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Whole-person approaches for managing Long COVID in both primary care and private settings will be explored, offering physiotherapists practical strategies for comprehensive patient care. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of the key clinical presentations, including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) and Post-Exertional Malaise (PEM), along with the necessary screening techniques and strategies for accommodating these conditions within physiotherapy practice. Integration of biopsychosocial factors in the management of fatigue and multi-system symptoms will be emphasised. The session will also address the acute management of COVID-19, including early referral pathways and rehabilitation approaches aimed at minimising the risk of developing Long COVID.

The Australian Government has updated its privacy legislation to include significant changes to the 27-year-old Privacy Act as well as the Criminal Code. Some of the changes, which came into effect in December 2024, will affect the way businesses such as allied health practices operate. This is what you need to know. But businesses should be aware their responsibilities for protecting the privacy of Australians may have broadened under the amendments.

Presenter: Azmeena Hussain - Principal Lawyer, Maurice Blackburn

Azmeena Hussain OAM is a Principal at Maurice Blackburn Lawyers and has over 15 years of experience advocating for ordinary Australians and stakeholders.

She is a former member of the Victorian Statutory WorkCover Advisory Committee. She is listed in the prestigious Doyle's Guide as a preeminent Australian personal injuries lawyer and is a Law Institute of Victoria Accredited Specialist in Personal Injury Law. She has a particular interest in the intersection of health practitioners and the law and working with practitioners to advance positive outcomes for patients and clients.

This is a Live Webinar.

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 - jenny.willsmore@australian.physio

This half-day practical course extends beyond the basic knowledge covered in the OHPA Level 1 course.

The course is a 50/50 mix of discussion and practical work and covers:
- Practical skills in preparing for and conducting Office ergonomic assessments
- The risks involved in sedentary work and how best to manage that risk at an individual and organisational level
- Report writing skills
- How to use our Physiotherapy knowledge to get an edge in this competitive field

Sue Mayes has led the medical team of The Australian Ballet for over 20 years and recently finished her PhD on hip joint health in professional ballet dancers. The Australian Ballet have developed a successful approach to managing and preventing hip joint injury that has resulted in no lost-time hip joint injuries in the past 5 years and no hip joint surgery for more than 10 years. The ´hip joint in dance' course will provide a review of the current hip joint research and its application to clinical decision making and management of hip joint pain in dancers. This practical workshop will demonstrate hip joint assessment and treatment techniques and participants will learn hip exercises and exercise progressions that could be applied to any individual with hip joint pain.

This 2 day practical workshop will provide clinicians with a comprehensive understanding of the impact of limited mobility and gravity on body shape distortion, and the importance of timely postural care, specifically therapeutic supported lying. This course is suitable for clinicians of all levels of capability who work with children and adults with physical disability.

Clinicians will gain an understanding of who would benefit from therapeutic supported lying, why timely education and implementation is important, understand the research and theory of key therapeutic supported lying practices and be able to apply the key principles to their clients – from a preventative, maintenance and improvement perspective. Additional aspects such as risk assessment (covering topics such as pressure, thermal comfort, pain…) and individualising practices will be covered. Demonstration and practical opportunities will be provided throughout the workshop.