Lightning Talk

Ms Trish Thorpe1 1The University Of Melbourne, Ballarat, Australia Going Rural Health (GRH) is a Commonwealth funded program supporting nursing and allied health students from any recognised university whilst on their rural clinical placement. Much of the literature on rural...

Ms Jodi Dumbrell1, Mr Doug McCaskie1 1Alfred Health, Melbourne, Australia Background: Despite being endorsed by best practice standards, utilisation of interpreters is suboptimal with only 31% of inpatients requiring an interpreter being provided one during their Alfred Health (AH) stay. Failure...

Jeremy Carr1, Melanie  Reeves2 1Back On Track Physiotherapy, Corowa, Australia, 2Murrumbidgee Primary Health Network, Wagga Wagga, Australia The Vitality Passport is tasked with halting or reversing fraility within community dwelling individuals.  The program uses a multi-component approach via a range...

Kathryn Costello1 1Boonah Hospital, Australia Background: Rural hospitals traditionally provide communities with local medical services and sub-acute care for patients transferring back from larger hospitals. These facilities are often located closer to home for patients, however they are also frequently...

Dr Belinda Gavaghan1, Ms Jennifer Finch1, Ms Liza-Jane McBride1 1Allied Health Professions’ Office Of Queensland, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Background: Queensland’s public health system has invested in a program of allied health expanded scope activities to assist health services...

Mrs Estelle Jensen1, Mrs Nancy Wang1 1Queensland Health, Brisbane, Australia Background: The Transit Care Hub (TCH) is an interim ward for patients awaiting transport home from hospital.  It intermittently opens overnight as a 12-bed ward when the hospital reaches full...

Dr. Alison Nelson1,2 1The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Windsor, Australia, 2The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Background: Developing an effective health workforce in Indigenous health requires an inter-disciplinary, integrated approach across schools, universities and workplaces. It also requires...

Mrs Julie Creen1,2, Dr Ann Kennedy-Behr2, Dr Michele Verdonck2, Mrs Kellee Gee1 1Sunshine Coast Hospital and Health Service , Birtinya, Australia, 2University of the Sunshine Coast, Maroochydore, Australia Introduction: Within public paediatric outpatient services, literature has indicated difficulties with long...

Ms Tanya Trevena1 1Ballarat Health Services, Ballarat, Australia Background: The Allied Health Activity Dashboard evolved rapidly due to several concurrent expectations and concerns being placed on the service. These included our service purchasers not knowing if they were getting ‘what...

Kristine Kelly1, Claire  Costello1, Tania Hobson1 1Queensland Children’s Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia BACKGROUND – Healthcare teams are responding to complex challenges to deliver quality, safe and cost-effective healthcare by transforming traditional approaches of healthcare delivery to incorporate Interprofessional practice (IPP),...