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Collaboration is more than working together – we need to name whiteness
Harrington H, Turner M.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
Abstracts from the 15th National Rural and Remote Allied Health Conference (2024)
The 15th National Conference for Rural and Remote Allied Health (SARRAH 2024) was held on 21–23 October 2024 in Mildura, Victoria. The conference theme was Going the Distance: Thriving in Rural and Remote Communities. The conference brought together allied health professionals, service providers, academics, students and members of local, state and Commonwealth governments, all working to ensure equitable access to allied health services and better health outcomes for rural and remote Australians.
This page presents selected abstracts from SARRAH 2024.
Scientific Committee Chair: Dr Alison Dymmott
Scientific Committee: Amy Ward, Dr Anthea Brand, Donna Akbari, Edward Price, Dr Ennur Erbasi, Jack Seaton, Jessica Kolic, Dr Joan van Rotterdam, Karen Hayes, Lauren Toll, Marcus Gardner, Sam Higgins-O’Hara, Dr Shelley Barlow and Dr Stephen Barrett
Support: Dr Melodie Bat and Bonnie Collins
Best abstract
Dr Nerida Hyett and Dr Pam Harvey for their abstract: Buloke Loddon Gannawarra Sustainable Rural Healthcare Hubs: Allied health rural generalism in multidisciplinary primary healthcare teams
Best student abstract
Stacy Doan for her abstract: Developing unconventional approaches for group-based physiotherapy exercise programs in rural residential aged care settings: an occupational therapy perspective
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Practical recommendations to attract and retain Allied Health Professionals in rural health settings
George JE, Kayes N, Larmer PJ.
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Management of suspected and confirmed spinal fractures at a large regional hospital
Culvenor J, Robbins S.
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Regional and metropolitan, poles apart, or the same problems in a different context? Impact of coaching to optimise the allied health assistant workforces in Victorian Public Health settings
Whelan L.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
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The Australian Teletrial Program: thriving, living and working in rural, regional and remote communities
Dettwiller P, Southwood J.
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Introducing warm data: making the invisible visible
Barlow S, Wisdom K.
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Allied Health Professional Delegation Project
Reid B.
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Thriving through collaboration: developing allied health collaborative practice capability
Paton I, Patton N, Croker A.
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What allied health practitioners tell us matters when choosing rural health roles
George JE, Kayes N, Larmer PJ.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
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Collaboration for a common goal: a rotational rural clinical placement model for first-year allied health students
French L, Lander C.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
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Preparing occupational therapy students for practice in rural areas: initial results of a scoping review
Hayes K, Boyd N, Lustig K, Connelly B, Dos Santos V.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
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Telehealth to deliver physiotherapy-led exercise to improve mobility and reduce falls in aged care: results from the TOP UP trial
Dawson R, Oliveira J, Hassett L, Pinheiro M, Haynes A, Sherrington C.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
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‘Look at Me!’ Foot health education for the Aboriginal Health Workforce
Tiernan E, Jones S.
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Implementing a Transition to Grade 2 Capability Program to support the training of early career Allied Health Professionals
Sfetcopoulos DA, McGrath R, Belcher S, Macdonald E.
Published 5 February 2025 Australasia
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