2023 Program

Program

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MONDAY 7 August 2023

0900 – 1700	Pre-Conference Workshop Registration Open \| Northern Foyer Level 2 Foyer
AM	PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION ONE (In Person Only) These workshops are an additional cost to attend. Each workshop has a limited number of participants that can attend and bookings will be taken in a first come, first served basis. To view full descriptions and to register for a workshop click here.
Room	Room 1 \| Level 2	Room 2 \| Level 2	Room 3 \| Level 2	Room 7 \| Level 2	Room 8 \| Level 2
0930	Clinician Research Career Pathways in Allied Health Elizabeth Ward & Dr Caitlin Brandenburg *90 minute workshop	Toward a National Curriculum for Allied Health Assistants Dr Nerida Volker	Rising together: A resilience workshop for allied health professionals Liza Seubert & Rhonda Clifford & Julie Loveny	Expanding and Affirming Allied Health Rural Generalists in Australia’s Health System Michael Bishop & Hannah Mann
1030-1100					Allied Health Roles: Driving Change Professor Susan Nancarrow
1100 – 1130	Morning Tea \| Foyer
1130-1300	Learn with the Editor: Cracking the code to manuscript writing Mark Elkins *90 minute workshop	Toward a National Curriculum for Allied Health Assistants (Continued) Dr Nerida Volker	Rising together: A resilience workshop for allied health professionals (Continued) Liza Seubert & Rhonda Clifford & Julie Loveny	Expanding and Affirming Allied Health Rural Generalists in Australia’s Health System (Continued) Michael Bishop & Hannah Mann *concludes 1245	Allied Health Roles: Driving Change (Continued) Professor Susan Nancarrow
1300 – 1400	Lunch \| Foyer (lunch available for those attending both a morning & afternoon workshop)
PM	PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP SESSION TWO (In Person Only) These workshops are an additional cost to attend. Each workshop has a limited number of participants that can attend and bookings will be taken in a first come, first served basis. To view full descriptions and to register for a workshop click here.
Room	Room 1 \| Level 2	Room 2 \| Level 2	Room 3 \| Level 2	Room 7 \| Level 2	Room 8 \| Level 2
1345		Building a Rural and Remote Allied Health Assistant Workforce: A practical workshop Shemah Appleton
1400-1500	Set Yourself Up For Grant Success Dr Evenda Dench, Dr Amy Page, Allison McKendrick, Nasir David		Working with government: How to better understand the process of policy development and delivery Anne-marie Boxall, Martin Chadwick, Bronwyn Morris-Donovan	Digital health workshop – using My Health Record to support allied health care Dr Kathy Rainbird Presented Virtually	How to co-create an allied health workforce plan to build locally meaningful actions Professor Susan Nancarrow & Dr Sue Fitzpatrick
1500 – 1530	Afternoon Tea \| Foyer
1530-1700	Set Yourself Up For Grant Success (Continued) Dr Evenda Dench, Dr Amy Page, Allison McKendrick, Nasir David	Building a Rural and Remote Allied Health Assistant Workforce: A practical workshop (Continued) Shemah Appleton	Working with government: How to better understand the process of policy development and delivery (Continued) Anne-marie Boxall, Martin Chadwick, Bronwyn Morris-Donovan *concludes 1600	Digital health workshop – using My Health Record to support allied health care (Continued) Dr Kathy Rainbird Presented Virtually *concludes 1600	How to co-create an allied health workforce plan to build locally meaningful actions (Continued) Professor Susan Nancarrow & Dr Sue Fitzpatrick *concludes 1600
1700 – 1900	Welcome Reception \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)

TUESDAY 8 August 2023

0730 – 1800	Registration Desk Open
PLENARY SESSION #1 \| Riverside Theatre – Level 2 \| MC: Karen Tighe
0830 – 0835	Official Opening & Welcome: Jenny Campbell
0835 – 0850	Welcome to Country: Robyn Collard – Noongar Elder
0850 – 0900	Minister Address: Mr Simon Millman, MLA Local Member for Mount Lawley Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health; Mental Health
0900 – 0945	Chief Allied Health Officers Presentations Dr Anne-marie Boxall, Aus CAHO \| Expanding Allied Health Horizons Nationally Dr Martin Chadwick, NZ CAHO \| Policy impacts on expanding horizons – understanding the system drivers Adjunct Professor Susan Niam, Singapore CAHO \| Allied Health: Moving towards data-driven patient-centric care in the hospitals and community settings
0945 – 1030	Plenary Panel: Expanding Horizons – International Chief Allied Health Officers Join Dr Boxall, Dr Chadwick, and Adjunct Prof Niam as they discuss the crucial role of Allied Health professionals.
1030 – 1100	Morning Tea with exhibitors \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)
CONCURRENT SESSION ONE
Room	Riverside Theatre – Level 2	M1 – Level 2	M2 – Level 2	M6 – Level 2	M7 – Level 2	M8 – Level 2
Theme	Hospital Discharge	Scope of Practice	Acute Care	Models of Care	Paediatrics	Workforce Development
1100 – 1115	Discharge destination and long-term outcomes in patients with two or more non-weightbearing limbs receiving intensive allied health therapy Asher Kirk	Measuring Performance in Allied Health Professional Role Substitution Models of Care: A Clinician Survey Rumbidzai Mutsekwa	Is frailty associated with poor in-hospital or longer term outcomes following trauma? Lara Kimmel	The Allied Health Brand, Emotions and Stories to Influence Hassan Kadous	Design and Health Impact of Structured Physical Exercises on Children and Adolescents with ADHD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Fenghua Sun	Allied Health Professional training needs: Are we all cut from the same cloth? Chanelle Louwen
1115 – 1130	Improving safe discharge options for patients experiencing homelessness Susan (Suzi) Taylor, Lisa Wood	Dogs in Scrubs: The experience of introducing dog therapy in hospital Karen Stiles, Brooke Bormolini	Experiences of Boosting Inpatient Exercise After Hip Fracture Surgery Using an Alternative Workforce – A Qualitative Study Benny Lau	New frontiers in hospital-based LGBTIQA+ Patient Liaison – a prospective, observational study of a novel, patient-centred service Suzi Hayes, Connor Gryffydd, Aruska D’Souza	Impact of intensive day rehabilitation on inpatient length of stay and outcomes for children with traumatic brain injury Sue-anne Davidson	Allied Health Demand and Capacity Tool: A digital solution to transform allied health efficiency Sara Burrett, Dominique Murray
1130 – 1145	Enhancing the Discharge Experience – Improving Patient and Hospital Outcomes Through the Establishment of an Allied Health Complex Discharge Team Sara Connell, Emma Tan	Interventions to support children after a parental acquired brain injury: A scoping review Kate Dawes	Reduction in aspiration pneumonia at a secondary hospital site by implementing an oral care package Emma White	Establishing a new multidisciplinary pre-surgical optimisation service: Preliminary results Ben Thompson	Integration of Upper Limb Robotics into Paediatric Intensive Rehabilitation Jennifer Colegate	Drivers of retention (and attrition) in a metropolitan health service: Understanding the allied health workforce Abby Foster
1145 – 1200	Making home first a priority: increasing discharges to early home-based rehabilitation from a tertiary acute stroke and neurology unit using low-cost interventions identified using the Capacity Opportunity Motivation model of Behaviour change – A pre-post study Aruska D’Souza	Boosting inpatient exercise after hip fracture using an alternative workforce: a mixed methods implementation evaluation (BOOST study) Marie March	Targeted Acute Rehabilitation Program (TARP) increases discharges directly home and improves functional mobility in acute hospitalised inpatients James Walker	Reimaging traditional models of care to deliver collaborative, person-centred and high value nutrition care Jennifer Ellick	Breaking barriers: Evaluating an early intervention speech pathology program for children living with vulnerabilities in Sydney Shantanu Sheshgir	Capacity at a Glance – A Variance Response Management tool for Allied Health Leanne Browne
1200 – 1205	Implementing CARE: Comprehensive Assessment and Rapid Response for the Elderly Alison O’Toole, Naomi Hood-Penn, Kelly McAuliffe	Evaluation of an Integrated Social Work Led Domestic and Family Violence Service at St Vincent’s Health Network Sydney Paul Andrews	Supported decision making – perceived barriers and enablers within an acute hospital Patrice Higgins	The value of allied health team leaders across specialty streams to drive change, support staff and create novel models of care Valentina Maric	Complex Referral Meetings and Social work collaborative practice within a Multi-disciplinary team Angela Crooke	Supporting Allied Health Practices and Outcomes – A National Approach for Primary Health Networks’ Engagement with Allied Health Richard Nankervis
1205-1210		Do Allied Health Practitioners add value to perioperative clinics? Observations from an Older Persons clinic Jared Tower
1210-1215		Learning from Care Coordinators – How we adapted trans-professional practice into home-based Allied Health services, during the Victorian COVID-19 pandemic response and beyond Andrea Pearce
1215 – 1220	Levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour during and after hospitalisation: A systematic review Asher Kirk	Finding the Right Job for the Person: Healthcare workforce recruitment concierge, a person-centred response to the growing supply crisis Josephine Poole, Scott Gibbings	Understanding current oral care practices in acute aged care Alexis Mcmahon	Transitioning from a dispersed to an integrated model of allied health service delivery within the acute and subacute setting of a large multi-site healthcare organisation in Australia Gemma Turato	Growing Healthy Kids: Results of a quasi-experimental evaluation of a paediatric weight management service Faye Southcombe	A new way of looking at competency framework for allied health managers Ka-Hi (May) Mak
1220-1225		Expanding the role of Allied Health: Screening for unmet social needs in paediatric speech-language pathology Laura Doig
1225-1230		How do we know the scope of practice that is endorsed for our clinicians? An electronic credentialing register for Allied Health clinicians Lauren Growse
1230 – 1330	Lunch with exhibitors \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)
PLENARY SESSION #2 \|Riverside Theatre – Level 2
1330 – 1415	Keynote Speaker: Associate Professor Mark Elkins Expanding Allied Health Horizons
1415 – 1425	Q & A Associate Professor Mark Elkins
1425 – 1430	The Lives We Lead – Western Australia’s Individualised Services videos
1430 – 1435	5 MINUTE TRANSITION
CONCURRENT SESSION TWO
Room	Riverside Theatre – Level 2	M1 – Level 2	M2 – Level 2	M6 – Level 2	M7 – Level 2	M8 – Level 2
Theme	Innovation	Acute Care	Workforce	Mental Health	Paediatrics	Graduate Workforce
1435 – 1450	Advanced Practice Non Weight Bearing Coordinator Kirsty May	Building Resilience: Evaluation of a Brief Mindfulness Program for Heart Transplant Recipients Michelle Byard	Delivering a new approach to diversity in the Allied Health Workforce Jacqui Lunday Johnstone	Identifying difficulties in interpersonal trust and language skills in adolescents experiencing mental illness has implications for mental health interventions Angela Clarke	Families navigating health and social care systems in the context of childhood dementia: The role of allied health Joanne Kershaw	Developing a culturally safe and responsive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander graduate pathway Corrine Butler, Paul Gibson
1450 – 1505	The FirstHand innovation project: A therapist-led plastic surgery waitlist clinic to improve the current patient plastic surgery pathway and enable patients to receive the best care within the best timeframe Dana Parkin	Implementation of the REDUCE Delirium with Eat Walk Engage program in Southern Adelaide Local Health Network: feasibility, acceptability and modelled economic analysis Jo Nolan	Codesigned consistent model of spiritual care in Australian healthcare system Craig Exon, Cuong La	The Low Spoon Kitchen – a multidisciplinary approach to nutrition in an acute mental health inpatient setting Kristine Lobley	Australian and New Zealand Speech-Language Pathologists’ perceptions and management of Orofacial Myofunctional Disorders in children Emily Wing-tung Yun	Allied health graduate program: Developing the future mental health workforce Margaret Dietz
1505 – 1520	Clinician perceptions of Allied Health First Point of Contact models: Considerations for economic evaluation Caitlin Brandenburg	Mind the (33%) gap! Measuring the unmet clinical demand across allied health in inpatient general medicine – an audit of patient episodes of care and complexity Aruska D’Souza	NSW Health Allied Health Workforce Modelling Karla Armson, Hassan Kadous	Together we are more – where collaboration between Health and Community Managed Organisations results in improved outcomes for mental health Fiona Hall, Karen Thomas, Marea Webb, Leonie McAuliffe	What to include in an assessment of functioning for young children with neurodevelopmental conditions Emily D’Arcy	Unlocking the Allied Health (AH) Graduate Pipeline Andrew Davison, Jaye Matheson
1520 – 1525	Through thick and thin; A novel eMR solution for thickened fluids and non-compliant medications Georgina Rosee	Transprofessional Practice at Fiona Stanley Hospital in the acute setting – Physiotherapy & Occupational Therapy Silas Lee, Jessica Legg	Daring to lead differently – growing allied health leaders through vulnerability Sue Fitzpatrick, Sue-Ellen Hogg	A GREAT program for the Mental Health inpatient cohort Sha-May Ongkili	Exploring a hospital’s response to children who have no fixed address Sarah Booth	RAHP It Up: A Rotational Allied Health Program for new graduates Claire Douglas
1525 – 1530	Allied Health Impact Tool (AHIT): Measuring Allied Health ‘Hitting It Outta the Park’ Tara Brady, Alison McCarthy	Multidisciplinary team opportunities in those diagnosed with pneumonia Elaine Newman, Courtney Gough, Alison Choong	Development, implementation and evaluation of SA Pharmacy Workforce Roadmap 2017-2022: A South Australian experience Sharon Goldsworthy	Therapy garden space for youth inpatient mental health; planning, implementation and outcomes Louise Splatt	The patient journey of adolescents with a functional disorder and their mothers David Sullivan	From University student to physiotherapist: identifying the domains of work readiness Vidya Lawton
1530 – 1535	Walking a new path: Changing the post-operative pathway to optimise dysphagia management in hip fracture Stephanie Greer	Swallowing Medicines: Collaborating to Improve Patient Outcomes Trang Tran	Allied Health Building Leadership Experience (ABLE): Training Allied Health Representatives in a Tertiary Health Service setting Claire Corbett	The Forensic Patient Journey: What Factors Increase Length of Stay? Lil Vrklevski	Awareness and knowledge of developmental coordination disorder: A survey of caregivers, teachers, allied health professionals and medical professionals in Australia Jacqui Hunt	Improved pathways to Physiotherapy for First Nations Students Felicity Prebble
1535 – 1600	Afternoon Tea with exhibitors \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)
CONCURRENT SESSION THREE
Room	Riverside Theatre – Level 2	M1 – Level 2	M2 – Level 2	M6 – Level 2	M7 – Level 2	M8 – Level 2
Theme	Models of Care	Transitions	Chronic Disease Programs	Mental Health	Rural Workforce	AHA Workforce
1600 – 1615	Allied health leadership in the transition to value-based health care Belinda Gavaghan, Katelyn Clarke	Evaluating transition readiness of young people moving from paediatric to adult health care services Gretel Butler	Self-directed web-based programs are effective in improving physical activity and or diet quality for people living with chronic illness. A systematic review and meta-analysis Dina Pogrebnoy	Utilising Digital Mental Health Support for Chronic Health Conditions Heidi Sturk	Rural and Remote Allied Health Assistant positions: An evaluation of the development, implementation and impacts in Queensland Hospital and Health Services Liza-Jane McBride	Evaluation of a 7-Day Acute General Medical Allied Health Assistant Model of Care in a Regional Australian Hospital Kellie Preston
1615 – 1630	Can language enhance physiotherapists’ willingness to follow Choosing Wisely recommendations? A best-worst scaling study Priti Kharel	Youth Peer Support and Self-Management: Preparing for health care transition from paediatrics to adult services Deanna Darwall	Hiding in plain sight: A cross-sectional study of metabolic syndrome and lifestyle risk factors in community rehabilitation Casey Peiris	Management of Eating Disorders for People with Higher Weight: Clinical Practice Guideline Sue Byrne	T2P – Transition to Practice – delivery of a graduate programme for allied health professionals working in country WA Aimee Middis	Striving for excellence in the Allied Health Assistant workforce Narelle Dalley
1630 – 1645	Ready Steady Go! Long term service evaluation of a group-based falls prevention service Shilpa Kundarapu	Implementing At Home Subacute: Bed Substitution and Early Supported Discharge in the home based subacute setting Ester Roberts	What makes rehabilitation personally-meaningful for people with chronic pain: An online knowledge translation resource for allied health practitioners Katrina J Liddiard	Taking STRIDEs to Improve Access to Eating Disorders Services Kelly Mowat, Rebecca Lee	Differences in perceptions of primary health care gaps by profession and remoteness in remote and rural Queensland: rural allied health practitioners’ perspective Sarah Venn	Building the Private Practice Workforce in the Northern Territory: the Barriers and Facilitators for Employing Allied Health Assistants Lori Roberts
1645 – 1650	Is the In-reach Rehabilitation Model of Care Effective and Efficient? Tina Yiu	Partnering with teachers to build whole of class therapy programs. Learning from a rural school in Western Australia Monica Moran	DDE-xperience: Three-year evaluation of patient experiences and clinical outcomes from a dietitian-diabetes educator led model of care for insulin dose adjustment in a renal outpatient clinic Stacey Sharp	When the Body Says Stop! Evaluating an Online Treatment for Functional Neurological Disorder Danielle Feros, Samantha Broyd	Home grown: Tackling allied health workforce issues in regional SA through a pipeline of multifaceted strategies Esther Miller	Development of digital education resources for delegated practices in rehabilitation services Tamsin Mahoney
1650-1655	Mind Your Health: A feasibility and acceptability study of an Allied Health Cardiometabolic Health Model of Care for Adolescents in Community Mental Health Services Cassandra Butler, Samantha Bicker					Allied health assistants can provide acute post-operative rehabilitation for people with hip fracture: a feasibility randomised controlled trial Peggy Vincent
1655-1700	How does a 7-day nutrition model of care impact time to intervention and hospital-acquired malnutrition in an acute trauma ward? An observational study Sarah Phillips					Barriers and Enablers to Delegating Malnutrition Care Activities to Dietitian Assistants Alita Rushton
1700 – 1705	Care delivered differently: Evaluating Specialised Physiotherapy services for Young Pregnant Women at Mater Mothers Hospital Brisbane Joanne Crowley	Speech Pathology community-based hearing screening pilot project Nicolette Varvounis	Factors influencing diabetes-related foot ulcer healing in Australian adults: A prospective cohort study Peta Tehan	Improving thinking skills in young people in custody with mental health conditions using social cognitive and neurocognitive remediation therapy: A feasibility pilot study Rene Jones	Raising visibility and cultivating value: A holistic approach to allied health workforce support in rural communities Gabriela Gauthier	Development of a supported AHA workforce implementation program: Key insights Shem Appleton
1705 – 1710	Inaugural Prospective Surveillance Model pilot in a Tertiary Hospital in WA Angela Barnett-Moorcroft	Hauora Coordination Hub; An Innovative Approach to Community Based Care Jacqui Lunday Johnstone	Breathlessness, a Moment in Time Arun Sharma	Building Bridges with a Multidisciplinary Lens: The Powerful Phenomena of Physical Activity and Dietary Intervention in Managing Metabolic Disease in Mental Illness Devlin Higgins	Pathways to Rural Private Practice, the Barriers and Enablers to Providing Clinical Placements Joyti Zwar	Implementing the Victorian Allied Health Assistant Workforce Recommendations and Resources in Victorian public health services: A coaching pilot Lucy Whelan
1710 – 1715	Development of a clinical care pathway for management of patients with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) Jessica Gatenby	Specific and Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT): Our Implementation Experience in Community Health Paediatric Allied Health Services in Northern NSW Karen Hanna	Perspective matters. Differences in viewpoint on the role of cognition and its impact on prosthetic rehabilitation Erinn Dawes	Establishing exercise physiology services within Western Australian mental health services: service outcomes and consumer experiences Caleb Mcmahen	Development and evaluation of strategies to support rural secondments for junior Physiotherapists Gabrielle Van Balen, Mitchell Smith	Introducing AHANA: Australia’s National body for Allied Health Assistants’ Benjamin Turnbull, Emily Hoyne
1715 – 2015	Networking Party and Poster Viewing \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)

WEDNESDAY 9 August 2023

0730 – 1700	Registration Desk Open
PLENARY SESSION #3 \| Riverside Theatre – Level 2 \| MC: Karen Tighe
0800 – 0815	Acknowledgement of Country: Wesley College Moorditj Mob Dancers
0815 – 0825	Director of Health Address: Dr David Russell-Weisz, Director of General Health
0825 – 0905	Keynote Speaker: Professor Fiona Wood Striving for excellence in health with a multi-disciplinary team
0905 – 0945	Keynote Speaker: Professor Susan Nancarrow Empowering Allied Health Entrepreneurs
0945 – 1015	Morning Tea with exhibitors \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)
CONCURRENT SESSION FOUR
Room	Riverside Theatre – Level 2	M1 – Level 2	M2 – Level 2	M6 – Level 2	M7 – Level 2	M8 – Level 2
Theme	Research Capability & Capacity	Interprofessional Practice	Digital Health & Technology	First Nations Health	Aged Care	Models of Care – ED
1015 – 1030	How do I keep this live in my mind?” Allied Health Professionals’ perspectives of barriers and enablers to implementing Good Clinical Practice principles in research: A qualitative exploration Rachel Wenke	Clinician experience of being interprofessional: An interpretive phenomenological analysis Angela Wood	Maturity of Electronic Medical Record (EMR) utilisation in Allied Health: current state and opportunities for the future Kristy Perkins	“If you can’t feel Country beneath your feet, something’s wrong”: Foot Stomp in Southern Adelaide Duncan Langford-Glass, Saraid Martin	Twice-daily allied health therapy improves function and is associated with discharge directly home in acutely hospitalised older adults: A mixed methods feasibility study Aruska D’souza	TBA
1030 – 1045	Clinical areas of highest priority for Allied Health research: A consensus from the perspective of Allied Health service executives and managers Duncan Lodge	Evaluating the impact of a family violence transformational change project in a major trauma hospital: A three-year follow-up comparison study of knowledge, confidence, and family violence response skills in clinical staff Caroline Fisher	The Sway App provides a valid and sensitive portable measure of balance in healthy adults Nanako Tateishi	Keeping Our Mob Healthy – A collaborative initiative to improve the relevance of health information and condition self-management resources for Aboriginal families at Perth Children’s Hospital (PCH) Child and Adolescent Health Service (CAHS) Alana Loo, Jo Norfolk	The sedentary behaviour and physical activity patterns of older adults in hospital: A prospective observational study Kristie Harper	Fiona Stanley Hospital Emergency Department Diversion Clinical Psychology Service: An Evaluation of Improved Access to Care Hyranthi Kavanagh
1045 – 1100	Assessing research capacity and culture in St. John of God Healthcare Allied Health Professionals Rachel Resuggan, Dave Parsons	Interprofessional practice in nutrition and mealtime care: An ethnographic exploration across rehabilitation units Hannah Olufson	Knowledge and confidence of digital workflows that impact performance monitoring of the Social Worker Profession in a large urban health district Perryn Carroll	Supporting Allied Health professionals in working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people Michelle Barrett	Physical activity levels and sedentary behaviour of people living with Mild Cognitive Impairment in the community: A cross-sectional validation study Jane Hopkins	Rapid access to hand therapy services in the emergency department: beginning the journey for implementing alternate pathways of care Kylie Bebel
1100 – 1115	Could it be FAIT? Retrospective pilot of applying the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translational health research (FAIT) to Queensland Health’s Health Practitioner Research Scheme Kate Aitchison	Developing a spiritual care training program for the multidisciplinary team Kate Jones	A virtual clinic for spine fractures – a safe alternative model of care Emily Cross	“Our people will flourish”. Aboriginal led Allied Health workforce initiatives Christie Longinidis, Karleen Dumbrell	Falls Improvement Program in Aged Care and Disability Services: A Multifaceted Approach to Falls Prevention and Management Andrea King	A novel model of advanced physiotherapy practice: Diverting patients from the emergency department directly to an outpatient clinic Piers Truter
1115 – 1120	What are the determinants of success for healthcare organisation collaboration in allied health student research projects? Rebecca Angus	Working Together: Giving our clinicians the skills to provide best evidence-based practice in Parkinson’s disease Kathryn Ramsay	More than a dollop: 3D printed food to improve the health and wellbeing of people eating texture modified food Liezhou Zhong	Moorditj skin means moorditj health: Community-led research and health promotion strengthening sovereignty for skin health Bernadette Ricciardo, Asha Bowen, Joanne Hill	Assessing adherence and exploring barriers to provision of texture-modified diets in a residential aged care facility in rural Australia Cara Hill	Early Allied Health Intervention in the Emergency and Trauma Centre Improves Outcomes for General Medicine Admissions: A Pilot Study Amy Wilson
1120 – 1125			A small digital change can make a big difference: Improving documentation compliance and accuracy required for funding a tertiary Mental Health service in Victoria Julie Louie
1125 – 1130			Experiences and Learnings of Allied Health EMR Builders Embedded into Clinical Teams Ella Sexton, Kimberly Cheah
1130 – 1135	CTEP-WA: Enhancing capacity and quality in clinical trials Christopher Reid	Finding the words: An Interprofessional Occupational Therapy and Music Therapy Approach with an Adolescent presenting with Pervasive Refusal Behaviours Gemma Warrington, Karen Twyford	Now we have an EMR, reporting should be easy, right? Kath Feely	Aboriginal perspectives on widely used neurocognitive assessments Aaron Basile	Environmental interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community: A Cochrane Systematic Review Anna Tynan	Can allied health have an impact on hospital admissions and emergency department presentations: evidence from the literature Saravana Kumar
1135 – 1140			Exploring App use in older adults with a chronic lung condition: ‘The biggest problem I have is I don’t understand my phone at all’ Isis Grigoletto		Acceptability of Motiview Road Worlds Program for older adults within residential aged care facilities Karen Liu
1140 – 1145			Your SMHS Mobile Care – a mobile health app for patients with spinal cord injury Sharon Roberts		The Impact of COVID-19 on Commonwealth Home Support Program (CHSP) dietetic service delivery and outcome Vicky Weng
1145 – 1150	Maximising Research Potential: The Impact of a Facilitating Clinical Trial Network Julia Fallon-Ferguson, Christopher Reid	Can early referral to allied health improve outcomes for brain tumour patients? Janine Gilmour, Brooke Russell	Improving The Patient and Family Experience At The End of Life Using A Multidisciplinary Death Checklist on EMR Jessie Rowe	Aboriginal people’s perceptions of patient-reported outcome measures in the assessment of diabetes health-related quality of life Jessica Hawkins, Alicia Burgess	Implementation of Person-Centered Strategies to Address Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia and Delirium in a Bed-Based Transition Care Program Melissa Roberts	Development of a screening tool and clinical pathway for adults with acute mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in the Emergency Department Ashtyn Cowie
1150 – 1155	Knowledge translation capacity building for front-line health practitioners at scale: the AH-TRIP initiative’s reach and impact Ashley Cameron	Establishing a novel multidisciplinary, non-tertiary ICU aftercare clinic: Patient profiles and outcomes Hai-Yun Li, Courtney Gough	Allied health clinicians growing together with rehabilitation technology Julie Pryor, Kylie Chambers	Yuranigh’s legacy in Molong. Collaboration in nutrition practice Natalia Knezevic	Student-led activities of daily living group program in hospital inpatient rehabilitation setting Karen Liu	Advanced Practice AHP expertise in Action: Advanced Practice Physiotherapist Triage and Assessment Clinics for routine Rheumatology referrals and reviews Carol McCrum
1155 – 1200	Context is key: A tale of two regional public health services implementing best practice occupational therapist-led environmental assessment and modification to prevent falls Anna Tynan	Developing an Allied Health New Starter Program for Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group (FSFHG) 2022 Kate Fraser	Hand Therapy: Engaging patients in their care through a Patient Portal Hayley O’Sullivan	“A sis in the profession for life, that’s who my mentor is”: Connecting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander speech pathology students and professionals through a pilot mentoring program Abby Foster	An Educational Program for Carers of People with Dementia helping with Everyday Tasks Karen Liu	The impact of early Speech Pathology led dysphagia assessment in emergency and medical settings Lucy Lyons, Jackie Moon, Tanya Hirst
1200 – 1300	Lunch with exhibitors \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)
CONCURRENT SESSION FIVE
Room	Riverside Theatre – Level 2	M1 – Level 2	M2 – Level 2	M6 – Level 2	M7 – Level 2	M8 – Level 2
Theme	Telehealth	Disability	Clinical Education	COVID	Rural Practice	Consumer Engagement
1300 – 1315	Telehealth for persons with multiple sclerosis – Experiences and suggestions for improvement Yvonne Learmonth	EDC-NDIS Intervention: Supporting frequently presenting NDIS participants in ED to Community Program Natasha Kosic, Katherine Kelly	Exploring the experiences, preparation and support needs of early career Clinical Educators within a tertiary health service: A qualitative study Vicky Stirling	Validation of the WHODAS 2.0 (36-item) in people recovering from COVID-19 infection Danielle Hitch	Sliding doors: The journey of one cardiac rehabilitation patient through system roadblocks and delays compared to ideal care. How a specialist allied health team in rural Victoria facilitated system change and life saving patient outcomes Fiona Miller, Roslyn Bloomer, Julie Blake	Using a consumer informed co-design process to support Rheumatologists to promote team-based care and utilisation of Allied Health practitioners, for symptom and chronic disease self-management for patients living with Rheumatoid Arthritis Melanie Carter
1315 – 1330	Can the Nine Hole Peg Test be administered via telehealth? A pilot feasibility study with stroke survivors Lauren Christie	A dedicated NDIS AH Team established to optimise discharge for NDIS eligible patients, with reduction of length of stay and delayed discharge across the Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group (FSFHG) Elish Kelly	The personal, behavioural and organisational factors that affect access and effectiveness of clinical supervision in allied health Marcus Gardner	Physiotherapy practices when treating patients with COVID-19 during a pandemic: A survey study Anthony Trojman	Implementation and evaluation of innovative allied health interventions to improve early childhood outcomes: A regional South Australian experience Renae Gibbs, Amanda Schiller	Co-design of processes to assist research dissemination to people with aphasia Emily Brogan
1330 – 1345	The surge in telehealth during COVID-19: Implications of geospatial analysis on service planning for regional speech pathology consumers Sue-Ellen Hogg	Establishment and effectiveness of the Behavioural Emergency Response Team – Australia’s first rapid response service for people with disabilities who have complex and challenging behaviours Michelle Stute, Jessica Orford	“Isn’t it just a chat?” A qualitative exploration of students’ understanding and experience of structured clinical supervision in rural Allied Health placements Nikhola Hulse	Allied and Scientific Health Office Long COVID Model of Care Madeleine Della, Suzie Parkyn	The Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway: Stories from on the ground Bonnie Collins	Co-designing hospital improvements for people with hidden disabilities: Recommendations for enhancing patient experience Karen Roberts
1345 – 1400	Challenging the norm: Delivering care in the first virtual hospital in Australia Min Jiat Teng	Hidden disability: Identifying people with potential disability in a metropolitan hospital Karen Phipps	‘On-the-job’ learning in Communities of Practice for Health Professional Educators: a rapid review Emma Edwards	COVID-19 Surge Planning: Development and Implementation of an Allied Health Lead Clinical Care Pathway Michelle Lin, Sibin Mathew	Building a rural health workforce: Supporting mature-aged nursing and allied health students Carol McKinstry	Learning and development needs for successful staff and consumer partnerships on healthcare quality improvement committees: Implications for allied health Ruth Cox
1400 – 1415	Dietitian First Gastroenterology Clinic – a statewide, virtual model of care providing timely access to care closer to home Simone McCoy	Co-design and deployment of a disability identification questionnaire to empower consumers Louise Mogg, Joanne Rowe, Jenni Medland	“Their nerves can start to take a back seat instead of a front seat”. The use of a simulation-based learning experience to decrease allied health student anxiety and improve readiness for clinical placement Teresa Petrich	How we sailed uncharted waters: A story of COVID Navigators Jasmyn Burnett	When best practice isn’t always best: Flexible approaches to deliver quality care for paediatric continence needs in remote Western Australia Karina Caldwell	Collaborating with consumers to design a patient centred model of cardiac rehabilitation to promote engagement Katie Palmer
1415 – 1430	Precision Orthopaedic Rehabilitation: Using Digital Technology for Remote Monitoring of Patient Performance and Outcomes Stephen Edmondston	Ensuring future users played a critical role in designing an innovative, accessible, and evidence-based website about communication disability Nichola Harris, Ria Ferris	Building skills and confidence of Speech Pathologists in managing challenging students in a hospital setting using a Problem Based Learning Approach. An innovative district wide delivery model Lauren Moffat, Nicola Wells	Effectiveness of tailored COVID-19 messages for vulnerable Australians Terry Haines	Strategies for Success Transitioning Allied Health Students in Rural and Regional Areas Ah Dam Jeon	Understanding the consumer experience in outpatient occupational therapy services Liana De Michele, Emily Mickelborough
1430 – 1435	Validity of the activPAL and ActiGraph for measuring sitting time and steps in hospitalised orthopaedic patients with altered weight bearing Asher Kirk	Lessons learnt from partnering to co-design the Hospital Stay Guidelines Stephanie Coates, Jocelyn Franciscus	Let’s collaborate…Staff and student experiences using an Interdisciplinary approach to student placements Catherine Carnegie, Emma Woods	ReCOV: Recover from COVID-19, Allied Health multidisciplinary service for Long COVID-19. A prospective longitudinal single site evaluation on service Myvanwy Merrett	Development of a Physiotherapy led spinal orthosis fitting model of care in country WA Jane Benson	Consumer Focussed Occupational Therapy Resources Ronelle Bosua
1435 – 1440	The co-design of an app-based monitoring and support model of care for patients on Home Enteral Nutrition (HEN) Kath Feely	Making NDIS work in the acute setting Rhona Haining	Developing a Graduate Social Work education program across acute and subacute health care settings in the post Covid context Tess McAloon	Preparedness of the healthcare workforce to continue using technology to support patient care beyond the COVID-19 pandemic Angela Mcloughlan	Exercise Physiology – Improving Strength and Decreasing Fatigue in People with Cancer Dylan West, Hannah McDermott	Stellar Engagement at STARS Kym Murphy
1440 – 1445	Australian healthcare professional knowledge, and practices on exercise for multiple sclerosis and educational program needs and preferences for telehealth exercise programs Georgios Mavropalias	Partnership to create discharge pathway for consumers awaiting appropriate NDIS supports lead by Allied Health Trudy Gilligan, Charlene Cooper	Providing a Clinical Placement Students Will Not Forget Elaine Newman	Hospital Social Work during COVID-19: Assessment and management of psychosocial risk during the pandemic James Ready, Greg Lewis	Knowledge, Experience and Practice For Acute Charcot Neuroarthropathy Amongst Health Practitioners: A Mixed Methods Study Deb Schoen	Using health service waiting areas to contribute to consumer health literacy-related outcomes Cassie McDonald
1445 – 1515	Afternoon Tea with exhibitors \| Exhibition space (Bellevue Ballroom 1 – Level 3)
CLOSING PLENARY SESSION \| Riverside Theatre – Level 2
1515 – 1615	Keynote Speaker: Rachel Callander
1615- 1630	Award Presentation: Jenny Campbell & Vin Cavalheri
1630- 1645	Official conference handover & wrap-up: Jenny Campbell & Ingrid Lensink
1645	Conference Close

Thursday 10 August 2023

POST CONFERENCE LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST

0730 – 1000

Post Conference Leadership Breakfast – Fraser’s Kings Park
Welcome & Introduction | Acknowledgement of Country
WA Health Digital Health landscape: Sarah Pearson | Allied Health Lead EMR program
Connecting People to Better Care: Paul Creech | Australian Digital Health Agency
Allied Health Embracing Digital Health: Bronwyn Morris-Donovan | AHPA
Panel Discussion | Sarah Pearson, Paul Creech, and Bronwyn Morris-Donovan

2023 Program

Program

MONDAY 7 August 2023

TUESDAY 8 August 2023

WEDNESDAY 9 August 2023

Thursday 10 August 2023

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