Ms Keren Shanley1 1National Disability Services, Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Allied health practitioners (AHP) are key providers of supports to people with developmental delay and disability, delivering therapies that support them to reach their full potential as active participants in the...

Mrs Skye Waddingham1 1DHHS Launceston General Hospital, Launceston, Australia Triad Supervision, a structured peer supervision approach currently used by the Occupational Therapy department at Launceston General Hospital, will be presented with particular focus on the roles of each participant. Background:...

Nicky Kay1, Clare Short 1THS, Hobart, Australia The Community Rehabilitation Unit (CRU) consists of a large Interdisciplinary team of rehabilitation nursing and allied health professionals that provide rehabilitation services to adult clients living in Southern Tasmania. Increasing demand on health...

Ms Gudrun Barratt-peacock1 1Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, Australia Reflective practice is a concept familiar to our nursing colleagues and firmly embedded in practice development in nursing.  Despite an emphasis on reflection in many undergraduate courses, however, speech pathologists do not...

Miss Pam Chen1, Dr Michele Callisaya1, Dr  Karen Wills1, A/Prof Tim Greenaway1, Prof Tania Winzenberg1 1University Of Tasmania, Sandy Bay, Australia Background: Diabetic foot disease is the leading cause of non-traumatic amputations globally, but is largely preventable. Individuals with inadequate...

Mrs Gillian Williamson1 1THS (south) Speech Pathology, Hobart, Australia Background: Speech pathologists provide Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) aids to clients in the community with communication difficulties. Each communication book can take hours to develop and each clinician has a...

Miss Jane Symons1, Mrs Julie Jamison1, Mrs Jane Dening1 1Community Rehabilitation Unit, Hobart, Australia This qualitative research project explored staff perceptions of and actions in doing client care coordination in community rehabilitation. Care coordination is a set of tasks that...

Mrs Kate Prins1, Rebecca Schrale2 1Royal Hobart Hospital, Hobart, Australia, 2Burns Unit, Tasmanian Health Service, Hobart, Australia An audit was conducted to benchmark patient care against best practice guidelines and other burn units around Australia with the intention that the...

Mr Joshua Palaya1, Mr Scott  Grieve2, Mr Barry  Zeitzen2 1Podiatry South, Hobart, Australia, 2Plaster Clinic/Physiotherapy Service, Hobart, Australia Evidence-based practice indicates that a Total Contact Cast (TCC) or a non-removable knee high device is the ‘gold standard’ for offloading neuropathic...

Mrs Sari O’Meagher1,2, Dr Kimberley  Norris2, Dr Nenagh Kemp2 1Tasmanian Health Service (RHH, Department of Psychology), Hobart, Australia, 2University of Tasmania, School of Medicine (Psychology), Hobart, Australia Background Children born preterm are at higher risk of having developmental and cognitive...