A Universal Health System: Do we have one - 13 April 2022
On 13 April 2022 SARRAH hosted a forum with guest speakers Leanne Wells (Consumers Health Forum) and Kylie Woolcock (Australian Healthcare and Hospitals Association) to ask the question "How universal is our health system really?" Listen in for some sage advice on the changes needed to ensure all Australians have access to high quality healthcare no matter where they live.
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Leading with Purpose in Rural and Remote Allied Health - 16 February 2022
The webinar discussed the meaning of leadership for the allied health sector working in rural and remote Australia, how do we make the leadership purposeful in rural and remote allied health sector, ethical leadership challenges, and stories of their leadership journeys. The webinar was presented by:
The recordings of the discussion forum is available to download at member resources under " Webinar Recordings" . Please log in to with your member details to watch the webinar.
The purpose of the Discussion Forum was to develop a shared set of priorities to promote ahead of the next election and opportunities to connect with and develop networks – national, local and mixed, cross-sector and community. The forum focused on NDIS and shared ideas, what works on the ground and what doesn’t: innovative practice, collaborative service models and ways of building, attracting, supporting and retaining a workforce.
SARRAH Expert Panel Discussion
This webinar featured the Hon Coulton MP, Associate Prof Ruth Stewart,& Dr Anne-Marie Boxall. The panel discussion was held in conjunction with the AGM 2020. It proved to be a lively and thought provoking discussion, highly recommended to watch at member resources under " Webinar Recordings" .
The Fragile Forgotten - The Experience of Providing and Receiving Services Under the NDIS in Rural Australia
The recordings of the webinar is available to download at member resources under " Webinar Recordings" . Please log in to with your member details to watch the webinar.
COVID-19 has required us all to be agile and flexible in service delivery and also to enable Allied Health (AH) student placements to proceed. We all want the rural ‘pipeline’ to continue to flow to support our AH rural workforce. In this current time, placement experiences may differ from traditional placements but they can still be valuable learning opportunities for students. A telehealth (TH) based student placement is one method to enable placements to continue during COVID-19.
re sector has recently and abruptly surfaced to become the subject of intense public scrutiny. The incapacity of this sector to consistently deliver appropriate levels of care follow many rounds of reform that have ultimately landed care and the business of providing it within a ‘quasi’ market model. The many covid-19 related deaths of aged care residents in Victoria have triggered demands for urgent action to redress the sector’s weaknesses particularly those relating to workforce adequacy.
Benefits of Delivering Positive Behaviour Support via Telepractice - Dr Genevieve Johnsson
Technology delivered intervention has been used successfully in allied health services for speech pathology, adult autism assessment, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy. There is emerging research on its use for delivering behaviour support interventions based on applied behaviour analysis, however investigation is needed on the use of technology to deliver the Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) model of intervention. PBS is adopted by the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission and focusses on building capacity in individuals, their families and local support teams to prevent and manage behaviours of concern.
Allied Health Utilisation Findings from the Crossroads-II Study - Dr Kristen Glenister
Data from studies like Crossroads-II can be used to advocate for additional allied health services to meet the needs of rural communities. Findings from Crossroads-I were used to advocate for increased numbers of allied health professionals from one at a particular rural hospital to 11 at the time of Crossroads-II. Allied health utilisation results from the Crossroads-II study capture allied health services subsidised by Medicare or private health insurance, as well as services paid for 'out of pocket', and thus provides a unique insight. The recordings of the webinar is available to download at member resources under " Webinar Recordings" . Please log in to with your member details to watch the webinar.
The Social Determinants of Attracting, Building and Retaining a Rural/Remote Health Workforce: Findings From My 2019 Churchill Fellowship Trip Dr Cath Cosgrave
Dr Cosgrave is a social scientist with internationally recognised expertise in rural health workforce (recruitment and retention). Her research specialisation is rural health workforce recruitment and retention of nursing and allied health professionals; sub-specialisations include early-career and health professionals from non-rural backgrounds. In 2018, Dr Cosgrave was awarded a Churchill Fellowship, to visit rural and remote communities in Canada to investigate community-led and engaged health workforce development approaches for the psychosocial needs of newcomer health workers.
Why we need a Pain Revolution
Pain Revolutions' Local Pain Educators will discuss how this program has transformed the way they manage chronic pain for rural Australians. Pain Revolution is a movement charged with changing how people understand pain in rural and regional communities in Australia. The team at Pain Revolution is providing support and mentoring to local rural health professionals to become pain experts and spread the word in their community.
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