselling Delivered to People with Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer on Quality of Life: A Three-Arm Randomised Controlled Trial |
Terry Haines |
| Service delivery preferences for consumers of allied health: an organisation-wide survey and audit |
Laura Jolliffe |
| Is group- based upper limb therapy for stroke patients feasible in an acute setting? A mixed methods study |
Jessica Kearney |
| Early and Intensive therapy for hospitalised trauma patients improves hospital and patient reported outcomes |
Lara Kimmel |
| Redesign of non-urgent outpatient services across metropolitan SA Health sites – SALHN Neurosurgery |
Duncan Lodge |
| Assessing the acceptability of a short-stay model of care after arthroplasty to improve implementation: consumer perspectives |
Cassie McDonald |
| Using the Mayo-Portland Adaptability Index (MPAI-4) to evaluate multidisciplinary acquired brain injury rehabilitation services |
Rachael Mumme |
| Full Stream/Team Ahead: All Aboard a Change to the Social Work Model of Care at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre |
Tegan Murnane |
| Geriatric Evaluation and Management (GEM) Beyond Hospital Walls |
Amy Parker |
| Designing a best practice model of care for rehabilitation of patients with a prolonged disorder of consciousness (PDOC) |
Kirsten Sue See, Kerry Anderson Kay |
| Building an Allied Health model. Changing the focus from discipline specific to a speciality-based team in Palliative Care |
Arun Sharma |
| Responding to anxiety levels on admission to a trauma ward and identifying associated baseline patient factors: A collaboration between Social Work and Psychology, supported by the Multidisciplinary Trauma team |
Anna Wellington-Boyd, Devereaux De Silva |
PAEDIATRICS
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Iron deficiency and associated factors in Western Australian children aged 4-to-6 years |
Nina Calogero |
| The Development of the ICF Neurodevelopmental Condition Clinician-Administered Assessment of Functioning (INCAAF) for young children |
Emily D’Arcy |
| Better Together – Improving Parent / Carer access to food when their child is in hospital |
Clare Klimes |
| Let the Drums do the Talking: Music Therapy for an 11-year-old Girl with Medulloblastoma |
Karen Twyford, Louise Miles |
PARTNERSHIPS & INTERFACES
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Te Whatu Ora Project SEARCH |
Jacqui Lunday Johnstone |
| Creating a National Allied Health Network |
Susan Nancarrow |
PRIVATE PRACTICE / PRIMARY CARE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Diverse and vulnerable: experiences of private allied health practices managing through the COVID-19 pandemic. Implications for the financial viability of Australian primary care |
John Petrozzi |
QUALITY & SAFETY
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Principles of Allied Health Governance |
Isaac Cockroft |
| Under Pressure – An evidence-based Community Occupational Therapy pressure injury quality project. |
Taryn Doyle |
| Talk the Walk: Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group( FSFHG) Functional Mobility Chart Project |
Sandra Dumas, Jono Riseley |
| Supporting mental health consumers – recommendations for dietetic service provision and models of care |
Donna Fingland |
| Is A Protocol Change On The Horizon? A Review Of Current Practice |
Gracie Gao |
| Online learning tools for paediatric physiotherapists: A library of interactive resources to support clinical training |
Cameron Greenland |
| Identifying and recording disability status: staff perceptions, attitudes and education needs |
Karen Phipps |
| BARI : Bariatric Assessment and Risk stratification for Inpatient Care |
Felicity Prebble |
| A comprehensive guide to Oral Nutritional Supplements and their IDDSI levels |
Kiara Rodrigues |
| Cancer-related malnutrition and sarcopenia risk prevalence: Is there a difference? |
Belinda Steer |
| How to Improve Clinician’s Confidence and Competence in Risk Assessment |
Melanie Newton, Kirsty Stewart |
| “It can be very daunting”: Hospital staff views on, and experiences of falls in hospital patients with communication disability. |
Rebecca Sullivan |
RESEARCH – CAPACITY, CAPABILITY, TRANSLATION
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Responding to family violence across the lifespan: What is the St. Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne data telling us? |
Melinda Collins |
| Social workers’ perspectives on practice with men survivors of childhood sexual abuse |
Amelia Craig |
| Cognitive screening in persons with an amputation: a retrospective medical record audit |
Erinn Dawes |
| The Use of Dynamic Hand Orthoses Post Stroke: A Feasibility Study |
Kelly De Santis |
| Surfing the Torus: A Trauma-Informed Dialogic Approach to Behaviour Change for Allied Health Professionals |
Amar Dhall, Manav Satija |
| Demonstrating changes in upper limb function in Tetraplegic patients post nerve transfer surgery |
Nicola Hunter |
| Incidence and progression of myopia (short-sightedness) during young adulthood |
Samantha Lee |
| Development of a Rural and Remote Research Capacity Building Strategy for Queensland Hospital and Health Services |
Rachelle Pitt |
| Implementation of a standardised outcome measures dataset at St John of God Healthcare Rehabilitation Services |
Sangeeta Rathi |
| Building National Health Data Infrastructure – the WA Node of HeSANDA |
Christopher Reid |
| “My Vital Cycles”: Results from a research project in teaching holistic ovulatory menstrual health literacy using the WHO’s Health Promoting School framework. |
Felicity Roux |
| Impact of radiographer input to Magnetic Resonance Imaging research protocol optimisation in porcine cardiac study |
Naeim (Nick) Sanaei |
| Protocol: Effects of virtual fractuRE Clinic care compared with In-person fracture clinic care on physical function in people with simple fractures: a non-inferiority randomised TriAL (RECITAL) |
Min Jiat Teng |
| Music Therapy in Paediatric Neurodisability: Exploring the Evidence for Functional Outcomes |
Karen Twyford |
| A cancer biobank for the translation of research data – towards precision medicine. |
Louise Winteringham |
| MACH-Track; a curated pathway for allied health clinician scientists |
David Berlowitz |
RURAL HEALTH
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Developing a clinically relevant ‘toolbox’ – reflections on hand therapy education for rural and remote Occupational Therapists |
Heather Gale-MacLaren |
| What are the impacts, influences and rates of Compassion Satisfaction and Compassion Fatigue in rehabilitation healthcare workers in rural and remote locations |
Kelly McGrath |
SCOPE OF CLINICAL PRACTICE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Resilience and the impact of the pandemic on health social work practice |
Sarah Connolly |
| The “Flying Squad” – saving over 700 inpatient bed days by facilitating discharge home: An observational study of a novel, bespoke, allied health hospital-wide initiative at the Royal Melbourne Hospital |
James Fitzpatrick |
| Evidence into Practice – Implementing Partnered Pharmacist Medication Charting: a South Australian Experience |
Sharon Goldsworthy |
TRANSITIONS INCLUDING BETWEEN CARE SETTINGS & FROM PAEDIATRIC TO ADULT SERVICES
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| ‘The Frail Scale Prevails’ – Implementing frailty screening at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney Transitional Aged Care Program (TACP) |
Alexis Cox, Cassie Limburg |
VALUE BASED HEALTHCARE
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Implementation of a validated Assessment in Spiritual Care practice; the Spiritual Distress Assessment Tool (SDAT) |
Craig Exon |
| How do we ensure high value care for women, babies and children needing Social Work services in acute hospitals? The implementation of a Teams-based approach and a prioritisation tool for Social Work |
Jessica Maskell, Melissa Slipper, Angel Carrasco |
| Using Patient-Recorded Outcome Measures (PROMs) in injectable neurolysis techniques for Morton’s neuroma: a scoping review |
Renee Silvester |
WELLBEING
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| An Evaluation of Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group’s Tiered Psychological Wellbeing and Support Program for Work related stress and distress |
Hyranthi Kavanagh |
| The pursuit of work life balance in a tertiary occupational therapy department: findings from the ‘Reduced Hours Trial’ |
Sara Pearson |
| What matters to you? Deep dive to better understand the unmet needs of mid-career physiotherapists working in a large metropolitan hospital |
Dina Pogrebnoy |
| Allied Health and Workforce Wellbeing: A data-driven strategy for iterative improvement |
Clare Ramsden |
WORKFORCE PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
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| TITLE |
PRESENTING AUTHORS |
| Impacts of the early COVID-19 response on allied health staff within a tertiary health service in Queensland: a qualitative study |
Rebecca Angus |
| Allied Health Workforce Macro Trends |
Karla Armson, Nicola Clemens |
| Workforce development: proactively addressing recruitment and retention challenges in a paediatric social work setting. |
Sarah Connolly |
| “What is the impact of the High Acuity Physiotherapy Intervention (HAPI) role in supporting weekend staff in the delivery of patient care?” |
Franziska Eppler |
| Analysis of the Australian Allied Health workforce in regional areas |
Teresa Lynne |
| Training Musculoskeletal physiotherapists in Patient-centred care informed by Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (MuPACT): a exploratory study. |
Marie March |
| Continuing professional development requirements of Australian endorsed for scheduled medicines podiatrists – what’s out there and is it accessible, relevant, and meaningful? A cross-sectional survey |
Saraid Martin |
| Partnering for a National Advanced Practice Allied Health Approach |
Carol McCrum |
| Service learning to build a rural workforce: A national perspective |
Monica Moran, Sarah Miles |
| A targeted eight week education and support program improves confidence levels for new physiotherapists in managing complex presentations when working in large health care settings. |
Dina Pogrebnoy |
| Experiences in implementing a Speech Pathology-led FEES service to improve patient access to instrumental swallow assessment: a quality improvement project. |
Vanessa Van Der Groen |
| How can we support new staff? A buddy system pilot in Rehabilitation in the Home |
Jocelyn White |
| The ACT-ONC Project: how we are building capacity to increase Allied Health Professionals engagement in clinical trials – a 3-year project at a large, regional public health service in Victoria. |
Catherine Williams |