Poster

Ms Karen Phipps1, Ms Carlee Holmes1,2, Ms Megan Marmo1 1St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, Fitzroy, Australia, 2Physiotherapy Department Monash University, Frankston, Australia Adults with complex disabilities are at risk of progressive health and wellbeing issues impacting quality of life, carer burden...

Ms Bethany Hooke1 1Children’s Health Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Children’s Health Queensland is a statewide quaternary health service, employing about 800 Allied Health Professionals across inpatient, outpatient, community and outreach services. This workforce delivers exceptional care to Queensland’s children and young...

Ms Anais Le Gall1, Ms Melissa Morthorpe1, Ms Sharon  Storen1 1Capital Health Network – ACT Primary Health Network, Deakin, Australia In an effort to assist health professionals in supporting patients who self-identify as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, the ACT...

Miss Jessie Cutler1 1Mater Hospital, Brisbane, Australia Speech pathologists have an important role to play in the treatment of patients with chronic cough and/or paradoxical vocal cord movement. It is an emerging area of speech pathology that provides a valuable...

Ms Sarah Childs1, Ms Julia Capper1 1Allied Health Directorate, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Australia Allied Health (AH) data is extremely rich and valuable for monitoring patient care, planning of service resources, patient costing analysis, research and quality...

Ms Sarah Childs1, Mr Robert Tompsett1,2, Ms Julia Capper1 1Allied Health Directorate, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, Australia, 2Mental Health Drug & Alcohol Directorate, Northern Sydney Local Health District, North Ryde, Australia, St Leonards, Australia Background: Quantitative data on patient-clinician...

Mrs Alexandra Fuller1, Ms Amy Haantjens 1Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District, Wollongong, Australia Providing optimal care for patients with a hip fracture is a district priority for the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District. Best practice guidelines indicate that oral nutrition...

Mrs Caterina Watson1,2,3,4 1Ramsay Healthcare, Joondalup Health Campus, Joondalup, Australia, 2Australian Sonographers Association, Melbourne, Australia, 3Australian Society of ultrasound in medicine, Chatswood, Australia, 4Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Australia Background: Ultrasound is used by numerous allied professional groups : sonographers, physicians,...

Mrs Joanna Stockings1 1Hunter New England Health, Newcastle, Australia The prevalence of malnutrition in patients receiving Haemodialysis is between 28-54%, and is strongly associated with mortality. The KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline recommends the regular use of the 7-point Subjective Global...

Mr David McCallum1 1Chief Allied Health Office, Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, Australia The Chief Allied Health Office (CAHO) provides strategic advice for 26 professions in the Western Australian (WA) allied health (AH) workforce.  The CAHO has a broad...