2021 Program

The Program is Provisional and will be updated as planning proceeds.

Pre-Conference Workshops

Monday 9th August

Pre-conference workshops will be held through the 2021 NAHC Online Platform on Monday 9th August. Attendance at these workshops is an additional cost and open to delegates and non-delegates of the conference. Places are limited and bookings will be taken on a first come – first served basis.

Workshops will be available to book from 27th April 2021. View full workshop descriptions HERE

Program times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC +10). To calculate program times for your timezone, you can use the Time Zone Converter HERE

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WORKSHOP SESSION ONE COMMENCING 10AM AEST
How to increase allied health research engagement at an individual, team and organisational level 1000 – 1200 (AEST) Dr Rachel Wenke, Professor Sharon Mickan, Dr Kelly Weir	Allied Health Leadership – Building the Narrative 1000 – 1200 (AEST) Luke Hockley, Cath Maloney, Donna Markham	Transform your approach to service planning (an introduction) 1000 – 1330 (AEST) (3.5 hour workshop) Dr Anna Moran
WORKSHOP SESSION TWO COMMENCING 12.30PM AEST
	Therapy assistants: an integral part of the rural disability sector workforce 1230 – 1430 (AEST) Kim Bulkeley, Genevieve Johnsson, Marlene Eksteen, Caryn Ferguson	Using Music with Confidence 1230 – 1430 (AEST) Dr Jason Kenner
WORKSHOP SESSION THREE COMMENCING 3PM AEST
Value and impact in allied health services: how do we articulate and evidence our worth? 1500 – 1800 (AEST) Professor Susan Hillier, Jo Nolan	Allied Health in 2030: what are the challenges we face and what is on our research agenda to best prepare? 1500 – 1730 (AEST) Professor Andrew Baillie	How to run an evidence-based structured journal club to optimise clinical practice 1500 – 1630 (AEST) Dr Rachel Wenke, Professor Sharon Mickan

Main Conference Overview

Tuesday 10th - Thursday 12th August

Program times are listed in Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC +10). To calculate program times for your timezone, you can use the Time Zone Converter HERE

10 Aug 2021

VIRTUALLY TOGETHER – REFORM

0930-1000	Icebreaker Networking Take this opportunity to meet colleagues, sponsors and speakers through small group meetings. Participants will be randomly allocated through a series of 7 minute video chats for the duration of the Networking session. You never know who you might meet!
PLENARY SESSION #1
1000-1020	Opening Session Conference Welcome Jennifer Campbell, 2021 National Allied Health Conference Convenor Acknowledgment of Country & Indigenous Performance Wesley College Indigenous Program Minister’s Address The Hon Greg Hunt MP, Minister for Health
1020-1030	Plenary Address: Anne-marie Boxall Allied health as Change Agent – Major National Reforms Anne-marie Boxall is the Chief Allied Health Officer for the Australian Government Department of Health. In this role, Anne-marie leads engagement with the allied health sector and works within and across government to promote the role of allied health professionals. Prior to this, Anne-marie worked in the Department on long-term health system reform. She has also worked at the Commonwealth Treasury, Commonwealth Parliamentary Library, the National Rural Health Alliance, and the Australian Health and Hospital Association. She began her career as a physiotherapist, where she worked in the public and private sectors. Anne-marie is also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Menzies Centre for Health Policy at The University of Sydney and has published on a wide range of health policy topics. In 2019-20, Anne-marie was the Australian Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Policy and Practice at Columbia University in the United States.
1030-1040	Plenary Panel #1: Leading Australia’s Reforms The opening plenary panel will be chaired by Anne-marie Boxall and is proudly sponsored by the Australian Council of Deans of Health Sciences.

1040-1100	Future directions for Allied Health in Rural and Regional Areas Adj. Professor Ruth Stewart, National Rural Health Commissioner, Commonwealth Department of Health	Role and Opportunities for Allied Health in Aged Care Sector Janet Anderson, Commissioner, Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
1100-1135	Panel Discussion
1135-1145	Consumer Video
1145-1215	Exhibition & Morning Tea Break

1215-1315 CONCURRENT SESSION #1
Delegates are welcome to move freely between concurrent sessions on the day. Recordings of all sessions will be available for viewing by delegates for 3 months post conference.
DISABILITY	AGED CARE / LAST 1000 DAYS	PRIMARY HEALTH CARE	MENTAL HEALTH	INDIGENOUS HEALTH & WORKFORCE	VALUE BASED HEALTH
Michelle Foley	Claire Hewat	Ilsa Nielsen	Jenny O’Callaghan	Mary Joyce	Helen Matthews
Navigating the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) in the State Rehabilitation Service: Understanding the interface between Health and NDIS to reduce discharge delay Meagan White	Geriatric rehabilitation inpatients roam at home! Jacinta Brenan, Jacqueline Kay	Avoiding hospital admission of elderly patients using a home-based interdisciplinary allied health team; a pilot study Kate Andersen, Patrick Brown, Sue Fitzpatrick	Professional identity, power and patient care Dr Lil Vrkevski	Working collaboratively to share information about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander allied health Darren Deves	“GET MOVING”: Combatting hospital-acquired deconditioning in an inpatient rehabilitation setting Elise Jenkins
Growing a cross sector community of practice to better support children and young people with disability and complex support needs Bethany Hooke	What do older people want from their end of life care? Dr Jessica Cecil	Characteristics of general practitioner referrals to podiatrists in Australia, 2000-2016 Prof. Hylton Menz	Mental health reform in WA – factoring in the NDIS Kate Bullow	Establishing Interprofessional Indigenous Cadetship Programs across two hospital and health services Emma Driver, Claire Costello	Health service costs for a pre-dialysis dietetic clinic: A retrospective cost analysis study Stephanie Notaras
Allied healthcare delivered via telehealth for people with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic: A cross-sectional survey of user experiences Dr Belinda Lawford	Does intensive occupational therapy improve functional outcomes in a large cohort of hospitalised elderly patients? Celia Marston	Allied Health Led Post-Operative Hand Clinic: Satisfaction with an alternative model of care Claire Tharakan	Navigating Happiness – development, implementation, and staff training of a 4-week practical skill group to live a more meaningful life Chi Cheng	Implementation and Early Outcomes of an Allied Professions Māori & Pacific Workforce Strategy Dr Molly Kallesen	The ‘making it count’ initiative: Optimisation of Allied Health non-admitted activity classification, recording and reporting Kristy Perkins
Consumer experience of waiting in hospital for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Sanzida Matin, Michelle Jones	Sarcopenia – the greatest threat to aging. How at risk are our sub-acute patients? Shelly Casey	Why do some people with osteoarthritis and obesity awaiting hip or knee arthroplasty achieve successful weight management and physical activity levels while others don’t? Natalie Pavlovic	Sensory modulation can help patients control their arousal levels, self-regulate their emotions and prevent the need for long term seclusion Deepa Ramakrishnan	Development and Implementation of a Cultural Competency Framework – lessons learnt Anais Le Gall	Healthier Homes. Improving the health and wellbeing of Māori & Pacific Islander children and families via Good Start Facebook live Jessica Hardt

1315-1400

Exhibition & Lunch Break

1400-1500 CONCURRENT SESSION #2
Delegates are welcome to move freely between concurrent sessions on the day. Recordings of all sessions will be available for viewing by delegates for 3 months post conference.
SERVICE DELIVERY – COMMUNITY	EARLY CHILDHOOD	SERVICE DELIVERY	WORKFORCE MANAGEMENT	RURAL AND REMOTE	MEASURING VALUE
Mark Petrich	Deborah Flynn	Juanine Passfield	Rachel Resuggan	Suzanne Spitz	Natalie Ciccone
Implementing eating disorder prevention program ‘Confident Body, Confident Child’ into community child health services: a knowledge translation study Dr Shelley Roberts	Inter-professional practice for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and their families Kelly Skorka	Accessing Centrelink from Hospital: A Multisite Social Work Quality Assurance Project Siobhan Feely, Susan Dragon	Exploration of professional supports across different operational allied health structures Elizabeth Dalla Santa	Speech pathology service enhancement for people with head and neck cancer living in regional and remote areas: Using a concept mapping approach to inform service change Prof. Elizabeth Ward	Measuring value and outcomes in rehabilitation: development of a minimum dataset Dr Adrienne Young
Community-based occupational therapists’ experiences working with clients with chronic and complex conditions: a qualitative analysis Dr Olivia King	Integrated care in early childhood education: Educator outcomes following speech pathology-led interaction training Alison Britton	Exercise in adults admitted to hospital with diabetes-related foot ulcers: A pilot study of feasibility and safety Emily Aitken	Whose decision is this? How professional and operational governance differ in a complex health system Elizabeth Dalla Santa	Improving rural and remote hospital foodservices – where to start? A complex needs assessment Niccola Currie, Jessica Kinneally	NSW allied health clinicians’ perspectives about allied health data collection and reporting for activity based funding Min Jiat Teng
Effectiveness of healthcare clinical champions in family violence: A pilot study Dr Toni Withiel	Fostering interprofessional practice and education across Children’s Health Queensland Hospital and Health Services (CHQHHS): A statewide paediatric hospital and health service perspective Kristine Kelly	Self-reported dysphagia and pharyngeal volume following whiplash injury Danielle Stone	Implementing the Lean Daily Management System: Optimising workforce engagement, communication and continuous improvement Raymond Kopeshke	People in regional areas travel further to access health services following transport-related major trauma Jemma Keeves	Measuring patient change during rehabilitation- the responsiveness of a standard set of outcome measures Dr Margie Schache
Australian speech-language pathology intervention settings and service delivery methods for adolescents requiring language support Dr Suzanne Hopf	‘I really liked seeing the child in his natural environment’: Clinician perceptions of using standardised language assessments via telehealth Dr Rebecca Sutherland	Respiratory muscle strength training (RMST) to facilitate swallow and pulmonary rehabilitation in critical care patients with severe deconditioning: A case series Caroline Nicholls	Two heads can be better than one: Practical learnings from a successful job-share Catherine White, Meg Marmo	Identifying research priorities to optimize allied health care – informed by consumers, health professionals and researchers: a modified Delphi study Dr Anna Wong Shee	Measuring patient change during rehabilitation- the establishment of a national outcome measure database and preliminary data analysis Dr Amanda Timmer

1500-1505

Changeover Break

1505-1530

DISCUSSION GROUPS

This is a pre-selected networking session where attendees are allocated to a group based on their conference topic interest. Attendees have the option to select their first and second choice of discussion topic during the registration process. We will endeavour to place you in your first choice however some group numbers will be restricted to facilitate conversation between participants.

11 Aug 2021

VIRTUALLY TOGETHER – INNOVATE

0930-0950	Icebreaker Networking Take this opportunity to meet colleagues, sponsors and speakers through small group meetings. Participants will be randomly allocated through a series of 7 minute video chats for the duration of the Networking session. You never know who you might meet!
PLENARY SESSION #2
0955-1000	Day Two Opening
	Chair: Jenny Campbell \| Chief Allied Health Officer, Department of Health
1000-1045	Keynote Address: Gihan Perera The Future of Allied Health Gihan Perera is a futurist, conference speaker, author and consultant who gives you a glimpse into what’s ahead – and how you can become fit for the future, in your professional and personal life. Since 1997, he has worked with business leaders, thought leaders, entrepreneurs, and other change agents – helping them with their strategy for thriving in a fast-changing world. He has clients throughout Australia, as well as in New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the USA and Canada… Click here to read more!
1045-1110	Keynote Address: Louise Schaper The realities of healthcare reimagined Dr Louise Schaper is on a mission to fix healthcare. As leader of Australia’s peak body for digital health, Dr Louise Schaper is a passionate advocate for the transformation of healthcare, enabled by technology. As CEO and Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Digital Health she brings together world-class clinicians, researchers, innovators and organisations from across the biomedical, health and technology spectrum who are committed to the improvement of health outcomes enabled through innovative uses of technology and information. She is a facilitator, and innovator and a change agent who explores and leverages the convergence of people, systems and technologies in the transformation and future of health and medicine…. Click here to read more!
1110-1130	Exhibition & Morning Tea Break

1130-1230 CONCURRENT SESSION #3
Delegates are welcome to move freely between concurrent sessions on the day. Recordings of all sessions will be available for viewing by delegates for 3 months post conference.
COVID-19	DIGITAL HEALTH	SERVICE DELIVERY	CLINICAL EDUCATION	CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT	WORKFORCE – REGIONAL
Donna Markham	Stephanie Mathews	Andrew Davison	Charmaine Manewell	Jenny Campbell	David Thompson
Masked communication: Impact of a purpose-built training program on communication effectiveness between staff and patients Rebekah Rajakone	Development of a digital health capability framework for allied health professionals Nikki Littlewood	An exercise training and healthy eating group program (ATHENA) for overweight and obese women with urinary incontinence: translating evidence into practice Dr Shelley Roberts	Supporting novice health professionals to become clinical educators Alis Moores	An allied health research team’s reflections on consumer coproduction on the ATHENA project Dr Kelly Weir	Exploring the professional support practices of allied health in a regional hospital and health service Carly Maurer, Inga Alexander
Evaluation of Inter-professional collaborative practice (ICP) in COViD-19 Fast-tracked Telehealth in Community Services Study Arryn Mills	Cracks in the Ice – an online toolkit developed to support Australian families, health workers and communities affected by crystal methamphetamine (‘ice’) Felicity Duong	Developing an evidence-based intra-operative language mapping protocol for awake craniotomy to maximise outcomes for patients Aoife O’Reilly	Student placement experience surveys: What are the commonalities and are they consistent with evidence-based frameworks? Sarah Bailey	“We felt she was one of us”: Experiences piloting a consumer mentor model of care for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) patients with chronic conditions Dr Bernadette Brady	Evaluation of the Allied Health Rural Generalist Education Program 2016 – 2019 Ilsa Nielsen
Staff psychological wellbeing and preparedness at Fiona Stanley Fremantle Hospital Group during COVID-19 and beyond Mitch Read, Hyranthi Kavanagh	Developing an interprofessional health informatics framework Dr Kwang Meng Cham	Predicting discharge destination following trauma admission – can predictive modelling be a tool to target early and intensive Allied Health therapy in the acute setting? Dr Lara Kimmel	Clinical education adaptations to meet placement demand during the COVID-19 Pandemic Cate Fitzgerald	Healthier Together: methodology, results and impact of a co-designed, community-based, childhood overweight and obesity prevention program, tailored to the Māori & Pacific Islander community, aiming to improve the delivery of culturally-tailored health care and contribute to a reduction in health inequity experienced by one of Australia’s most vulnerable population groups Jessica Hardt	Building allied health workforce sustainability in remote communities Dr Robyn Adams
St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne family violence clinical notifications: the effect on risk and protective factors related to the COVID-19 pandemic Melinda Collins, Marianne Crowe	Standardised clinical data capture: Optimisation of Allied Health clinical activity recording in an ieMR for admitted patient care Jill Mahoney, Alicia Chaplain	Outsourcing bed-based aged care services from a public health service: An observational study Anne Thompson	Effective clinical education from a distance: Tele-supervision of clinical placements in speech pathology Dr Jemma Skeat	Barriers, enablers and patient design ideas for health literacy responsive hospital outpatient rehabilitation waiting areas: a framework analysis Cassie McDonald	Supporting rural mature-aged nursing and allied health students: A systematic scoping review A/Prof. Carol McKinstry

1230-1300

Exhibition & Lunch Break

PLENARY SESSION #3
	Chair: Jenny Campbell \| Chief Allied Health Officer, Department of Health
1300-1345	Plenary Panel – The Allied Health Rural Generalist Pathway: What is it and why do we need it? Chair: Cath Maloney, Chief Executive Officer, SARRAH Panellists: Ilsa Nielsen, Principal Workforce Officer, AHPOQ Gemma Tuxworth, Principal Project Manager, SARRAH Ali Dymmott, Lecturer/Placement Education Coordinator, OT, PhD Hannah Mann, Kimberley Pharmacy Services Mandy Colless, Occupational Therapist, Marathon Health NSW Hamish Peberdy, Physiotherapist, Riverland Mallee Coorong Local Health Network The purpose of this panel discussion is to provide the audience with an overview understanding of the pathway, its position in current rural workforce initiatives and benefits perceived by participant organisations and trainees. Click here to view all the panellists.
1345-1415	Keynote Address: Nic Marchesi & Lucas Patchet The Power of a Conversation In October 2014, two best mates had a crazy idea to put two washing machines and two dryers in the back of a van, to wash and dry clothes for free. Nicholas Marchesi and Lucas Patchett, awarded the 2016 Young Australians of the Year and recently the Order of Australia Medal, founded Orange Sky – a world-first, free mobile laundry and shower service for people experiencing homelessness. On a mission to improve hygiene standards for the 116,000 people experiencing homelessness across Australia, Nic and Lucas stumbled on something much bigger and more significant – the power of a conversation… Click here to read more!
1415-1420	Consumer Video
1420-1430	Changeover Break

1430-1530 CONCURRENT SESSION #4
Delegates are welcome to move freely between concurrent sessions on the day. Recordings of all sessions will be available for viewing by delegates for 3 months post conference.
COVID-19	DIGITAL HEALTH	SERVICE DELIVERY	CLINICAL EDUCATION	CONSUMER ENGAGEMENT	WORKFORCE – REGIONAL
Vinicius Cavalheri	Mary Joyce	Scott Gibbings	Natalie Ciccone	Alison Vaughan	Jennifer Finch
Evolution of an Allied Health Model of Care to support patients within the NSW COVID-19 Quarantine System Kirrily Stewart	The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) Allied Health TeleBurns Service: An implementation evaluation using the RE-AIM approach Amber Jones	Turning transdisciplinary: Steps, tools and resources to develop a transdisciplinary stroke assessment Aleysha Martin	How often do students participate in interprofessional collaborative practice and interprofessional education activities during clinical placements? Susan Stoikov	‘Seeking choice to fulfill health literacy needs’: Constructivist grounded theory of health literacy opportunities for patients in hospital waiting areas Cassie McDonald	A pilot of group clinical supervision for regional allied health professionals Marcus Gardner
Code-COVID: Preparing the disability sector to plan for and respond to COVID Louise Mogg	Sustaining telehealth services after initial response to COVID-19: Learning from patient and allied health profession experiences at a major tertiary hospital Dr Michelle Cottrell	New Allied Health model of care: Early and intensive therapy for acute hospital trauma patients Dr Lara Kimmel	Transforming Social Work Documentation across the Sunshine State: A state-wide chart audit exploring the implementation of standardised Psychosocial Assessment Templates in Queensland Health Kim Sutherland	A consumer co-created infographic improves short-term knowledge about physical activity and self-efficacy to exercise in women with gestational diabetes mellitus: A randomised trial Dr Anne Harrison	Health literacy training for allied health professionals: development and evaluation of a train-the-trainer model Dragana Ceprnja
Function, disability and recovery after Covid-19: Patient outcomes six and twelve months after diagnosis Dr Danielle Hitch	One Year Experience in Using Tele-care to Support Allied Health Services in Hong Kong Chun Yin Ching	Rapid Assessment, Intervention, and Discharge-Emergency Department (RAID-ED) Chrissan Segaram	Supporting allied health clinical education with a digital repository for professional development – ClinEdAus Prof. Andrea Bialocerkowski	Why won’t they engage? Factors that influence chronic heart failure rehabilitation engagement Katie Palmer	Supporting the transition from student to new graduate: The development of a New Graduate Support Framework Kassie Shardlow
Physical and psychological function after 6 months in non-hospitalized adults with COVID-19 Aruska D’souza	“I punched the wall….and I can’t miss work.” – TeleHealth management of boxer’s fractures is safe, cost-effective and good for patients Piers Truter	The possibility of home: Additional Senior Allied Health input in the acute setting can improve patient and hospital outcomes Melanie Haley	Exploring Allied Health clinical educator and student experiences of remote clinical supervision during COVID-19 restrictions Andrea Bramley	What is EBCD? Using experience-based co-design to design a cancer nutrition care pathway Jenelle Loeliger	Implementation of the Staff Psychological Wellbeing and Support Program at Fiona Stanley Hospital Dr Michael Monisse-Redman, Hyranthi Kavanagh

1530-1615

DISCUSSION GROUPS

12 Aug 2021

VIRTUALLY TOGETHER – ACHIEVE

0930-1000	Icebreaker Networking Take this opportunity to meet colleagues, sponsors and speakers through small group meetings. Participants will be randomly allocated through a series of 7 minute video chats for the duration of the Networking session. You never know who you might meet!
PLENARY SESSION #4
1000-1005	Day Three Opening
	Chair: Jenny Campbell \| Chief Allied Health Officer, Department of Health
1005-1045	Plenary Address: Martin Chadwick Allied Health New Strategies to realise our potential Martin is the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer within the Ministry of Health, working in partnership with the Chief Medical Officer and Chief Nursing Office in providing transdisciplinary clinical leadership and advice. The role works at a systems level as well as providing support to clinicians, programmes and projects across the Ministry. He is aligning a work programme around what he describes as the five challenges facing allied health…. Click here to read more!
1045-1100	Launch of International Allied Health Professionals Day & Consumer Video
1100-1130	Exhibition & Morning Tea Break

1130-1230 CONCURRENT SESSION #5
Delegates are welcome to move freely between concurrent sessions on the day. Recordings of all sessions will be available for viewing by delegates for 3 months post conference.
COVID-19	DIGITAL HEALTH	SERVICE DELIVERY	RESEARCH – BUILDING CAPACITY AND CULTURE	LEADERSHIP	INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
Sarah Bailey	Kara Milne	Andrew Davison	Elizabeth McCourt	Catherine Stephens	Michelle Foley
Redeployment of allied health professionals during the Covid-19 pandemic: What can we learn from experiences of this “once in a lifetime” event? Dr Danielle Hitch, Christopher Weiers, Sally Brinkmann	Applications of patient rehabilitation mobile app to support Allied Health services Priscilla Poon	Top of Scope: Evaluation of a First-Contact Speech Pathology Model of Care within a Tertiary ENT Clinic Danielle Stone	Perceptions of Allied Health Clinician-Researcher Career Pathways Dr. Caitlin Brandenburg	From Discipline Focus to Allied Health Lens: Developing Allied Health leadership skills in our workforce Dr Clare Ramsden	Allied health perceptions of informal interprofessional interactions in the workplace: A qualitative survey study Dr Olivia King
COVID, experiences from a cultural lens Sheyrll Devecchi	Exploration of daily load measures using wearable technology in people with Achilles tendinopathy Sanam Tavakkoli Oskouei	Allied Health (AH) taking the lead to make a difference in improving communication and length of stay with complex stroke care Shereen Mouafi	Effectiveness of knowledge brokering and recommendation dissemination on resource allocation decisions: cluster randomised controlled trial Dr Mitchell Sarkies	Allied health leadership for safety and quality Dr Patricia Bradd, Prof. Joanne Travaglia	An Allied Health transition-to-professional program design: understanding the allied health graduates’ transition experience Andrea Verde
Life after Covid-19: Putting patient experience at the centre of future service responses Dr Danielle Hitch	Allied health clinician experiences of electronic medical record implementation and the impact on allied health workflow: An observational study Kath Feely	Establishing a multidisciplinary head and neck clinical pathway: An evaluation of implementation and outcomes Aoife O’Reilly	Tailoring Research Evidence and Theory (TREAT) into Allied Health Journal Clubs: An Implementation Study Dr Rachel Wenke	What do we do with them now: Self-reported motivations and outcomes of participation in organisational leadership development programs Katelyn Clarke	The value of the circle: An interprofessional leadership program Angela Wood
The impact of COVID 19 response on public rehabilitation services: a clinician and consumer perspective Dr Belinda Gavaghan	Providing better access and care through a virtual fracture clinic Min Jiat Teng	Optimising patient weight management prior to arthroplasty: A feasibility study Dr Furkan Genel	Strategic planning for allied health research: Exploring the process Dr Abby Foster	A Seat At the Table – setting a place for Allied Health leadership in British Columbia, Canada Lorrie Cramb	Is interprofessional identity the missing link in interprofessional collaborative practice? Angela Wood

1230-1300

Exhibition & Lunch Break

1300-1400 CONCURRENT SESSION #6
Delegates are welcome to move freely between concurrent sessions on the day. Recordings of all sessions will be available for viewing by delegates for 3 months post conference.
COVID-19	DIGITAL HEALTH	SERVICE DELIVERY	RESEARCH – BUILDING CAPACITY AND CULTURE	CLINICAL EDUCATION	INTERPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE
Katelyn Clarke	Darren Elliott	Rachel Resuggan	Rachelle Pitt	Belinda Gavaghan	Ingrid Lensink
The telehealth experience in physiotherapy outpatient services during the COVID-19 pandemic Dragana Ceprnja	Physiotherapists’ perception on telehealth impacting service delivery in South Australia: an observational study Thoshen Kandasamy	Factors influencing adherence to intensive upper limb exercise programs: Stroke survivors’ perspectives Tamina Levy	Shaping research and research capacity building in rural health services: Context matters Dr Anna Wong Shee	Supporting occupational therapy students to use theoretical knowledge during placements: What can practice educators do? Alis Moores	Fostering collaborative driven healthcare teaching: Utilising The Reflective Interprofessional Education-Network (RIPE-N) model Dr Amy Freeman-Sanderson
Can a Health Package maintain the physical and mental health of people with and without COVID-19 during quarantine? Caoimhe Scales	Telehealth in Outpatient Physiotherapy during COVID-19: Happy patients, but is it effective? Kim Mcmanus	Measuring malnutrition in gynaecologic oncology patients at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) – Pilot study Pushpa Sivakumar, Hanna Burbidge	Professional networks for allied health research and practice change: Who do clinicians talk to and why? Dr Danielle Hitch, Dr Jo Pinson	Expertise amongst allied health clinical educators: A scoping review Gretel Evans	Exploring interdisciplinary professionalism through creativity and diversity Dr Kwang Meng Cham
From contact tracing to hotel quarantine – Social Work leading the way in Covid-19 Melanie Wells, Patrick Rosser	Tangling with Telehealth in a speech pathology outpatient clinic Tina Wilkie	Hospital health provider experiences of identifying and treating trafficked persons Dr Doris Testa	An evaluation of research capacity and culture in a sample of Western Australian allied health professionals Janine Matus	Supporting Student Clinical Education at Western Health – Experiences from a COVID-19 Hotspot Dr Laura Browning	Development of a training and support package designed to support Allied Health New Graduates meet their professional competencies working in mental health Pam Maroney
Pivoting and Thriving: The Royal Melbourne Hospital Music Therapy Response in 2020 Dr Emma O’Brien	Physiotherapist lead TeleHealth fracture care: Understanding an Australian model for the Virtual Fracture Clinic Piers Truter	Implementing an Early Intervention Lymphoedema Model of Care at Scale – a world first Andrew Davison, Stacey Bradshaw	Bridging an allied health ‘know-do’ gap on delivering community-based group health programs with technology – an integrated knowledge translation approach Jaclyn Bishop, Dr Claire Quilliam	Supporting physiotherapy student education through a global health pandemic Kassie Shardlow, Chanelle Louwen	Don’t let it HAPpen! Reducing the rate of Hospital Acquired Pneumonia in the ISLHD Sarah Jennings, Stacey Atkins

1400-1410	Changeover Break
PLENARY SESSION #5
	Chair: Jenny Campbell \| Chief Allied Health Officer, Department of Health
1410-1505	Keynote Address: Sam Bloom Sam’s Story Sam Bloom is a 2 x World Para Surfing Champion, bestselling author, and inspiration behind the Australian box-office hit and global Netflix sensation Penguin Bloom, starring and produced by two-time Oscar nominee Naomi Watts. In 2013, while holidaying in Thailand with her husband and three young sons, Sam unknowingly leant on a rotten balcony railing, falling through it and plunging six metres onto the concrete below… Click here to read more! Sam Bloom’s keynote will not be recorded for on-demand viewing post-conference. Ensure you attend live so as not to miss out!
1505-1530	Closing & Handover
1530	14th NAHC Concludes

DAY ONE | DAY TWO | DAY THREE

2021 Program

10 Aug 2021

Plenary Address: Anne-marie Boxall

Allied health as Change Agent – Major National Reforms

Plenary Panel #1: Leading Australia’s Reforms

11 Aug 2021

Keynote Address: Gihan Perera

The Future of Allied Health

Keynote Address: Louise Schaper

The realities of healthcare reimagined

Keynote Address: Nic Marchesi & Lucas Patchet

The Power of a Conversation

12 Aug 2021

Plenary Address: Martin Chadwick

Allied Health New Strategies to realise our potential

Keynote Address: Sam Bloom

Sam’s Story

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