Redcliffe Hospital Allied Health Symposium returns for third year
Acting Allied Health Director Tracy Knowlman with some of the allied health team at Redcliffe, ready for the symposium in December.
Redcliffe Hospital will showcase innovation, research and collaboration across Redcliffe Hospital’s allied health workforce at the Allied Health Symposium on Wednesday 2 December.
Originally established to mark Allied Health Professions Day, the symposium has evolved into a broader showcase of work led by allied health teams to improve patient care across the facility.
Acting Allied Health Director Tracy Knowlman says the symposium this year will once again highlight the diversity of the allied health workforce, their essential role in the hospital’s multidisciplinary team, and their dedication to innovation and quality improvement.
“The symposium is designed to allow us to celebrate and share presentations on our clinical research, and many of our success stories in leading quality improvement activities,” Tracy said.
“Our allied health teams really do push the envelope when it comes to innovation. We’re always looking at ways we can do things better, whether it’s supporting timely patient flow, optimising recovery, or making sure that we’re implementing best clinical practice for patients.”
Tracy said this year’s symposium would feature presentations on research and quality improvement activities taking place across the hospital, with a strong focus on sharing practical solutions and new approaches to patient care.
“This will be the third year we’ve held the symposium, and we’re really trying to cement it as an annual event for Redcliffe Hospital,” she said.
“It’s been growing year on year, and each time we receive incredible feedback from everyone at the hospital.”
Tracy said the allied health workforce at Redcliffe Hospital includes hundreds of staff from professions including speech pathology, audiology, psychology, social work, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, podiatry, pharmacy, medical imaging, clinical measurement, nutrition and dietetics, and clinical assistants.
“Along with innovation and quality improvement, the symposium is a celebration of how our allied health professions work together and contribute to a patient’s multidisciplinary team,” she said.
“Every day we’re working together across allied health disciplines and alongside nursing and midwifery teams, the medical workforce, operational staff and the admin teams. Many of the presentations and posters focus on how we work together to deliver great patient care.”