Mental health at work

Mental health is defined as ‘a state of mental wellbeing that enables people to cope with the stresses of life, realise their abilities, learn well and work well, and contribute to their community’ (World Health Organization 2022a).

What is a probation period?

The term ‘probation period’ refers to the initial months after a new employee has been hired, during which both employer and employee are given the chance to evaluate whether the working relationship is right for them.

Where to for reform?

The past decade of policy drift has meant there’s been little to no progress towards creating the value-based healthcare system we need.

The APA will soon be releasing a white paper, Future of Physiotherapy in Australia—a 10-year vision policy paper.

With a celebrated and respected 52-year career, Dr Margaret Sherburn still vividly remembers the first time she wanted to become a physiotherapist.

‘I was about nine years old.

'It was in 1956, early on in the 1957–1958 flu epidemic.

'I don’t remember being sick.

Today, patients have more choice than ever in deciding who they want to help them on their journey of health and wellbeing.

And that’s not only between different physiotherapy practices but also between physiotherapy and other allied health or alternative medicine options.

Professor Saravana Kumar APAM knows his way around grants.

Company vision and values

Employee engagement begins with culture.

By shaping your organisational culture with the right values, you are simultaneously affording your business every chance of developing an ‘engagement culture’.

These values include loyalty, accountability, teamwork and integrity.

Replacing a team member is a painful, time-consuming and costly endeavour.

It can involve advertising costs, time spent on the interview process, inducting and training new team members on how your practice’s systems and processes run and helping new team members to build up their patient list.

Physiotherapy can be a highly rewarding career, but—like all health professionals—physiotherapists can suffer from overwork and stress, particularly with the recent pressures COVID-19 has created for healthcare professionals.