The 10th National Allied Health Conference was held at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre from the 16th to the 18th October 2013. The theme for the conference was Educate, Motivate, Innovate, Celebrate. The aim of the conference was to celebrate innovation in allied health education, clinical service delivery and research and the contribution of this to the patient care and the health of the community.
The conference was a collaborative of Allied Health Professions Australia (AHPA), Indigenous Allied Health Australia (IAHA), Services for Australian Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH) and the National Allied Health Advisory Committee (NAHAC), with coordination overseen by the Queensland Department of Health.
Organising Committee
| Julie Hulcombe | Ling Lee |
| Amanda Greaves | Lujuana Abernathy |
| Andrea Hurwood | Mark Butterworth |
| Gail Gordon | Matthew Molineux |
| Ilsa Nielsen | Nicky Haron |
| Janenne Brown | Tania Hobson |
| Judith Catherwood | Vanessa Richardson |
| Julie Connell | Ans Van Erp |
| Kathy Stapley | Claire Leahy |
| Nicole Ralston |
Provisional Program
| Wednesday 16 October 2013 | |||
| 0800 | Workshop Registration Open | ||
| Plaza 1 | Plaza 2 | Plaza 5 | |
| 0830-1000 | The added value of allied health management and leadership in challenging times – Enterthe dragon’s den Dr Robert Jones, Fiona Jenkins, Janice Mueller, Dr Rosalie Boyce |
Commences 0900Aligning your personal and business life Michelle Tate-Lovery |
National Meetings |
| 1000 | Morning Tea | ||
| 1020-1230 | The added value of allied health management… continued | Aligning your personal and business life… continued | |
| 1215-1315 | Lunch for all day workshop participants only | ||
| Plaza 1 | Plaza 2 | Plaza 3 | |
| 1300-1430 | Commences 1315The added value of allied health management and leadership in challenging times – Enterthe dragon’s den Dr Robert Jones, Fiona Jenkins, Janice Mueller, Dr Rosalie Boyce |
Calderdale Framework – Implementation in Australia Rachel Duffy, Jayne Smith, Dr Alison Pighills, Ms Annette Scott, Ms Ilsa Nielsen, Ms Sarah Patterson, Ms Michelle Bradford |
A beginners guide to cost effectiveness analysis Professor Nicholas Graves Queensland University of Technology |
| 1430 | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 1450-1720 | The added value of allied health management… continued | Calderdale Framework – Implementation in Australia Continued… |
A beginners guide to cost effectiveness analysis Continued… |
| 1600 | Conference Registration Open | ||
| 1730-1900 |
Welcome Reception in the Exhibition |
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| Thursday 17 October 2013 | ||||
| 0800 | Registration Open | |||
| Plenary Session – Plaza Terrace | ||||
| 0830 | Welcome to Delegates Mr David Butt, Deputy Secretary, Head of Rural and Regional Health Australia, Chief Allied Health Officer, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing |
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| 0840 | Welcome to Country Uncle Eddie Ruska, Traditional Custodian of the Brisbane Region |
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| 0845 | Opening Address Dr Chris Davis MP, Queensland Assistant Minister for Health |
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| 0900 | Australian Chief Allied Health Office – The Future: Mr David Butt, Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing |
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| 0915 | Keynote Address: INNOVATE Dr Geoff Garrett, Chief Scientist, Office of the Queensland Chief Scientist |
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| 1000 | Morning Tea in the Exhibition | |||
| Concurrent Sessions: Plaza Level | ||||
| Workforce Innovation Plaza Terrace Chair: Mark Butterworth |
Clinical Education Plaza 1 Chair: Matthew Molineux |
Indigenous Health Plaza 2 Chair: Craig Dukes |
Coordination of Care Plaza 3 Chair: Ling Lee |
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| 1020-1035 | Allied health redesign: Applying lean thinking to an acute allied health service Karen Brown, Stephen Basso, Lauri O’Brien, Mel Lewis, Derryn Cashmore* |
Putting the best foot forward – Use of clinical simulation to support teaching and training in under graduate podiatryShan Bergin*, Cylie Williams, Annette Davis, Kylie Grouios, Brianna High | Institute for urban Indigenous health paediatric allied health assessment model Tara Lewis*, Chrisdell McLaren*, Alison Nelson* |
‘Someone was there for me’: Using experienced based co-design to improve clients experience of care coordination services Kate Cranwell, Mark Murray*, Jacinta Roberton* |
| 1040-1055 | Evaluation of the Queensland Health Practitioners Models of Care Project: lessons for successful workforce change Susan Nancarrow*, Alison Roots, Anna Moran, Sandra Grace, Kerry Lyons |
A comparative study of paired and single clinical placement models: An activity level analysis Marita Plunkett*, Ronelle Hewetson, Lee Jones, Anne Hill, Jennifer Nunn, Rachel Tosh, Louise Cahill |
A multidisciplinary allied health partnership approach to improving chronic disease self-management in an urban Indigenous population: Let’s ‘work it out’! Emma Campbell*, Samara Dargan*, Kyly Mills, Alison Nelson, Chantal Roder, Tabinda Basit, Katherine Munce, David McLaughlin, Katrina Rae |
From muddle of care to model of care in rehabilitation teams: results of a system-wide change program Susan Fone*, Peteris Darzins, Christopher King |
| 1100-1115 | An RCT to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of trans-professional skill sharing Alison Pighills*, Michelle Bradford, Desley Harvey, David Plummer |
Creating new placement opportunities by overcoming barriers for assessment: Results of a Delphi Sandra Capra*, Claire Palermo, Sue Ash, Eleanor Beck, Helen Truby, Brian Jolly |
‘If you don’t have that knowledge you don’t ask that question’. Staff readiness for conducting assessments in remote Indigenous community contexts Melissa Lindeman*, Kylie Dingwall, Di Bell |
Improving hospital to community handover: implementing an electronic dietetics discharge summary Lauren Rogers*, Lynne Ruiz, Adrienne Young, Lynda Ross |
| 1120-1135 | Advanced allied health assistants in the ACT Claire Pearce |
How does the ‘Teaching on the Run’ program affect motivation, confidence and the effectiveness of allied health professionals involved in student clinical supervision? Margaret Potter*, Fiona Lake | You can lead the way – Educate, motivate, innovate and then celebrate being culturally responsive Keona Wilson |
Care of the elder inpatient – ‘When everyone is responsible, no one is responsible’ – Solving the problem with a multi-professional allied health assistant Mark Cruickshank*, Alison Mudge, Prue McRae |
| 1140-1155 | Creating a foundation for delegation to Allied Health Assistants in a medical assessment and planning unit Julie-Anne Ross*, Julie Connell |
Educating and motivating rural and remote allied health professionals: Learnings from experience and evidence Wendy Ducat*, Vanessa Richardson, Saravana Kumar |
Partnership outcome: Brain injury training and support programme for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health workers Susan Gauld *, Sharon Smith*, Melissa Kendall |
The role of allied health in advance care planning – Our time to shine! Liz Crowe*, Lesley Chenoweth, Val Quinn, Jenny Boddy, Amanda Wheeler |
| 1200-1300 | Lunch & Poster Viewing in the Exhibition (odd numbered posters) | |||
| 1300-1400 | CELEBRATE – Allied Health Past, Present, Future Chair: Gretchen Young, Young FuturesMs Paula Bowman, Queensland University of Technology, the first Allied Health Advisor in Australia Professor Susan Nancarrow, Southern Cross University Mr Daniel Mahony, SARRAH, Co-Chair of Future Health Leaders and the Rural Representative, Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) National Advisory Council. |
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| Concurrent Sessions: Plaza Level | |||||||||||||
| Research & Evidence Based Practice Plaza 1 Chair: Ilsa Nielsen |
Innovations in Client Care Plaza 2 Chair: Amanda Greaves |
Professional Support Plaza 3 Chair: Lujuana Abernethy |
Workforce Innovation Plaza Terrace Chair: Gail Gordon |
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| 1400-1415 | Flexible, capable, adaptable: A dynamic allied health workforce Kerry May*, Fiona McAlinden, Michael SplawaNeyman, Michelle O’Rourke |
Allied health research at Royal Melbourne Hospital: the first year of a new approach Jude Czerenkowski, Julia Blackshaw*, Catherine Granger |
Improving patient access: Redesigning the allied health cancer care model of care at Cairns Base Hospital Cara Johnstone*, Lindsey Johnson, Ilsa Nielsen |
Celebrating innovative research collaboration with outcomes: Professional support in Queensland Karen Bell*, Fiona Hall*, Pim Kuipers, Sue Pager |
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| 1420-1435 | Allied health staffing factor: Are we underestimating the cost of staffing required? Lyndell Keating*, Jonathan Prescott, James Sayer |
Influencing EBP use by allied health professionals through education, motivation and innovation Shelley Wilkinson*, Fiona Hinchcliffe, Judith Hough |
Engaging allied health in cancer survivorship – The positive change for life survivorship project Helen McLauchlan, Daniela Klarica, Trish Walker, Sharon Avery* | Positive psychology proving itself in retention Christine Franklin | |||||||||
| 1440-1455 | Implementing an expanded scope of practise physiotherapy service in the Emergency Department at Robina Hospital Deb Lenaghan*, Rod Ellem |
Understanding allied health professionals’ use of research evidence using the theory of planned behaviour Marlena Klaic*, Terry Haines, Fiona McDermott |
Trial of a computer-based program that provides length of stay benchmark figures at a rehabilitation centre: its ability to identify and impact on prolonged lengths of stay and staff perceptions of its use Kate Roberts*, Kathy Stiller, Rachel Harling, Elizabeth Lynch, Sally Forward |
Does clinical supervision lead to better outcomes? Findings from a study of allied health professionals Christine Saxby*, Jill Wilson, Peter Newcombe |
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| 1500-1515 | Evaluation of an advanced Allied Health Assistant role in ACT Health Tegan Reid, Therese Edwards*, Claire Pearce* |
A recursive model for capacity-building in the learning and sustainability of evidence based treatment Ingrid Wagner*, Tania Withington, Richard Litster |
Multisite investigation of weekend allied health services on acute medical/surgical wards Donna Markham*, Kathleen Phillip, Terry Haines, Deb Mitchell |
Celebrating the innovative use telehealth technologies to educate, mentor and motivate best practice Desleigh De Jonge*, Wendy Stevens |
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| 1520-1535 | Change sweet change: Improving equity for staff and clients through change management Andrea Whitehead*, Fiona Hinchcliffe |
Comparison of GAS and Lawton Scale for measuring outcomes in a rural ambulatory rehabilitation serviceLouis Baggio*, David Buckley | Clinical allied health dashboard- By clinicians for clinicians Rebecca Moore, Leah Thompson*, Mark Butterworth |
Raising the bar – Governance, education and training for the Allied Health Assistant (AHA) workforce in NSW Health Sue Steel-Smith*, Danijela Radovanovic* | |||||||||
| 1535 | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition | ||||||||||||
| 1600-1730 | EDUCATE – Supply and Demand Clinical Training for the Future Chair: Susan Nancarrow HWA Perspective Mr George Beltchev, Executive Consultant, Clinical Training Reform, Health Workforce AustraliaUniversity Perspective Professor Lindy McAllister, University of SydneyPublic Health Employer’s Perception Mr John Merrick, Health Education and Training Institute (HETI) NSWPanel Discussion |
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| 1730 | Sessions End | ||||||||||||
| 1730-1930 |  CELEBRATE – Networking ReceptionPlaza Foyer, Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre Sponsored by |
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| Friday 18 October 2013 | |||||||||||||
| 0800 | Registration Open | ||||||||||||
| Plenary Session Chairs: Julie Hulcombe, Department of Health, Queensland & Lyn Littlefield, Allied Health Professions Australia |
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| 0830 | Keynote Address: Two way thinking on building a healthy nation one person at a time Ms Tania Major, acclaimed Indigenous advocate and former Young Australian of the Year |
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| 0930 | Keynote Address: Performance and Accountability and Implications for Allied Health Dr Dianne Watson, Chief Executive Officer of the National Health Performance Authority |
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| 1030 | Morning Tea in the Exhibition | ||||||||||||
| Concurrent Sessions: Plaza Level | |||||||||||||
| Workforce Innovation Plaza Terrace Chair: Lee McGovern |
Rural & Remote Plaza 1 Chair: Renae Moore |
Interprofessional Education & Practice Plaza 2 Chair: Nicky Haron |
Paediatrics Plaza 3 Chair: Tania Hobson |
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| 1050-1105 | Benchmarking in allied health services – If you can’t measure it you can’t manage it! Fiona Jenkins*, Robert Jones* |
WA Country Health Service allied health transition to Practice Graduate Program Katherine Lamont*, Suzanne Spitz |
Preparing pre-graduate students for the workplace – Proving the worth of an Interprofessional, competency based education program Rebecca Black | Paediatric allied health drop-in clinics improve accessibility and efficiency Lisa Sandaver, Timothy Effeney* |
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| 1110-1125 | Securing the allied health workforce – Evaluation of subacute models of care, including fiscal modelling Steven Wood*, Steven Bowden, Patricia Bradd, Tish Bruce | Educate, articulate, motivate more ‘transition to remote practice’ training tools Annie Farthing*, Nicole Beattie, Renae Moore, Shelagh Lowe, Lois McCullagh |
Inter-professional education and the first year experience: ongoing developments in a core health sciences course Melanie Hayes |
Feeding difficulties in children with autism spectrum disorders and so-called ‘fussy eaters’: Baseline information from the HELP Study Jeanne Marshall*, Pamela Dodrill |
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| 1130-1145 | Doing things differently: extending the scope of Allied Health Assistants in Speech Pathology Simone Williams*, Julianne Coyle, Rebecca Downes |
Maximising our Remote Professional Health (MORPH) workforce project Kathy Relihan*, Tanya Lehmann* |
An innovative model of interprofessional paediatric education for allied health professionals Alexandra Little |
Simulated Learning in Paediatric Allied Health (SLIPAH): Making the SLIPAH fit! Kristine Kelly*, Meg Moller, Sarah Wright |
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| 1150-1205 | Using The Calderdale Framework to develop employer led higher education Rachael Smith*, Jayne Duffy* |
Rural private therapy framework: delivering high quality, sustainable and accessible services to people with disabilityAngela Dew, Jo Ragen*, Rebecca Barton | Flying start Queensland Health: International innovation for inter-professional educationPeter Fuelling*, Dionne Williams | How can parents educate health professionals about their experiences in child development services: A grounded theory model for goal setting Shareen Forsingdal*, Winsome St John, Vanessa Miller, Anna Harvey, Penny Wearne |
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| 1205-1300 | Lunch & Poster Viewing in the Exhibition (even numbered posters) | ||||||||||||
| Concurrent Workshops: Plaza Level | |||||||||||||
| 1300-1415 |
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| 1415-1435 | Afternoon Tea in the Exhibition | ||||||||||||
| Concurrent Sessions: Plaza Level | |||||||||||||
| Clinical Education Chair: Julie Hulcombe |
Workforce Innovation Chair: Julie Connell |
Clinical Practice Chair: Judith Catherwood |
Community & Primary Care Chair: Amanda Greaves |
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| 1440-1455 | Innovative solutions for traditional problems: Development of new student placement models at the University of the Sunshine Coast Heidi Miller*, Penny Taylor, Frances Millar, Davin Lloyd |
Resourcing allied health managers for activity based funding and workforce planning Steven Bowden*, Trish Bradd |
Poor nutrition and function after acute hospitalisation: opportunity for innovative post-discharge care Adrienne Young*, Lauren Rogers, Alison Mudge, Jenna Allen, Merrilyn Banks, Lunda Ross, Tess Clark, Liz Isenring |
Development and implementation of a community palliative care equipment service Geraldine Hodson |
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| 1500-1515 | Fostering and Inspiring Research Engagement (FIRE): A research incubator scheme for undergraduate allied health students Jenny Ziviani*, Rachel Feeney, Siobhan Schabrun, David Copeland, Paul Hodges |
Restructuring allied health for quality; effective, efficient and economical service provision Gail Gordon*, Sue Pager |
Education and motivation in clinical handover at a tertiary hospital; A model for allied health disciplines Therese Dodds |
Allied health and its role in reducing chronic disease complications impacting the homeless population Rebecca Mannix |
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| 1520-1535 | NSW Health ClinConnect – Innovation in clinical placement managementBrenda McLeod*, Elizabeth Schlossberger | Innovation in models of care: Implementation of an allied health clinical leader in a medical assessment and planning unit Marguerite Bennetts*, Doug Murtagh* |
Connecting practice: A dynamic framework for implementing workplace supervision and support Susan Nancarrow*, Julia Coyle, Dianne Boxall, Anna Moran, Rodney Pope, Jennifer Young |
Early and intensive allied health rehabilitation programs improve patient outcomes and drive financial efficiencies Steven Bowden*, Steven Wood, Tish Bruce, Patricia Bradd |
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| 1540-1555 | ‘Learn, feel inspired, creative and affirmed’ – Mixed methods findings in professional music therapy supervision Jeanette Kennelly |
Allied Health Assistant Implementation Program – Taking delegation to task Andrea Elliott*, Annette Davis*, Lisa Somerville, Claire Brett |
Utilising Allied Health Assistants to implement a new model of occupational therapy service delivery on the medical wards at the Townsville Hospital Kym Murphy |
Community pharmacy – Leading innovation in primary health careKathleen Moorby*, Andrew Matthews | |||||||||
| 1600-1615 | Intercontinental nutrition and dietetic practice placements: A collaborative and innovative partnership between London and Melbourne Sophia Lee*, Natalie Simmance, Sharon Croxford, Kathryn Waller |
Leading the future for allied health – a governance perspective Joanne Travaglia*, Patricia Bradd* | Multidisciplinary action research improves nutrition related outcomes post acute hip fracture Jack Bell*, Judith Bauer, Sandra Capra, Chrys Pulle |
Allied health enabling the development of health localities Martin Chadwick |
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| Closing Address – Plaza Terrace | |||||||||||||
| 1620-1630 | Conference Close | ||||||||||||