ACU’s School of Allied Health is pleased to offer free professional development sessions, or ‘speed sessions’, to our placement providers, university students and alumni.
These brief recordings cover clinical practice and research topics relating to allied health. The sessions are pre-recorded by ACU academics and researchers and will be emailed to subscribers each month.
This professional development program is for allied health professionals, university students and ACU alumni, and aims to support ongoing learning throughout their careers and studies.
Would you like to receive access to ACU Allied Health Speed Sessions? Subscribe to receive new recordings by email.
MONTH | TOPIC | PRESENTER |
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April |
Supporting young people experiencing psychosis with their employment. |
Dr Melissa Aguey-Zinsou |
May |
Vaping in adolescents. |
Dr Nia Luxton |
May |
Mental health and social work. |
Dr Aniqa Farwa |
June |
Charting a Model of Educational Success: Bridging Access, Retention, and Workforce Readiness for Allied Health Students |
Ms Lisa Dent |
July |
The application of the CO-OP Approach to improve occupational performance of children with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). |
Ms Catherine Hilly |
July |
Prevalence and risk factors for chronic lower limb oedema in the older population – a community cohort study. |
Ms Maree O’Connor |
July |
Aphasia camps in Australia: Empowering communities to support sustainable services. |
Dr Megan Trebilcock |
August |
Gait disorders in Parkinson’s disease: What do we know and how can we manage them? |
Professor Michael Cole |
August |
Build your toolkit: Treating speech errors in children with cleft palate. |
Dr Leah Henley |
September |
The Role of Occupational Therapists in Supporting Individuals with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) and Long COVID. |
Ms Julie Hughes |
September |
“De-implementation of Bobath therapy (and what to replace it with)”. |
Associate Professor Simone Dorsch |
October |
First Nations health and anti-racist research and practice. |
Associate Professor Jessica Russ-Smith |
October |
Training the future aged care workforce and the role for speech pathology. |
Associate Professor Erin Conway
Kieran Flanagan |
November |
What factors do allied health students take into account when making employment decisions? |
Ms Chloe Schlatter |
November |
Methods for describing a child's visual ability. |
Dr Belinda Deramore Denver |
November |
Are you what your dad eats? The role of fathers in early life nutrition. |
Dr Adam Walsh |
December |
Update on the FAIR consensus from the IOC (Female, women, and girl Athletes: Injury prevention). |
Dr Shreya McLeod |
December |
Rethinking co-design: Using adapted Delphi methods to engage hard-to-reach populations in ethical, inclusive knowledge creation. |
Professor Helen McLaren |
Note: Topics and presenters are subject to change.
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