Ms Jacqueline Kay1, Miss Laura Ferguson1, Ms Patricia Maggs1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia Background: Amongst Royal Melbourne Hospital Allied Health staff, a gap was identified in the knowledge and education regarding the management of patients with dementia. In response,...
- April 3, 2019
Dr Melanie Hayes1, Dr Jennifer Fletcher1, Professor Lorraine Smith1 1University Of Sydney, Camperdown, Australia Background: Interdisciplinary collaboration in education promotes innovative practice, required to solve complex problems. This is particularly important in healthcare education, as interdisciplinary teamwork and collaborative practice...
- April 3, 2019
Ms Angela Wood1, Dr Laurelie Wishart1,2, Ms Kathy Grudzinskas3, Ms Gail Gordon4, Ms Julie-Anne Ross1, Ms Sarah Bailey1 1Allied Health Workforce Development Team, Metro South Hosptial & Health Service, Brisbane, Australia , 2Centre for Functioning & Health Research, Metro South...
- April 2, 2019
Ms Dallas Rae1 1South West Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, Australia Public community mental health services in Australia operate predominantly within a multidisciplinary team (MDT) format. Teams generally consist of generic mental health care coordinator roles, titled mental health (MH)...
- April 2, 2019
Ms Yvette Rouse1, Dr Lydia Garside1, Ms Nicki Wickham1 1Child Protection Unit, Sydney Children’s Hospital Randwick, Randwick, Australia Vicarious trauma (VT) is the cumulative and detrimental effect of working with and being repeatedly exposed to traumatic information. VT is a...
- April 2, 2019
Ms Leigh Moore1, Associate Professor Narelle Campbell1 1Flinders University, Darwin, Australia Background: Escape rooms are a purposeful physical adventure game requiring a team to ‘escape’ by solving a series of puzzles through clues and strategy. Inspired by the team-building and...
- April 2, 2019
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...
- April 2, 2019
Ms Julia Kwiet1, Ms Rachel Edmondson2, Dr Zephanie Tyack3, Ms Angela Thynne4, Ms Anne Darton5, Ms Nicola Clayton6, Ms Tracey Perrett7 1 NSW Health, NSLHD, Department of Social Work, Sydney, Australia, 2Department of Physiotherapy, RNSH, Sydney, Australia, 3Centre for Children’s...
- April 2, 2019
Dr Christine Saxby1, Ms Louise Lynch1, Ms Madeline Mitchell1, Ms Juliann Whitmore1 1Community and Oral Health Directorate, Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Brighton, Australia The health care system is frequently a first point of contact for individuals experiencing domestic...
- April 2, 2019
Dr Christine Saxby1,2, Professor Jill Wilson2, Associate Professor Peter Newcombe2 1Community And Oral Health Directorate, Brighton, Australia, 2Faculty of Health and Behavioural Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Current approaches to the implementation of clinical supervision in Australia...
- April 2, 2019