Maria Schwarz1, Professor Elizabeth Ward3, Anne Coccetti1, Katrina Dunn2, Dr Craig Bond2, Associate Professor Bernard Whitfield1, Dr Marjoree Sehu1, Erin Lawlor2, Cal Winckel2 1Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Australia, 2West Moreton Hospital and Health Service, , Australia, 3Centre for Functioning and Health...
- April 2, 2019
Dr Jenni White1, Ms Kellie Grant1, EviTAH Committte2, Prof Terry Haines1 1Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, 2Victorian Department of Health and Human Services, Melbourne, Australia Background: Allied health professionals are encouraged to be research and policy literate in order to apply...
- April 2, 2019
Mrs Karen Bettenay1, Professor Lisa Nissen1, Mrs Liza-Jane McBride2, Mrs Julie Hulcombe1 1Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of Health, Brisbane, Australia, 2Allied Health Professions’ Office of Queensland, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Department of Health, Herston, Australia Background The extension of prescribing...
- April 2, 2019
Dr Tom Walsh1,2, Dr Linda Ferris2, Dr Nancy Cullen2, Mr Jared Bourke2, Ms Melissa Cooney2, Dr Chi Gooi2, Dr Christopher Brown3, Dr John Arnold4 1Queensland University Of Technology, Kelvin Grove, Australia, 2The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville South, Australia, 3Noarlunga Hospital,...
- April 2, 2019
Ms Sonia Sam1, Ms Michelle Stute1, Mr Peter Buttrum1, Ms Nicole Moretto2,3, Dr Merrilyn Banks1, Ms Maree Raymer1, Ms Marita Bhagwat1, Associate Professor Tracy Comans2 1Metro North Hospital and Health Service, Herston , Australia, 2Centre for Health Services Research, Faculty...
- April 2, 2019
Mrs Jessica Reinbott1, Doug Murtagh1 1Queensland Health, Toowoomba, Australia Background: A weekend transdisciplinary model of care was introduced to the Acute Stroke Unit (ASU) in 2015, resulting in increased adherence to National Stroke Guidelines. In 2018, the “Weekday Transdisciplinary Stroke...
- April 2, 2019
Ruth Cox1, Sue Laracy2, Celeste Glasgow2, Kathy Green3, Leo Ross1 1QEII Jubilee Hospital, Coopers Plains , Australia, 2Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Herston, Australia, 3Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Australia Study Design. Prospective cohort study Introduction. Public hospitals face an escalating challenge...
- April 2, 2019
Mr Adam de Gruchy1 1Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia Aim: To report on the design, implementation and evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the BAC model. Method: The BAC is a community-based specialist service for assessing and managing neck...
- April 2, 2019
Maria Schwarz1, Professor Elizabeth Ward2, Associate Professor Petrea Cornwell3, Mrs Anne Coccetti1 1Logan Hospital, Meadowbrook, Australia, 2Centre for Functioning and Health Research, Brisbane, Australia, 3School of Allied Health, Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia As demands on Allied Health Practitioners grow within...
- April 2, 2019
Katherine Kelly1 1South Western Sydney Local Health District, Campbelltown, Australia Background: The role of SLPs in palliative and EOL care is still not well defined, not always understood by other professions, and sometimes not even by SLPs themselves (Hawksley et...
- April 2, 2019