Expanding horizons in Advanced Practice Physiotherapy - innovative roles across the care continuum
Whilst many Advanced Practice Physiotherapy roles have traditionally been based in the Emergency Department or the musculoskeletal setting, multiple new roles continue to emerge. New and innovative positions have more recently been developed in response to the 2023 Department of Health Allied Health Workforce Advanced Practice Grant, demonstrating the adaptability and value the Physiotherapy profession.
During this online session, presenters will discuss four exciting new advanced practice roles existing in different streams, and points along the care continuum.
Advanced Scope ICU PhysiotherapistLuke McDonald & Stephanie Jameson
Advanced Physiotherapist Led Vestibular Clinic
Amanda Marriot
Advanced Practice Pelvic Organ Prolapse Physiotherapy (POPPY) Led Pessary Clinic
Kerry O'Sullivan
Physiotherapy led Trauma Tertiary Survey project
Melissa Webb
• VIC, TAS, NSW, ACT, QLD – 7.00pm AEST
• SA, NT – 6.30pm
• WA – 5.00pm
This is a live webinar and will not be recorded. Login instructions including link details will be sent to registrants the day before the event. If login instructions are not received (please check your inbox as well as junk/spam folders) by close of business the day before the lecture, please contact anita.zagami@australian.physio
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Presenters
Luke McDonald
Luke McDonald is a Senior Physiotherapist & Clinical Educator in the Intensive Care Unit at Austin Health. As an experienced clinician with an interest in workplace based education he has led multiple projects in health professional education, most recently developing an Advanced Practice role and credentialing pathway for ICU physiotherapists at Austin Health. This work also forms one of the pilot studies of Luke's PhD on post licensure training and credentialing of Physiotherapists.
Stephanie Jameson
Stephanie Jameson is a senior physiotherapist who specialises in critical care at Austin Health. With seven years of physiotherapy service, she has honed her skills, with a focus on ventilator weaning, neuromuscular patient management and critical care rehabilitation. Stephanie has a a Graduate Diploma in Health Professions' Education, and she has recently transitioned into a role as a clinical educator for the physiotherapy department. Stephanie is currently co-leading a Department of Health project targeted at developing a sustainable pathway to an advanced scope of practice for physiotherapists within the ICU. The project aims to alleviate workload burnout, improve patient care and enhance outcomes in critical care settings with adherence to best practice guidelines surround patient sedation and ventilator weaning.
Amanda Marriott
Mandy is a senior Vestibular and Aged and Complex Care physiotherapist with over 10 years' experience within the Emergency Department (ED) setting across a range of tertiary centres in Australia. She is the current implementation Lead and senior clinician in the Advanced Vestibular Physiotherapy-Led (AVeP) Clinic at Eastern Health. Mandy has experience with research in best practice cerebellar assessment, and is leading current research in the management of acute vertigo in the ED. With a strong passion for education, she regularly delivers vestibular training to ED senior medical and physiotherapy clinicians and is a guest lecturer for the School of Medicine at Deakin University.
Kerry O'Sullivan
Kerry O'Sullivan is a Titled Continence and Women's Health Physiotherapist. She has worked in pelvic health in the public health system for 20 years and is currently the women's physiotherapy stream lead at Joan Kirner Women's and Children's Hospital, Western Health. She also tutors on the post graduate certificate in pelvic floor rehabilitation at the University of Melbourne. Kerry enjoys helping women of all ages to lead active, engaged, and social lives through improving their pelvic health.
Melissa Webb
Melissa has over 25 years of clinical practice in Trauma Physiotherapy at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, where she currently work as the Allied Health Team Leader in Trauma and Orthopaedics. She has been integral in the development of a specialised trauma physiotherapy service at the Alfred and has provided consultation to other services who wish to develop a similar model of care. Within her current role she has assisted in the development and co-ordination of a specialised allied health workforce providing an intensive therapy model of care for acute trauma and orthopaedic patients.Melissa has completed a Masters in Health Science, Graduate Certificate in Burn and Trauma Rehabilitation and a number of dedicated trauma professional development courses. She has also completed a clinical fellowship analysing the practice of physiotherapists in major trauma centres in the US, Germany and Switzerland. Her special interests include chest trauma management, trauma models of care and the role of physiotherapy and allied health within the acute trauma multidisciplinary team. Melissa is passionate about promoting and advocating for the important role that Physiotherapy and Allied Health play in trauma management and patient recovery; and is a Board Member of the Australian & New Zealand Trauma Society, Chest Wall Injury Society and the Royal Australian College of Surgeons Trauma Verification sub-committee.
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