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Lucy Whelan1, Tony Sheng1 1Monash Health, Australia Background A working party was created in 2016 to help streamline the experience for AHA students on placement throughout Monash Health. As part of that process, four standardised tutorials were created on the...

Lucy Whelan1 1Monash Health, , Australia Allied Health Assistants (AHAs) are the health workforce of the future, with exponential growth in the training and employment of this profession throughout the health and disability sector. As a result, the appropriate training...

Dr Tilley Pain1 1Townsville Hospital And Health Service, Townsville, Australia, 2James Cook University, Townsville, Australia Allied health research (AHR) is close to clinical practice. However, the metrics for success in AHR is the same as other research modalities i.e. track...

Dr Tilley Pain1,2, Dr Malindu Fernando2,3 1Townsville Hospital And Health Service, Townsville, Australia, 2James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 3Queensland Univesity of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Brisbane, Australia Purpose Research capacity building of AHPs has increased over the last several years. The...

Lucy Whelan1, Andrea Macaffer1 1Monash Health, , Australia Background: In 2016, benchmarking across Victoria  indicated a lack of Allied Health Assistant (AHA) specific professional development and networking opportunities and a high level of interest for such opportunities. An Monash Health...

Mrs. Yu-ting Wang1, Director Hui-Chen Hsu2, Doctor Cheng-Han Tsai2, Dr. Rei-Mei  Hong3 1Chiayi Branch,Taichung Veterans General Hospital、Chang Gung University Of Science And Technology Graduate Institute , Chiayi City, Taiwan, 2Chiayi Branch,Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Chiayi City, Taiwan, 3Chang Gung University...

Louise  Levien1 1Metro North, Redcliffe Hospital , Redcliffe, Australia The most common model of Recreation Services is a “diversion model” without therapeutic goals embedded and usually delivered in aged care or in sub-acute services.  With significant changes in the expectations...

Mr Min Jiat Teng1 1NSW Health Background: Allied Health in NSW have been collecting clinical, administrative and activity data since 2001. The lack of a standardised electronic system and an agreed data set has led to localised collections of information. ...

Lucy Whelan1 1Monash Health,  Australia Background: As the Allied Health Assistant (AHA) workforce grows in number and scope of practice, the need to delegate well becomes increasingly important. AHAs are the Allied Health workforce of the future. Delegation is not...

Mrs Louise Maye1, Ms Clare Daley1 1Hunter New England Local Health District, Newcastle, Australia The Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) Allied Health workforce plan identifies workforce issues and considers the strategies requirements of our Allied Health workforce for...