(HIpE) 2009 Program and Abstracts - Health Sciences - Curtin ...

AbstractsFaculty development of interprofessional education: Advancing health care professionalpreparation.Interprofessional Education Excellence in Teaching Team - Curtin University of TechnologyMaria Chilvers School of Nursing & Midwifery, Peter Gardner School of Physiotherapy,Professor Jeff Hughes School of Pharmacy, Beatrice Tucker Office of Teaching and LearningMr Alan Tulloch School of Nursing & MidwiferyCurtin University of TechnologyM.Chilvers@curtin.edu.au, P.Gardner@curtin.edu.au, J.D.Hughes@curtin.edu.au, B.Tucker@curtin.edu.au,A.Tulloch@curtin.edu.auHealth professionals need to understand the roles and responsibilities of each other and how to collaborate todeliver the best outcomes for patients. To advance health science students’ knowledge, skills and attitude tocollaborative practice a number of interprofessional education workshops have been conducted over the pasttwo years at Curtin. These were initiated by staff from Pharmacy and then developed in conjunction withNursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Social Work, Psychology, Speech Pathology and Dietetics.Students who were 3 rd year or final year have been invited to participate as it was thought that they havecovered an appropriate level of theoretical content in their course prior to the workshops. Medical students fromthe University of Notre Dame and the University of WA were also invited to participate.To date small groups of students have been given the opportunity to participate with a view to keeping the sizeof groups manageable to maximise discussion. The workshops thus far have covered the topics of medicationsafety, multidisciplinary care and communication, and patient-centered care of stroke. The workshops havebeen complex case study based and have involved a mixture of small group interdisciplinary discussion andproblem solving as well as presentations by invited experts in complex case study management. Feedback fromparticipants has been positive with many reporting the perceived value of entering clinical placements with anincreased knowledge of the role of other professions in case management. The outcomes of these workshopsalong with plans for the future will be presented.Student administered stuttering treatment in combination with mindfulness based cognitivetherapy for adults who stutter.Janet Beilby, School of Psychology, Dr Michelle Byrnes, School of Psychology,Stephanie Borrello, 4 th year Speech Pathology Student & Kate Young, 4 th year Speech Pathology StudentCurtin University of Technologyj.beilby@curtin.edu.au, m.byrnes@curtin.edu.au, stephanie.borrello@student.curtin.edu.au,kate.young@student.curtin.edu.auThe presentation describes an 8 week Interprofessional treatment programme for 10 adults who have lived withthe disability of a life-long clinically diagnosed stutter. Stuttering affects one in every 100 people worldwide andthe consensus is that stuttering handicaps not only the fundamental right a person has to speak freely, but alsotheir ability to cope positively in society at large. The person who stutters often incurs bullying and ostracismduring their school years and they are handicapped educationally with 70% of adults who stutter having difficultygaining meaningful employment.Four final year speech pathology students ran the programme with supervision from and collaborative clinicalpractice with specialists from neuroscience, psychology and speech pathology. The students and their clientsattended each Wednesday evening for 8 concurrent sessions in the Curtin University Stuttering TreatmentClinic.Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy was delivered with contemporary Stuttering Treatments tailored for eachadult stuttering client. This unique multidisciplinary holistic approach addressed the fluency needs of the clientsat the same time as their communication fears, anxieties and social interaction difficulties were being managed.At the end of the 8 weeks, all clients showed significant gains in speech fluency but equally satisfying were thepositive quality of life changes the clients demonstrated in their daily social and emotional connections withsociety.Health Interprofessional Education (HIpE 2009) — Student Conference 14