Interprofessional Education and Practice

Mrs Kristine Kelly1, Ms Claire Costellow1, Ms Tania Hobson1 1Children’s Health Queensland Hospital And Health Service, Brisbane, Australia Background:  Interprofessional Practice (IPP) and education (IPE) has been identified as a key strategy to enhance quality of care, consumer satisfaction and...

Dr Toni Withiel1, Dr Marlena Klaic1,2, Dr Caroline Fisher1,3 1Melbourne Health, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia, 2Melbourne University, Parkville, Melbourne, Australia, 3The Melbourne Clinic, Richmond, Melbourne, Australia Background: Family violence is a health and welfare issue. Healthcare services play an important role in...

Mr Simon Fenby3 1Mercy Hands NFP, , , 2Water for Africa NFP, , , 3Perth Radiological Clinic, , Simon is an Australian Senior Sonographer with special interest in Musculoskeletal and Obstetric Ultrasound. He studied Diagnostic Radiography and Medical Ultrasound at...

Ms Grace Rus1, Ms Michelle W.  Rutherford1, Ms Emma Davis1, Ms Anne Thompson1 1Eastern Health, Box Hill , Australia There is significant disparity when comparing Allied Health and Nursing and Midwifery Graduate programs in Victoria.  Victorian Government support for Nursing...

Ms Sue Prosser1, Mr Matthew Egan1 1Central Coast Local Health District, Gosford, Australia Our pilot inter-professional Allied Health Mentoring program ran from June 2020-February 2021. We will share the methodology and the results including the unexpected benefits of the pilot...

Mrs Catherine Moss1, Ms  Amanda  Love 1Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia Interprofessional education (IPE) is an important precursor to interprofessional collaborative practice (IPC). Variable opportunities exist for health students to participate in IPE activities while on clinical placement. To address a...

Ms Selina Taylor1, Ms Sophie Harris1, Ms Rebecca Senini1, Ms Rebecca  Stephenson1, Ms Selina Taylor1,2, Professor Beverley Glass1 1James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 2Centre for Rural and Remote Heath, Mount Isa, Australia Australia’s rural and remote populations experience inequality of...

Ms Maegan Johnsen1 1The University of Western Australian and King Edward Memorial Hopsital for Women , Subiaco , Australia The hospital-based removal of a newborn infant by a statutory child protection service is a complex social process; traumatic for the...

Mrs Prasha Sooful1, Ms Alex Hogan1, Ms  Justine Williams1, Ms Renae Moore1 1Top End Health, Tiwi, Australia Collaboration and interprofessional practice between allied health professionals based in rural and remote regions of the Northern Territory are essential for Aboriginal patient...

Mrs Tameeka Robertson1 1Northern Health, Epping, Australia Background: Northern Health Clinical Educators are often asked to teach clinical reasoning (CR) to their students or learners but receive very little formal training on how.  Clinical reasoning is often thought as complex...