A career interest in cancer care led Tara Redemski to represent her profession in developing the national ‘Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Care Standard’ to prevent patients acquiring the condition process in hospital and following discharge.

The standard is designed to not only minimise venous thromboembolism (VTE) in an at-risk population but also provide positive impact in the delivery of services at a clinical level for physiotherapists.

In November 2018, the NSW Neurology Physiotherapy group ran a panel discussion about motivation in rehabilitation. The main aim of the evening was to inform physiotherapists what they can do better to help motivate people when they are in rehabilitation. The group hosted the following panellists: Kathryn Millar, Adrian O’Malley, Daniel Wallekers, and John Garbutt.

The new Physiotherapy Board of Australia Chair, Adjunct Associate Professor Kim Gibson, APAM, says she is ‘delighted that one of my first actions as chair is being able to speak to readers of InMotion.’

Australia’s peak medical bodies have significant influence. In early January, we coordinated and hosted a key advocacy meeting with some of our nation’s most prominent and politically relevant medical organisations.

There were a few reasons for our decision to lead this event.

Two months after being separated in a six-hour surgery (November 2018), twins Nima and Dawa continue to amaze and inspire medical professionals, carers and family as they reach motor development milestones that will soon see them toddling.

As clinicians, particularly those of us in administrative or non-patient-facing roles, we must always seek to understand the patient/client and family perspective, whether in designing a rehabilitation program, giving an estimated discharge date and plan, or providing education resources at an appropriate pitch and stage of change.