| Tuesday 10 November 2015 |
| 0700-1700 |
Conference Registration Open | Ground Level (outside Exhibition Hall) |
| 0700-1700 |
Speaker’s Preparation Room Open | Level 1 PCO Suite |
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Opening Plenary | Conference Hall | Chair: Kathleen Philip, Chief Allied Health Advisor (Victoria) |
| 0830-0900 |
Welcome to Country: Aunty Carolyn Briggs, Elder of the Boon Wurrung People
Welcome Address: Minister for Health, The Hon. Jill Hennessy MP, VIC |
| 0900-0950 |
Keynote Speaker: Professor Mary Lovegrove OBE, London South Bank University
Allied health realising the potential
Professor Lovegrove is a Diagnostic Radiographer by profession. She holds a personal chair in education and development for allied health professionals. Mary was awarded the OBE in the Queen’s Jubilee Birthday Honours (2012) for her commitment to allied health professionals. |
| 0950-1040 |
Keynote Speaker: Holly Ransom, Young Australian of the Year 2013 finalist
Intergenerational leadership – inspiring changeHolly Ransom is the CEO of Emergent Solutions, a company specialising in the development of high performing intergenerational workforces, leadership and social outcomes.  |
| 1040-1120 |
Morning Tea & Poster viewing | Exhibition Hall |
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Concurrent Session 1 |
| Room |
CCH 1 |
CCH 2 |
CCH 3 |
M11 |
M12 |
M13 |
M14 |
| Theme Track |
Research & quality improvement: It works better this way |
Infinity & beyond…extending the scope of practice |
Education: Learning together to enhance skills in allied health |
Effective use of the allied health assistant workforce |
Models of care in allied health |
Innovation in professional development |
Workforce development: Tomorrow’s stars |
| Chairs |
Rosalie Boyce |
Susan Nancarrow
Stephen Duns |
Terry Haines
Elizabeth Skinner |
Leah Wiseman
Peter Nuttman |
Jacinta Russell
Michele Smith-Tamaray |
Genevieve Napper
Kerry May |
Bill Suen
Marg Sherburn |
| 1120-1150 |
Key research support staff and location influences the research capacity and culture of the Victorian public health allied health workforce
Dr Cylie Williams |
Key performance indicators to measure expanded scope of practice
Andrea Hurwood, Liza-Jane McBride |
Inter-professional simulated education: Evaluating a diabetes simulation with students from nutrition and dietetics and exercise physiology
Nathan Reeves |
Developement of simulated learning resources for allied health assistants training
Lee McGovern |
West foot forward – outcomes of a high risk diabetes foot service
Julia Firth |
Development of a competency framework: Physiotherapists’ perceptions of workplace knowledge and skills
Rodney Sturt |
Austin Health Physiotherapy workforce redesign
A/Prof Sue Berney, Debbie Munro |
| 1150-1155 |
5 minute transition time |
| 1155-1210 |
Integrating the knowledge into action framework with a project management model to drive service improvement initiatives
Jill Mahoney |
Complementary physical therapies for movement disorders in Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review
Meg Morris |
Transitioning Allied Health into the digital world of a new quaternary hospital – an educators perspective
Khye Davey |
Creation and evaluation of an AHA Care Coordination model in regional Victoria
Annalee Gardam, Kylie Murphy, Samantha Coonan |
Generalized compared to disease-specific outpatient rehabilitation in people with multimorbidity: Feasibility outcomes from a pilot randomized controlled trial
Kathryn Barker |
The Allied Health infant and family discharge program
Cara Naughton |
Occupational therapists’ experiences of career progression following promotion
Susan Giles |
| 1210-1225 |
Songwriting to explore self-concept following acquired neurological injury
Dr Jeanette Tamplin |
The impact of a physiotherapist led paediatric fracture clinic. Sharing the load of outpatient fracture care
Mark Napper |
Preparing physiotherapy students for clinical placement: Student perceptions of peer-simulation
Narelle Dalwood |
Allied Health assistant model: towards patient based care
Rachel De Monte |
Challenging the Monday to Friday workforce – evaluation of an innovative seven day occupational therapy and physiotherapy service in the acute setting
Jude Boyd |
An exploratory study on facilitation of reflective practice skills for Grade 1 Occupational Therapy clinicians
Lauren Guy |
Ensuring quality documentation practice – a review of allied health practice
Jo Brady |
| 1225-1230 |
5 minute transition time |
| 1230-1245 |
Dietetic intervention for inpatients on fluid diets helps to achieve nutritional requirements
Shonnel Rothery |
Expanding extended scope of practice for dietitians in the management of gastrostomy tubes and cares
Claire Blake |
Effectiveness of clinical supervision of allied health professionals: A survey
David Snowdon |
Team training improves delegation practices
Laura Morrison |
Establishing a nutrition-led, multidisciplinary parenteral nutrition round
Fiona Rezannah |
Advanced scope of practice social work: A model of care for paediatric and maternity trauma at Sunshine Hospital
Nicole Lind |
Creating workforce agility: Right task, right worker
Kathleen Philip |
| 1245-1300 |
Increasing allied health research output – leading a strategy
Lyndell Keating |
Allied health collaboratives facilitate accelerated implementation of expanded scope models of care
Liza-Jane McBride |
Supporting health professionals emotional reactions to grief and loss
Anthea Udovicich |
tASK app to support delegation to allied health assistants
Annette Davis, Anton Glagovski |
A new model of care – a study proposal for the implementation and evaluation of the Allied Health Interdisciplinary Practitioner (AHIP)
Nicholas Ternes |
Key elements of effective supervision for physiotherapists
Fiona Brennan |
Supervision skills training – outcomes from a state-wide program in Victoria
Emma Scott |
| 1300-1400 |
Lunch & Poster viewing | Exhibition Hall |
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Concurrent Session 2 |
| Room |
CCH 1 |
CCH 2 |
CCH 3 |
M11 |
M12 |
M13 |
M14 |
| Theme Track |
Heads up: The evidence for allied health roles of the future |
Professional development front and centre |
Advancing extended scope of practice |
Rural health innovations |
Allied health careers & student/ graduate projects |
Research & quality improvement projects |
High performing teams: Utilising allied health assistants |
| Chairs |
Michele Smith-Tamaray
Kathleen Philip |
Jackie Martin-Kerry
Bill Suen |
Marg Sherburn
Susan Nancarrow |
Helen McBurney
Petra Bovery-Spencer |
Kerry May
Olivia Rofe |
Peter Nuttman
Neville Turner |
Annette Davis
Leah Wiseman |
| 1400-1415 |
Effectiveness of weekend allied health services on acute medical/surgical wards: Two randomised controlled trials
Prof Terry Haines |
Stepping into research: An Allied Health research training scheme
Prof Nick Taylor |
Mixed methods evaluation of a comprehensive osteoarthritis hip and knee service: Patient, clinician and administrative perspectives
Bernarda Cavka |
A shift in focus from rural workforce to service provision
Dr Robyn Adams |
Bonded schemes: What do allied students think?
Ruth McLeod |
Hospital Inpatient versus Home-based rehabilitation after knee arthroplasty (the HIHO study): Preliminary results of a randomised controlled trial
Mark Buhagiar |
Speech Pathology Occupational Therapy (SPOT) Allied Health assistant: A patient flow initiative
Brooke Cowie |
| 1415-1430 |
A private, multidisciplinary, interstate, rural and remote Allied Health organisation: How do they manage?
Melissa Johnstone |
| 1430-1435 |
5 minute transition time |
| 1435-1450 |
The Barwon Health Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ) Physiotherapy Clinic – advanced practice physiotherapy in the Department of Oral Health. A pilot project
Kara Hanson |
Changing our ways: Developing an advanced practice role for dietitians
Belinda Steer |
Advanced practice mapping and prioritisation tool
Sam Sevenhuysen |
Rural remote generalist clinical requirements of allied health professions in Northern Australia
Renae Moore, Ilsa Nielsen |
Allied health clinical training patterns in Victoria
Sam Green |
A Podiatry service for homeless people: an audit of an assertive outreach podiatry service
Leanna Helquirst |
Extended scope models of allied health assistant practice & the impact of organisational culture
Sharon Downie |
| 1450-1505 |
The effect of increasing audiology services for patients referred to an ENT Department
Lee Kethel |
Development, implementation and evaluation of clinical supervision e-learning courses: A South Australian experience
Kate Osborn |
The wait is over: Early health care delivery for acquired hand conditions
Zoe Milner, Susie Ellis, Kelly Briody, Fiona Moate |
The evolution of a rural team – advancing individuals and our service utilising rural development positions
Lisa Baker, Amy Gray, Rachel Pennisi |
Can a culture change make aged care a more attractive rotation for junior physiotherapy staff?
Jacqueline Kay |
Health services research in a tertiary hospital setting: Can Allied Health clinicians adhere to the protocol to ensure research fidelity
Dr Kelly-Ann Bowles |
An innovative approach to the implementation of training and development for Allied Health Assistants in the South Island of New Zealand
Randa Abbasi, Catherine Coups |
| 1505-1510 |
5 minute transition time |
| 1510-1525 |
With an eye to the future: Working together for a more comprehensive holistic service
Jonathon Jackson |
Evaluating occupational therapist’s views and perceptions of professional self-care
Courtney Apostol |
Untapping the potential of advanced musculoskeletal physiotherapy
Paula Harding |
Allied Health front and centre in a regional critical care unit – a case study
Dr Brooke Winzer, Sally Wilson |
Using the Calderdale Framework to safely enhance the development of efficient and patient centred clinical education models
Linda Furness |
The business end of service delivery: Challenges of moving toward a fee for service therapy model
Rebekah Cranmer, Janelle Johanson |
Changing Roles for Dietetic Allied Health Assistants – 2011 vs 2015
Denise Cruickshank |
| 1525-1540 |
Early intervention for lymphoedema – changing allied health practice through education
Sue Steele-Smith |
Screen time: Physiotherapist-led orthopaedic lower limb screening clinic
David O’Keeffe |
Facilitating allied health lymphoedema services using distance education, coaching and technology in rural and remote areas of Queensland
Fiona Hall |
Assessing student and supervisor satisfaction of Clinical Nutrition placements
Lauren Grundy |
Evidence-based clinical assessment – evaluating, selecting and using clinical assessments in paediatric occupational therapy: An organisational approach to quality, translation and implementation
Dr Bess Fowler |
Knowledge, experience and training needs for independent allied health assistant practice
Jacqueline Salway |
| 1540-1610 |
Afternoon Tea & Poster viewing | Exhibition Hall |
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Plenary Session | Conference Hall | Julie Hulcombe,Chief Allied Health Advisor (Queensland); Chair of National Allied Health Advisory Council |
| 1610-1615 |
Chair introduction |
| 1615-1700 |
Plenary Speaker: Mark McCrindle, Social researcher/demographer/trends analyst, McCrindle Research
Changing times, transitioning communities: Understanding the megatrends transforming the future of Allied Health Mark is an award-winning social researcher, best-selling author, and influential thought leader, and is regularly commissioned to deliver strategy and advice to the boards and executive committees of some of Australia’s leading organisations. |
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Dress for dinner |
| 1830 |
Conference Dinner featuring HESTA Primary Healthcare Awards | Plaza Ballroom, 191 Collins St (guests to make their own way) |
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| Wednesday 11 November 2015 |
| 0700-1715 |
Conference Registration Open | Ground Level (outside Exhibition Hall) |
| 0700-1500 |
Speaker’s Preparation Room Open | Level 1 PCO Suite |
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Concurrent Session 3 |
| Room |
CCH 1 |
CCH 2 |
CCH 3 |
M11 |
M12 |
M13 |
M14 |
| Theme Track |
Big ideas: Future vision for allied health |
Healthcare – the right patient, place & cost |
Preparing a new generation |
Advanced technology & future applications in health & practice |
Collaborative health & practice |
New horizons for models of care |
Better care through audit & research |
| Chairs |
David Meade
Terry Haines |
Nicole Turner
Debbie Schulz |
Stephen Duns
Helen McBurney |
Pazit Levinger
Elizabeth Skinner |
Jacinta Russell |
Kelly-Ann Bowles |
Jackie Martin-Kerry
Mathew Jenkins |
| 0840-0910 |
Reducing cancer malnutrition through collaboration: Phase II state-wide malnutrition projects in Victorian cancer services
Jenelle Loeliger, Dr Nicole Kiss |
Are physiotherapy screening clinics cost effective in addressing unmet demand in orthopaedic outpatients?
Maree Raymer |
Minimum standards of clinical practice for physiotherapists working in Australian and New Zealand critical care settings: A modified Delphi technique
Dr Elizabeth Skinner |
The hand hub: Using technology for upper limb rehabilitation
Marlena Klaic |
A multidisciplinary approach to assessment in disorders of consciousness
Claire Collins, Robert Thorniley |
Specific Timely Appointments for Triage (STAT) Reduced waiting lists in an outpatient physiotherapy service
Dr Katherine Harding |
Not enough time for research? The use of a supported short-term clinical backfill initiative in promoting local research capacity of allied health professionals
Dr Rachel Wenke |
| 0910-0925 |
HeLP – a partnership between social workers and lawyers, improving patient outcomes and health
Bridget Wall |
Missing Voices: Aboriginal stories of stroke and traumatic brain injury
Meaghan McAllister |
Indicators for effective oncology social work practice: an international audit
A/Prof Christa Fouche |
Preparing for medical imaging – there’s an app for that!
Siobhan Greene |
Implementation of a Joint Occupational Therapy (OT) and Physiotherapy (PT) Upper Limb (UL) Assessment Form for Neurological Clients Treated in the Community Setting
Trinh Vo, Josie Weightman |
Food for thought: A novel psychological and non-dieting approach to weight management
Georgia Rossetto |
Improving documentation and coding of malnutrition – a five year journey
Natalie Simmance |
| 0925-0930 |
5 minute transition time |
| 0930-0945 |
Gaps in support services for people with chronic post-stroke aphasia- suggested solutions
A/Prof Miranda Rose |
Closing the gap – system redesigning to ensure all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients are supported in their journey with Peninsula Health
Craig Wotherspoon |
Psychology staffing in Australian metropolitan acute public hospitals
Kathryn Collins, Anne Burke |
Addressing antibiotic resistance in regional Victoria using telecommunication consultation
Neeva Maskey |
Sensory based interventions: Allied health leadership and clinical expertise guided organisational inter-disciplinary practice and promoted allied health discipline specific skills
Heather Davey, Elizabeth Scutt |
Validation of clinical task instructions (competencies) to support expanded scope and delegation practice
Ilsa Nielsen, A/Prof Alison Pighills |
A systematic review of core stability training for ambulant people with Multiple Sclerosis
Priya Rangarajan |
| 0945-1000 |
Diversity of thinking to elicit culture change within subacute care
Lauren Pennisi |
A blueprint for equity – the Western NSW Local Health District allied health resource
Angela Firth |
How to keep staff motivated, engaged and moving up the career ladder: Can Step Up help?
Amy Haantjens |
Using innovative 3D scanner technology to improve the supply of customised footwear to clients in country South Australia
Fiona Murray, Claire Easterbrook |
Driving from the start – collaborative learning and practice in a new hospital
Sue Alexander |
Feed not fast: Improving patient satisfaction and outcomes with a change in dietetic model of care
Sally Courtice |
Study of allied health EBP capacity – a re-assessment of self-efficacy, outcome-expectancy in, and use of EBP
Dr Shelley Wilkinson |
| 1000-1005 |
5 minute transition time |
| 1005-1020 |
Live music to promote patient, visitor and staff wellbeing in an adult oncology hospital
Anneliis Way |
Be deadly, get healthy – An opportunity for exercise in the Aboriginal community
Kristy Dougheney |
Grade two occupational therapy rotations: Service delivery impact and clinician perspectives
Anna Joy |
Optimising multidisciplinary triage of head and neck cancer patients and their carers during chemoradiotherapy using technology: the ‘ScreenIT’ system
Laurelie Wall |
Social work and interdisciplinary practice: Evidence from a multi-site audit
Glenda Kerridge |
Back to BAC: Lessons learnt from developing, implementing and evaluating a novel, collaborative, physiotherapy-led multidisciplinary Back pain Assessment Clinic (BAC) in primary care
Uyen Phan |
HIP4Hips: High intensity physiotherapy following hip fracture surgery is safe and effective in reducing hospital length of stay
Lara Kimmel |
| 1020-1035 |
‘The customer is always right’ – The lived experience of community project implementation
David Towl, Fiona Mckinnon |
Allied Health specialist outpatient clinics: Using data to ensure survival
Michelle Stute |
How much Allied Health is enough-using clinical care ratios for workforce planning and workload monitoring for allied health professionals
Cherie Hearn |
Designing technology for Allied Health assessments of patients from CALD backgrounds
Courtney Pocock |
Delivering advance care planning at residential aged care facilities – the right care at the right place, at the right time
Pamela deKlerk |
Allied Health general medicine model of care project
Elizabeth Batchelor |
An investigation into student contribution to physiotherapy clinical services within Queensland Health
Kassie Shardlow, Mark Gooding |
| 1035-1105 |
Morning Tea & Poster viewing | Exhibition Hall |
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Plenary Sessions | Conference Hall | Vittorio Cintio, Chief Allied Health Officer (New South Wales), Workforce Planning & Development |
| 1105-1110 |
Welcome & housekeeping |
| 1110-1155 |
Keynote Speaker: Kym Peake, Acting Secretary, Department Health and Human Services
Allied Health: The broader context
Kym Peake commenced as Acting Secretary of the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services in September 2015. Kym’s substantive position is that of Deputy Secretary, Governance Policy and Coordination in the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet.
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| 1155-1245 |
Keynote Speaker: Jason Clarke, Minds at Work
Step back, step up Since 2000, Jason has been a Director of Minds at Work, a commercial collective of autonomous thinkers and problem solvers dedicated to supporting anyone interested in Making Things Better.
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| 1245-1345 |
Lunch & Poster viewing | Exhibition Hall |
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Poster Presentations (3 minutes + 2 minutes questions) | M11
Chairs: Marg Sherburn, Jacinta Russell |
| 1300-1305 |
Evaluation of the ‘Enhancing the role of the Nutrition Assistant at Dandenong Hospital’ Project
Teresa Orsini |
| 1305-1310 |
Providing shared client care across organisations: Tools to implement the AHA Supervision and Delegation Framework
Deborah Kay |
| 1310-1315 |
Developing the role of Speech Pathology in palliative & supportive care
Thomas Gauci |
| 1315-1320 |
Developing the validated Foot-Care Abilities Questionnaire (F-CAQ), using quality improvement outcomes
Tina Loxley |
| 1320-1325 |
Does eating environment have an effect on the intake in the elderly
Aurora Ottaway |
| 1325-1330 |
Use of a decision support software (Guidance MS) to guide prescribing of new oral anticoagulants (NOAC)
Vinod Chellaram |
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Concurrent Session 4 |
| Room |
CCH 1 |
CCH 2 |
CCH 3 |
M11 |
M12 |
M13 |
M14 |
| Theme Track |
Working beyond the normal expectations – Allied Health |
Allied health marketing & profile |
Innovation, quality improvements, research…& more |
Innovations in delivery of care |
Education & academics in allied health |
Prescribing in allied health |
Preparing the next generation of health care professionals |
| Chairs |
Kathleen Philip
Peter Nuttman |
Debbie Schulz
Rosalie Boyce |
Elizabeth Skinner
Kerry May |
Helen McBurney
Michele Smith-Tamaray |
Petra Bovery-Spencer
David Meade |
Olivia Rofe
Genevieve Napper |
Catherine Stephens
Kelly-Ann Bowles |
| 1345-1415 |
Bridging allied health roles for better patient outcomes. An authorising mechanism to enable practitioners to reach and practice across clinical domains
Brenda Wraight |
The ‘true’ value of Allied Health
Natasha Toohey |
Evaluating radiation therapy care coordination at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital (RBWH) – how prepared are patients for radiation planning and treatment?
Kathryn Vidler |
Improving patient access: Outcomes from an Allied Health Cancer Care Redesign Project
Dr Desley Harvey, Ilsa Nielson |
Emotional intelligence: A critical competency for therapy students undertaking clinical placements
Nigel Gribble |
Australia’s first Allied Health prescribing program – exploring participants’ perspective on the study program’s learning objectives
Josephine Martelli, Marea Patounas |
Developing collaborative partnerships between hospital and local gym facilities to successfully facilitate long-term self-management
Lauren Farrugia |
| 1415-1430 |
Development of a credentialing package to support the introduction of advanced practice hand therapy roles
Nicole Byrne, Elizabeth Witherow |
Allied Health: Front and centre in social media?
Julia-Anne Ross |
The resource allocation decision tool (ReAD-iT): Development of items for a web-based instrument to aid evidence-based resource allocation in health care
Tamica Sturgess |
Paediatric outpatient models of care – advanced Health Practitioner
Julie Creen, Kellee Gee |
The Interprofessional Learning Outcomes Scale (IpLOS): An alternative instrument for measuring outcomes of interprofessional education
Matthew Oates |
Review of the prescribing capability of speech pathologists, dietitians and psychologists
Karen Bettenay |
Development of an Allied Health rural generalist pathway
Vanessa Burge |
| 1430-1435 |
5 minute transition time |
| 1435-1450 |
Supporting person-centred decision making: Application for service provision and resource allocation
Dr Rachel Schmidt |
Defining Allied Health: Through multi-level engagement
Prof Sharon Mickan |
The sticker sticks for malnutrition identification and coding
Jenna Stonestreet |
Analysis of the effect of changes to Speech Pathology service delivery methods on stroke client’s outcomes using AusTOMs: exploring the challenges
Lauren Ranalli |
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Assessment of prescribing in health (the ASPRINH Project): how should we ensure health professionals are prescribe-ready?
Lynda Cardiff |
Harnessing employee engagement in an Allied Health department: Moving from a culture of blame to a culture of success
Amy Bach |
| 1450-1505 |
Hand therapy led clinics – first point of contact management following hand surgery
Stephanie Tawse |
The design, implementation and evaluation of a new clinical governance framework for an Allied Health directorate
Kate Roberts |
Early commencement of therapy in the acute phase following elective lower limb arthroplasty produces favourable outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Romi Haas |
Establishment, implementation and sustainability of the Western Health Allied Health and Community Services Clinical Governance Framework
Claire Moody |
| 1505-1520 |
Acceptance of Primary Contact Physiotherapy by ED staff – results of a qualitative study
Stephen Gill |
Contemporary Allied Health practice – lessons from IKEA
Bronwyn Venning |
Music-assisted relaxation during transition to non-invasive ventilation in people with motor neuron disease
Eleanor Bajo, Rebecca Davies |
Evaluation of a pilot project to increase access to Allied Health services in four rural communities in South West Victoria
Lyndall McNeil |
Building capacity of Allied Health professionals to care for the dying: Achievements and lessons from the Palliative Care Curriculum for Undergraduates project
Kylie Ash |
Partnered medication charting model: Clinical pharmacist and medical officer in the Emergency Short Stay and General Medicine Unit
Erica Tong |
The real cost of training health professionals in Victoria
Claire Marsh |
| 1520-1545 |
Afternoon Tea & Poster viewing | Exhibition Hall |
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Closing Plenary | Conference Hall | Kathleen Philip, Chief Allied Health Advisor (Victoria) |
| 1545-1645 |
Plenary Panel: Allied Health: Front and centre in a changing health paradigm?
Mark Cormack, Debra Kay, Dale Fisher, Professor Mary Lovegrove, Jonathan Jackson
Panel Chair: Marcus Dripps, National President of the Australian Physiotherapy Association    |
| 1645-1705 |
Awards & Prizes |
| 1705-1710 |
Conference Handover |
| 1710-1715 |
Conference Close |
