Dr Narelle Campbell1, Annie Farthing2, Jessie Anderson2, Leigh Moore1, Susan Witt1 1Flinders NT, Darwin, Australia, 2Centre for Remote Health, Alice Springs, Australia Background: Placing undergraduate health students in underserved areas with a view to them taking up employment after graduation is...
- April 4, 2019
Ms Danielle Hornsby1 1Townsville Hospital And Health Service, Townsville, Australia As electronic medical records (EMR) become common place in our hospitals nationally, allied health leaders have a window of opportunity to mine the rich data source, to rapidly change the...
- April 4, 2019
Andrew Wale-corey1, Simone Sheridan1 1The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Australia Background: A recent Australian study found that Transgender and Gender Diverse (TGD) patients experience high rates of discrimination when accessing mainstream healthcare services. A lack of knowledge of TGD issues...
- April 4, 2019
Ms Maryanne Long1, Ms Sonia Wood1 1Southern Queensland Rural Health, Toowoomba , Australia Research evidence suggests that peer to peer communication is a potentially influential tool to leverage interest and engage students in the conversation in relationship to the uptake...
- April 4, 2019
Mr Mark Cruickshank1, Prof Lisa Nissen2, Ms Sonia Sam1 1Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Background: There are many challenges facing the Australian health care sector such as an aging population, increasing burden...
- April 4, 2019
Mrs Felicity Prebble1, Mrs Jennifer Murphy1, Anne Leditschke1 1Mater Health, South Brisbane, Australia Purpose: The early mobilisation of critically ill patients has recently taken the forefront of intensive care based research. Emerging literature has shown that early mobilisation within the...
- April 4, 2019
Associate Professor Leanne Brown1, Associate Professor Tony Smith2, Dr Luke Wakely1, Mrs Rebecca Wolfgang1, Mrs Alexandra Little1, Dr Julie Burrows1 1University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health, Tamworth, Australia, 2University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health, Taree, Australia Background: The...
- April 4, 2019
Miss Alita Rushton1, Dr Adrienne Young1, Professor Heather Keller2, Associate Professor Judy Bauer3, Dr Jack Bell1,3 1Metro North HHS, Brisbane, Australia, 2University of Waterloo and Schlegel Research Institute, Waterloo, Canada, 3The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Background: Delegated models of...
- April 4, 2019
Dr Fiona Hall1, Ms Catherine Stephens1 1Allied Heatlh Professions Office of Queensland, Department Of Health, Cairns, Australia Background: Exploring service models which optimise the expertise and scope of practice of mental health workforces and increase therapeutic, psychosocial and rehabilitative outcomes...
- April 4, 2019
Mrs Hilary Powlesland1, Mrs Belinda Mason1, Dr Riley O’Donohue2, Dr Adrian Kark3, Dr Lynda J Ross1,4, Dr Adrienne Young1 1Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Department of Psychology, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane,...
- April 4, 2019