Tuesday 12 August 2025
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| 0730 – 1800 |
REGISTRATION
Foyer F |
| 0830 – 1030 |
OPENING PLENARY SESSION |
| Room |
Hall C |
| 0830 – 0845 |
Welcome to Country
Kuma Kaaru Dance group with Jack Kanya Buckskin | Founder Kuma Kaaru Cultural Services |
| 0845 – 0850 |
Official Opening & Welcome
Dr Ingrid Lensink | Chief Allied and Scientific Health Officer, SA Health |
| 0850 – 0855 |
Welcome (presented remotely)
The Hon. Rebecca White MP | Assistant Minister for Health and Aged Care, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| 0855 – 0905 |
Opening Address
The Hon. Chris Picton MP | Minister for Health and Wellbeing, SA Government |
| 0905 – 0950 |
Chief Allied Health Officer Presentations |
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Commonwealth priorities for allied health
Anita Hobson-Powell | Chief Allied Health Officer, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
Navigating the ever changing health landscapes to realise the potential of Allied Health
Dr Martin Chadwick | Chief Allied Health Professions Officer, NZ Ministry of Health |
The rural allied health context
Professor Jenny May AM | National Rural Health Commissioner, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing |
| 0950 – 1030 |
Chief Allied Health Officer Panel Discussion |
| 1030 – 1100 |
Morning Tea | Exhibition & Posters
Halls F & G |
| 1100 – 1230 |
CONCURRENT SESSION 1 |
| Theme |
Workforce |
Acute Care |
Digital Health |
Advanced Practice |
Allied Health Assistants |
Research |
Integrated Healthcare |
| ROOM |
Hall C |
E1 & E2 |
E3 |
Riverbank Room 2 & 3 |
Riverbank Room 4 |
Riverbank Room 5 |
Riverbank Room 6 |
| CHAIR |
Caroline Pillman |
Nikki Davies |
Caitlin Davis |
Rachel Resuggan |
Nathan Fox |
Liz Ward |
Ali Dymmott |
| Chair Assistant |
Amanda O’Keefe |
Nicolette Varvounis |
Anita Dent |
Kate Paul |
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Sonya Johnson |
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| 1100 – 1115 |
Development and implementation of a robust Allied Health credentialing framework in an Australian tertiary hospital
Ms Bec Kevill |
Oral Care in the Acute Hospital Setting – Navigating Maintenance and Further Improvements Following Screen-Clean-Hydrate Pilot Project
Ms Jana Havlis |
Feasibility and clinical utility of a remote monitoring model of care for patients on home enteral nutrition
Ms Jane Stewart |
Developing the Canberra Health Services advanced clinical practice guideline: Creating a framework to support implementation
Ms Felicity Martin |
Building the Rural and Remote Allied Health Assistant Workforce: Success bolstering allied health capacity
Ms Gemma Tuxworth |
Building research culture and capacity in allied health: A tailored strategic approach for sustainable impact
Dr Abby Foster |
Movement Mastery: A Road Map to Conquering Movement Disorders
Ms Alison McCarthy |
| 1115 – 1130 |
Evaluating the role of the Allied Health student workforce in Queensland Health
Ms Juanine Passfield |
Trauma patient heterotopic ossification diagnosis is associated with increased hospital length of stay
Ms Nichola Foster |
Pitch Perfect: Telehealth group singing intervention for communication and social connectedness in people with Parkinson’s disease
Ms Jessica Lamond |
Showcasing the value add of allied health advanced practice services
Dr Paula Harding |
Celebrating Growth and connection: The evolution of allied health assistant day
Ms Kylie Saccotelli |
Research capacity and outputs are improved via a program appointing allied health clinicians as temporary discipline research officers within a tertiary health service
Dr Rebecca Angus |
Experiences of people undergoing chemotherapy, their carers and staff engaging in physical activity in the ACT
Ms Rebecca Cesnik |
| 1130 – 1145 |
Transforming transition and supporting success: Implementing and evaluating the Physiotherapy New Graduate Framework
Ms Kassie Shardlow, Mr Mark Gooding |
The OT and AHA designed communication aid ‘Tree of Life’; Improving person-centred care and reducing adverse outcomes for older people experiencing cognitive impairment in the acute (hospital) setting. Presentation of a regional hospital’s (NSW) quality improvement initiative 2024
Ms Tara Gray |
Leveraging technology to better support our most vulnerable: Real time Family Violence data
Mrs Lucy Whitelaw |
Diverting patients from the ED to outpatients: Performance metrics and economic modelling of an advanced practice model of urgent care
Dr Piers Truter |
Empowering Recovery: Why Allied Health Assistants are an integral body within Mental Health Services
Miss Sumer Kelly-Stout, Miss Munisah Suparta |
Building a research career in health services: What roles exist for Allied Health professionals?
Dr Caitlin Brandenburg |
Reimagining interprofessional placements: An innovative student-run allied health service in school settings
Ms Judith Merritt, Ms Jordana Maio, Mr Michael Sharp |
| 1145 – 1200 |
Evaluation of CoreConnect: A Professional Training Program for Provisional Psychologists in Regional NSW
Dr Matt Thomas, Ms Zora Todoroska |
DISCUSSION |
Understanding Patient and Physiotherapist Requirements for a Personalised Automated Smartphone Tele-Monitored Application for Post-Total Knee Arthroplasty Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study Informing User-Centred Design
Ms Eleanor Chew |
Implementing an Advanced Practice Social Work Role in Bereavement Care in Acute Health
Ms Alison Hocking, Ms Melanie Van Diemen |
The impact and experience of coaching to support the implementation of AHA workforce recommendations: Longitudinal qualitative findings
Dr Abby Foster |
Measuring the clinical impact of allied health research
Dr Tilley Pain |
Discharge referral practices to allied health disciplines following emergency department presentation: A chart audit
Dr Niamh L Mundell |
| 1200-1205 |
Preparing allied health students for practice while responding to rural community need and workforce shortages
Ms Kate van Dommele |
Enhancing Recovery through Intensified allied health input following Surgical intervention Early following neck of femur fracture (RISE)
Mrs Monique Adams |
The Telehealth Foot Service; Improving access to specialised multi-disciplinary care
Ms Sonja Rogasch
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Advanced practice allied health-led clinics: Case-finding strategies in specialty waiting lists support earlier care & reduce diagnostic delays
Dr Carol McCrum |
Empowering AHA’s: Inclusion of Allied Health Assistants into the Allied Health Early Graduate Program
Ms Melissa Bartlett, Ms Kylie Saccotelli |
Spreading the TREAT Journal Club format at a national and global level: A mixed methods evaluation
Dr Rachel Wenke
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A ‘no wrong door’ children’s community intake service
Ms Carly Hislop
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| 1205-1210 |
Building tomorrow’s workforce: A centralised allied health new graduate program initiative
Felicity Martin |
Implementing an evidence-based model for cognitive assessment in acute occupational therapy practice
Ms Holly Daly |
Factors impacting paediatric VFSS service sustainability and training
Mrs Kelly Beak |
Expanding Career Pathways for Allied Health Assistants at Monash Health
Mr Tony Sheng, Ms Kylie Saccotelli, Ms Lucy Whelan |
| 1210-1215 |
Understanding Allied Health Workforce Sustainability in Non-Metropolitan Regions: An Umbrella Review
Mrs Kerryn Perram |
Suddenly Voiceless: How does voicelessness impact patients with a tracheostomy in the intensive care unit?
Ms Natalie Knight |
Advancing Dietitian Practice in Home Enteral Feeding: Navigating Challenges and Improving Access to Care in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District
Mrs Shelly Casey, Miss Anna Page |
Empowering Stroke Rehabilitation in Aged Care: The Vital Role of Allied Health Assistants
Ms Stacy Doan |
| 1215-1220 |
Designing a statewide contemporary development pathway for Emergency Physiotherapy Practitioners that supports a workforce pipeline to match growing demand
Ms Janelle Heine |
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Technical Issues in Exercise Videoconsultations do not Negatively Impact Intensity for People with Chronic Conditions
Dr Riley C C Brown |
Starting early with little hips for big gains; working at advanced scope in a physiotherapy led Orthopaedic clinic on the Sunshine Coast
Dr Rebecca Caesar |
The impact of an allied health assistant workforce within a regional rapid access community physiotherapy service to improve timely patient access
Miss Brittany McHugh, Miss Jasmine Fox |
Impact of the dietetics research coordinator position in building clinician research capacity and university-hospital research collaborations
Dr Emily Calton |
Applying a Policy Analysis Framework to Enhance Equity and Accessibility in Home Enteral Nutrition Services
Mr Adrian Powlesland |
| 1220 – 1225 |
Health workforce capability development: A learner-centred, competency-based clinical learning framework
Dr Belinda Henry |
Malnutrition screening – how well are we doing?
Miss Jade Bosnich |
The Sound of Success: How VOICE is Revolutionising Outpatient Clinic Efficiency at Bayside Health
Miss Jodie Connolly |
Service Evaluation of an Emergency Department Advanced Practice Physiotherapy Model of Care in a Tertiary Paediatric Hospital
Ms Catherine Knight |
BOOST 2.0- a qualitative study exploring implementation of high frequency subacute inpatient exercise using an alternative workforce
Ms Annabel Darmali |
Shaping evidence based practice amongst physiotherapists: Targeting the barriers
Dr Dragana Ceprnja |
| 1225 – 1230 |
Experiences of moral distress in the occupational therapy workforce of a major Australian metropolitan health service
Ms Natasha Peet |
Routine nasal bridle insertion in dysphagic acute stroke patients may reduce dislodgement and improve nutritional adequacy
Ms Emma Sierp |
Preliminary outcomes of nsw’s first 100% virtual specialist menopause service
Mrs Paris Owen, Mrs Swati Agrawal |
Impact of implementing an orthopaedic stream in a metropolitan tertiary high-risk foot service
Dr Michelle Kaminski |
DISCUSSION |
Embedding evaluation and research practices within an established Community of Practice in a mental health setting
Mrs Alexandra Kearney |
| 1230 – 1330 |
Lunch | Exhibition & Posters
Halls F & G |
| 1330 – 1435 |
PLENARY SESSION |
| Room |
Hall C |
| 1330 – 1400 |
Invited Speaker
Empowering Lives, Connecting Care: Allied Health in the Digital & Data Revolution
Dr Louise Schaper | Digital Health Catalyst |
| 1400 – 1420 |
Invited Speaker
From data to decision making: Transforming healthcare in the 21st century
Professor Keith McNeil | Commission on Excellence and Innovation in Health, SA Government |
| 1420 – 1435 |
Q&A Discussion |
| 1435 – 1520 |
Afternoon Tea | Exhibition & Posters
Poster Viewing Session | Themes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15, 16, 19, 23, 25, 28, 30
Halls F & G |
| 1520 – 1730 |
CONCURRENT SESSION 2 |
| Theme |
Workforce |
Models of Care |
Digital Health |
Education
(Workforce) |
Patient Centred Care
and
Safety & Quality |
Aging
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Chronic Disease |
Innovation
and
Value based healthcare |
| ROOM |
Hall C |
E1 & E2 |
E3 |
Riverbank Rooms 2 & 3 |
Riverbank Room 4 |
Riverbank Room 5 |
Riverbank Room 6 |
| CHAIR |
Nicolette Varvounis |
Pascale Dettwiller |
Natalie Hood |
Chris King |
Lindy Parfrey |
Zoe Maidment |
Cathy Brook |
| Chair Assistant |
Tania Vandepeer |
Aleks Vanzetti |
Stephanie Forte |
Diana Wain |
Lauren Bayliss |
Suzie Parkyn |
Sonya Johnson |
| 1520 – 1535 |
Charting The Course For Strategic Allied Health Workforce Planning
Mrs Bronwyn Bartholomew |
Implementing the Penthrox(R) Green Whistle into Podiatry Clinics: Lessons learnt
Ms Claire Huxtable |
Advancing digital health capability in Parkville’s Allied Health workforce
Ms Kath Feely |
Understanding the training need priorities of the Australian Allied Health workforce: A national survey
Mr James Bartholomew |
Lived Experience Informing Practice: Empowering Health Consumers of ICU Family Meetings
Dr Michelle Jones |
“It’s not what you eat, it’s how”: Mealtime experiences influence responsive behaviours in dementia care
Ms Joyce Gibson |
Placement ready: A centralised solution for streamlining allied health student pre-placement requirements
Mr Tony Sheng |
| 1535 – 1550 |
Out of the primeval policy soup – the WA Health Allied Health workforce implementation plan
Dr Mark Petrich |
Integrated Arthroplasty Care: Fast-tracking Recovery from Surgery to Home
Mrs Sarah Bright, Mr Brendan Dawes |
What’s needed to incorporate Allied Health into the digital ecosystem? Allied Health Digital Transformation Survey Findings
Miss Jackie O’Connor |
Could interprofessional learning experiences be beneficial for Australian prescribing podiatrists and pharmacists? A Qualitative study
Dr Jacinta Johnson |
Patient Safety Net – an innovative staff escalation program to empower all Hospital and Health Service (HHS) staff, by amplifying their voices and transforming patient safety culture through a responsive approach to patient safety concerns
Mrs Yolande Noble |
Barriers and Enablers to Primary Care in Australian Residential Aged Care Homes: A Scoping Review
Ms Jolyn Johal |
Forging excellence: The Hard-Won Journey of Transforming Allied Health Clinical Supervision in Regional NSW
Dr Sue Fitzpatrick |
| 1550 – 1605 |
An Allied Health workforce recruitment, retention and development strategy
Mrs Simone Munro, Mrs Jessica Huglin |
It’s everyone’s business: Identifying and addressing unmet social needs through a child health intake line
Mrs Lauren Hamill |
Meet us halfway: How to bring allied health professionals along for the AI ride
A/Professor Laetitia Hattingh |
Embedding high-fidelity simulation training in the management of complex physiotherapy patients in a paediatric hospital
Mr Philip Lo |
Young stroke survivors: Identifying and addressing unmet needs
Mrs Andrea Brown, Ms Sarah Amesz |
Experiences of allied health clinicians and tertiary educators working in and teaching palliative care – a qualitative study
Dr Olivia Farrer |
Applying value-focused thinking to optimise physiotherapy service provision in a subacute setting
Dr Kelly Bower |
| 1605 – 1620 |
Transforming Workforce Dynamics: Enhancing Recruitment, Retention, and Wellbeing through a Tiered Allied Health Model
Ms Andriel McKay, Ms Danielle Ryan |
Outpatient redesign – involving physiotherapy triage and assessment to support a reduction in neurosurgery waiting lists
Dr Jane Bickford |
Empowering Allied Health for a Digital Future: Developing Workforce Capabilities in Victoria’s Largest Health Service
Mr Todd Heynen |
Breaking new ground: Developing standards for health practitioner pain management education
Ms Genevieve Nolan |
Exploring the Nutrition Care Journey of People Living With Obesity in Acute Care
Dr Andrea Elliott |
Factors Affecting Pain Care in Rural Australia and an Innovative Approach for Improving Care
Mrs Ashley Grant |
Measuring the Impact of a Physiotherapy Expansion in Paediatric Hospital in the Home
Ms Ashlee Baird, Dr Cloe Benz |
| 1620 – 1635 |
“I really think it was a pivotal moment in, not just my career, but my life”. The Professional, Personal and Organisational Impacts of an Allied Health Rural Clinical Rotation Program
Mr Scott Gibbings |
Establishing a National Physiotherapy Musculoskeletal Pathway to support Orthopaedic services across Aotearoa/ New Zealand. The challenges and opportunities for wider Allied Services
Dr Sarah Louise Mitchell |
RECITAL: Non-inferiority RCT of virtual fracture clinic care for people with simple fractures
Mr Min Jiat Teng |
Coming from all angles: A multipronged education strategy to build OT workforce competency
Mrs Brigitte Lynch, Ms Ellen Goh |
Facilitating equitable access to a dietitian-led obesity treatment services using co-design
Dr Carrie-Anne Lewis |
Novel Interdisciplinary Collaboration Assisting Individuals to Reduce Opioid Medicine Reliance and Improve Chronic Pain
Mr Safwat Gergis |
Stronger Together: Cultivating connections through a sustainable cancer support group
Mrs Anna Glover, Miss Siobhan Gleeson |
| 1635 – 1640 |
Understanding how decisions are made about allied health workforce resourcing and workflow: A scoping review
Dr Caitlin Brandenburg |
Adoption of a new PAthway of CarE for musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions in Australian primary care; implementation outcomes from a multi-centre randomised controlled trial (PACE-MSK)
Professor Trudy Rebbeck |
Virtual fracture clinics to improve healthcare sustainability: A qualitative study of clinician experiences
Mrs Rowena Charteris
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Developing a mentoring program for mutual growth and empowerment
Ms Robyn Farrands |
Eat, Drink and Be Merry: Establishing a patient-centred, multi-disciplinary team-based approach to support patients with dysphagia who choose to eat and drink with acknowledged risk (EDAR)
Ms Kathryn Ramsay |
Supports for multiple family members with chronic conditions: Findings from a hermeneutic phenomenological study
Mrs Diane Cass |
Commencing a social work service in the kidney support clinic, facilitating alternative treatment and end of life discussions
Mrs Alison Maclean |
| 1640 – 1645 |
The One Allied Health Plan: Development of an allied health workforce plan that places inclusion as its centre
Ms Renae Moore |
Allied Health professionals’ motivations for continuing professional development. Implications for translation into practice Subtitle: “I have no motivation to learn about the stuff I’m not working in”
Ms Helen McGregor |
| 1645 – 1650 |
Is it working? Perceptions from allied health staff while reshaping recruitment and retention through a local workforce pipeline in regional South Australia
Ms Esther Miller, Dr Alison Dymmott |
Spiritual topics that clients raise in healthcare settings
Mrs Heather So |
| 1650 – 1655 |
Trends and implications of allied health workforce retention in rural and regional Victoria
Ms Sarah Gallagher |
Introduction of a group exercise class to standard home-based therapy within the South Western Sydney Transitional Aged Care Program – Impact on quantity of therapy and functional outcomes
Ms Caitlin Brooks |
Physiotherapy-Led Spinal Telehealth in Correctional Facilities: A South Australian Experience
Mr Sooraj Venugopalan |
A statewide initiative providing education and connection for early career speech pathologists: A translatable model of education
Ms Anna Hammond |
Connection through clinical practise; counselling in cancer care outpatients and its ability to transform. Observations and patient stories from a Social Work lens
Mrs Anastasia Anastasiou |
Piloting a power shift through food in residential aged care
Ms Allison Lauder |
Care closer to home: co-creating solutions for paediatric persistent pain treatment access for regional Queensland
Dr Eloise Cowie, Mrs Jo Theodoros, Dr Rebecca Fechner |
| 1655 – 1700 |
When the Eggs in the Basket are Apples and Oranges; Length of Stay for Public Sector Allied Health Professionals in Regional, Rural and Remote Southern Queensland: 2010-2021
Dr Tony Fallon |
Redesigning post-arthroplasty rehabilitation in the community
Mrs Kirby McAdam |
Pioneering the simulation space for multidisciplinary tracheostomy education and management at Monash Health
Mrs Lisa Terry, Mr Jackson Wood |
Person Centred Compassionate Care in Hospital: What Matters to Patients?
Dr Ruth Cox |
Implementation: Best practice occupational therapist-led environmental assessment and modification to prevent falls
Mrs Susan Melchert |
| 1700 – 1705 |
Undertaking an organisational self-assessment and developing a strategic improvement plan to optimise Allied Health Governance
Mrs Roanna O’Hara |
Spine virtual fracture clinics: An effective alternative to outpatient clinics
Ms Kirsty Gibb |
Exploring potential for health promotion through professional volunteering in Australian Physiotherapists: A national survey
Mrs Ima Strkljevic |
On-call pharmacy services across public hospitals in South Australia
Dr Huah Shin |
I need a wee bit of help! Occupational therapy interventions for older hospitalised people experiencing incontinence: A systematic review
Miss Bronte Jordan |
| 1705 – 1710 |
Allied Health Clinical Governance: Issues impacting excellence and outcomes
Mr Adrian Powlesland |
Evaluating features of short stay pathways in hip and knee arthroplasty at Fremantle Hospital
Mrs Sarah Jane Hobson |
Leveraging technology to better support our patients moving into Residential Aged Care or the Transition Care Program
Ms Lucy Whitelaw |
Nurturing new talent: The role of mentoring programs in allied health professions transition to workforce
Ms Alexandra Lewis |
Enhancing Patient-Centred Care through Excellence in Multidisciplinary Goal Setting and Outcome Measures
Mr Patrick Dodds |
Implementing an eHealth music intervention for caregivers in a specialist dementia unit: A mixed-methods study
Mrs Bec Watt |
Using best worst scaling survey to investigate the relative importance of attributes associated with public hospital outpatient appointments
Dr Tilley Pain |
| 1710 – 1715 |
Scholarships: Benefits beyond dollars and cents
Mrs Maria Manton |
Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) in Head and Neck Free Flap Reconstruction; an interprofessional audit
Mrs Laura Hughes, Ms Maria Trajkov |
Leveraging telehealth to overcome workforce challenges in a rural allied health team
Mrs Erin Passfield |
DISCUSSION |
Creating “HabitHack: Recovery tools in everyday life” from a Co-Design Perspective
Mrs Louise Splatt |
Empowering Lives, Shaping Osteoporosis Care: A retrospective audit of a Multidisciplinary Approach to Refracture Prevention
Mr William Hu |
Leveraging Interactive AI-enhanced Robots to Empower Youth with Special Education Needs: A Study of ChatGPT-Supported Job Interview Training
Dr Ka Yan Fung |
| 1715 – 1720 |
DISCUSSION |
Physiotherapy-led virtual fracture clinics: Clinician views on a novel service model for simple fractures
Mr Min Jiat Teng |
Empowering CALD Mums: Navigating Healthcare with Confidence using Digital Technology
Mrs Swati Agrawal |
Implementation of an individualised exercise program for early-stage breast cancer: A pilot study
Ms Katherine Maka |
Establishment of an Airways Clearance Clinic in a rural setting, bringing care closer to home
Mrs Tamara Matulick |
Unlocking the Future of Swallowing Diagnostics: How Artificial Intelligence is Changing the Landscape for Speech Pathology
Dr Anna Girardi |
| 1720 – 1725 |
United for Safety: Enhancing East Metropolitan Health Services’ Response to Family and Domestic Violence
Ms Juliana Martins Pereira |
Using artificial intelligence in clinical allied health practice: A systematic review
Mr Rhys Forrer |
Optimising the Uptake of Mandatory Workplace Training by the Allied Health Workforce
Dr Susan Alexander |
Innovating Long COVID Care: Implementation of a multidisciplinary, virtual group program
Mr Michael Wai |
Brightwater – designing and building to meet the needs of our clients with neurological disorders
Mrs Janet Wagland |
| 1725 – 1730 |
Navigating the Policy/Practice Nexus: The development of a frontline social work practice model for psychosocial needs in acquired brain injury
Dr Brooke Kooymans |
Driving clinician engagement to enhance patient portal use in inpatient care
Mrs Meaghan Maher, Ms Jennifer Langford |
Perceptions of Medical Imaging Use in South Australia
Mrs Marina Kostopoulos |
Bridging generations: Unlocking the potential of intergenerational programs in aged care
Miss Lysha Lee |
Reducing Portion-Controlled Food Waste in Fiona Stanley and Fremantle Hospitals: A Food Rescue and Reuse Initiative
Ms Elizabeth Matthew |
| 1730 – 1930 |
Networking Party
Including the Taste South Australia Marketplace – Click here to view details of producers in attendance
Halls F & G |