Dr Kelly Weir1,2, Dr Shelley Roberts1,2, Mrs Kylie Gill2, Mrs Zara Howard2,3, Mrs Heidi Townsend4, Mrs Jane Standen4, Mrs Michelle Drienne4, Professor Sharon Mickan1,2 1Menzies Health Institute Qld & Allied Health Sciences, Griffith University , Gold Coast Campus, Southport, Australia,...
- April 4, 2019
Dr. Alison Nelson1,2, Dr. Kate Odgers-Jewell1 1The Institute for Urban Indigenous Health, Windsor, Australia, 2The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia Background: The teaching of “cultural competency” in relation to Indigenous Health is a requirement or aspiration of all Australian...
- April 4, 2019
Dr Belinda Gavaghan1, Ms Liza-Jane McBride1, Professor Lisa Nissen2, Professor Patsy Yates3, Ms Michelle Rochin2, Mr Peter Buttrum4, Ms Michelle Stute5, Ms Julie Hulcombe2 1Allied Health Professions’ Office Of Queensland, Clinical Excellence Queensland, Brisbane, Australia, 2School of Clinical Sciences, Queensland...
- April 4, 2019
Ms Debra Phillips1, Ms Lauren Matheson1, Dr Tilley Pain1,2, Dr Gail Kingston1,2 1The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia, 2James Cook University, Townsville, Australia Background: Post burn injury, rural and remote children are geographically disadvantaged compared to metropolitan children in Australia. Specialist...
- April 4, 2019
Ms Annette Zucco1, Professor David Greenfield2, Ms Wendy Geddes1, Mr Ken Hampson1 1South Western Sydney Local Health District, Bankstown, Australia, 2University of Tasmania, Rozelle, Australia Background: Allied health professionals, at South Western Sydney Local Health District, work in dispersed teams...
- April 4, 2019
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...
- April 4, 2019
Mr Dragos Ileana1, Mrs Annette Ruzicka1 1World Wellness Group, Stones Corner, Brisbane, Australia Historically, psychological approaches on treatment and their validity on wider population have been widely disputed since its first years of inception. Whilst most of the psychotherapy approaches...
- April 4, 2019
Dr Maxine O’brien1, Ms Kelli Troy1, Ms Jayne Kirkpatrick1 1Darling Downs Health, Toowoomba, Australia Background: Clinical placements associated with university degrees for the allied health professions aim to support the preparation of students for post graduate employment through the practical...
- April 4, 2019
Ms Robyn Fitzroy1 1University Centre For Rural Health, Lismore, Australia The University Centre for Rural Health (UCRH) in Northern NSW was required to double its multidisciplinary health placements to 4,300 using innovative models. The goal was to develop placements beyond...
- April 4, 2019
Alana Jacob1, Uyen Phan1, Katherine Hodgson1, Dr. Catherine Granger1,2 1Allied Health, Physiotherapy, Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Australia, 2Physiotherapy Department, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Background: Physiotherapy services face multiple competing demands including increasing patient numbers and complexity, with finite staffing...
- April 4, 2019