BIBS24 Symposium Resources
Symposium Recording
Keynote Presentation
Are we underestimating the importance of sleep disorders in the rehabilitation and lived experience of people with disability
Professor David Berlowitz - Physiotherapist for the Victorian Respiratory Support Service, Austin Health, and
Chair of Physiotherapy at The University of Melbourne.
Book Launch
“I Bought a Bus - A Memoir of love, resilience & adventure”
Belinda Adams OAM - Mother, Carer, Writer, Filmmaker and Disability Advocate Hopkins Ambassador and Research Adjunct Fellow at Griffith University.
Session 1
Mr Matthew McShane, Project Coordinator, Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability, Co-presenting with Dr Camila Shirota, Research Fellow, The Hopkins Centre.
What Effect Does Virtual Reality-Based Nature Exposure Have on Anxiety and Depression in People with Brain Injury in a Hospital Rehabilitation Ward?
Dr Michael Norwood, Research Fellow, The Hopkins Centre.
EPIC-TECH – Engineering and Physiotherapy Interdisciplinary Collaboration with Technology
Ms Jacqui Donovan, Advanced Physiotherapist, Geriatrics and Rehabilitation Unit, Metro South Health, Co-presenting with Dr Camila Shirota, Research Fellow, The Hopkins Centre.
Using an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm to Assist Pressure Sore Identification and Early Intervention for People with Spinal Cord Injury.
Mr Jayke Bennett, Senior Research Assistant, The Hopkins Centre.
Pilot of a low technology communication aid ‘Talking Mats®’ to undertake qualitative healthcare research with people with intellectual or cognitive disabilities.
Mrs Rhonda Beggs, Project Officer, Spinal Outreach Team, Metro South Health, and Lecturer, Griffith University.
Collaborative Rehab Innovation: in pursuit of co-design across disciplines.
Dr Camila Shirota, Research Fellow, The Hopkins Centre, Co-presenting with Mr Matthew McShane, Project Coordinator, Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability, Griffith University.
Session 2 - Enabling Environments
Driving disruption interventions for acquired brain injuries in the community-based rehabilitation setting.
Ms Stacey James, Occupational Therapist, Acquired Brain Injury Transitional Rehabilitation Service (ABI TRS), Metro South Health.
Exploring the Experience of Home for People with Chronic Pain: A Quantitative Study.
Ms Annabelle Johnston, Student Occupational Therapist and Advanced Research Student, Griffith University, Co-presenting with Prof. Louise Gustafsson, Program 2 Leader, The Hopkins Centre and Academic Lead, Discipline of Occupational Therapy, Griffith University.
Co-designed framework for maximising the therapeutic value of rehabilitation mealtimes
Ms Alice Pashley, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland and Senior Project Officer, Internal Medicine Research Unit, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital RBWH.
Sustainable specialised disability accommodation (SDA) and cognitive accessibility
Ms Alison McDonald, Architect and Adjunct Research Fellow, Griffith University.
Co-design development of an interprofessional approach to management of fatigue post traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Ms Alexandra Grgic, Student Occupational Therapist and Advanced Research Student, Griffith
University.
Session 3 - Evidence Based Practice & Community Supports
Setting me up or holding me back? perspectives of people with spinal cord injury on rehabilitation supports at inpatient discharge and 3-months post-discharge.
Dr Emily Bray, Research Fellow, The Hopkins Centre, and Ms Rachel Brough, Senior Research Assistant, The Hopkins Centre.
Prescription opioid dispensing in the 12-months post-discharge following an acute spinal cord injury.
Miss Samantha Borg, Senior Research Assistant, The Hopkins Centre and PhD candidate, Queensland University of Technology.
The influence of resilience and hope on stress and quality of life during early community reintegration: an interim analysis
Dr Christy Hogan, Research Fellow, The Hopkins Centre.
Investigating the factors influencing usability, usefulness and continued utilisation of aggregate healthcare data dashboards for rehabilitation clinicians.
Ms Emily Allan, Occupational Therapist, Spinal Outreach Team, Metro South Health and Clinical Fellow, The Hopkins Centre.
Are monitored medicines effected whilst waiting to access persistent pain clinic?
Ms Kristin Tynan, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, Metro South Health Pain Persistent Management Service.
At a Crossroad - A shared collaborative care approach to adding mental health care to outpatient ABI rehabilitation clinics
Mrs Janet Danielson, Speech Pathologist and Clinical Program Lead for both outreach and outpatients (ABI) at the Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service (QPRS); Co-presenting with Dr Katherine Olsson, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Queensland Paediatric Rehabilitation Service, Children's Health Queensland.
Sustained employment following acquired brain or spinal cord Injury.
Video: Employment after Brain Injury - Knut Schneider.
Dr Kerrin Watter, Speech Pathologist and Clinical Lead, Acquired Brain Injury Transitional
Rehabilitation Service, Metro South Health.
Implementing principles of health literacy into rehabilitation practice using a change champion / co-design approach.
Dr Suzy Stoikov, Physiotherapist and Workforce Development Officer, Metro South Health.
We are social beings...we are not islands: Friendship and social connection for people with spinal cord injury and acquired brain injury across the rehabilitation continuum - A Phase 1 study.
A/Prof Melissa Kendall, Senior Research Officer, Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service, Metro South Health.
Translating + implementing an early ABI Vocational Rehabilitation Framework to clinical practice in Queensland.
Dr Kerrin Watter, Speech Pathologist and Clinical Lead, Acquired Brain Injury Transitional Rehabilitation Service, and Acting Service Manager, Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service, Metro South Health.
Session 4 - Bold Ideas Better Solutions Starting Now
Lightning talks and Q&A session
Social access and inclusion outcomes for people with a disability in leisure and recreational built environments within a major Australian city.
Mrs Hannah Simmonds, lived experience researcher, PhD candidate, The Hopkins Centre.
Navigating the Hurdles: Overcoming Complications in Flap Repair Post-Surgery Recovery
Dr Evgeniya Zakharova-Luneva, Staff Specialist, Queensland Spinal Cord Injuries Service, Metro South Health; Co-presenting with Mr Darren Meyers, Lived Experience Researcher.
Design Cafe - Innovation through lived experience
Mr Matthew McShane, Project Coordinator, Inclusive Futures: Reimagining Disability, Griffith University.
Making interdisciplinary pain management programs more patient-centred: a qualitative study of patients’ perceptions of the Engage pain group.
Ms Kelly Walsh, Senior Physiotherapist, Metro South Health Pain Rehabilitation Centre.
If, How and Why Patients Modify Their Rooms in Inpatient Neurorehabilitation
Ms Kaitlyn Spalding, Occupational Therapist, Lecturer, PhD candidate, Griffith University; Co-presenting with Mrs Hannah Simmonds, Lived experience researcher, PhD candidate, The Hopkins Centre.
Development of the ROBIN (Returning hOme after Brain INjury) smart device application
Dr Tenelle Hodson, Occupational Therapy Lecturer, Griffith University.
Sleep disturbances following spinal cord injury: Understanding help-seeking behaviour and co-designing a sleep management resource
Mr Jayke Bennett, Senior Research Assistant, The Hopkins Centre.
Navigating rail transport after acquired brain injury
Ms Stacey James, Occupational Therapist, Acquired Brain Injury Transitional Rehabilitation Service (ABI TRS), Metro South Health, Co-presenting with Mr Izak Hollins, Architect, Arkhefield and Research Adjunct Fellow, Griffith University.
Co-producing resources for clinicians and people with SCI in Queensland: enhancing patient decision-making and access to information
Dr Kelly Clanchy, Program Director and Senior Lecturer, Exercise Science, Griffith University.
Poster Display
- Perceived Influences on Decision Making by Occupational Therapists Assessing Cognitive Function in Acute Care Following Traumatic Brain Injury - Goodchild, K., Copley, J., Fleming, J.
- Advancing ABI Community REhabilitation: Hybrid Model Development in Queensland - Morgan, C., Goddard, K., Turner, B., Kennedy, A., Nielsen, M.
- Adults with Schizophrenia in a Rehabilitation Facility Find Group Musical Attention Control Training to be a Feasible and Acceptable form of Cognitive Attention Training - Haigh, C., Baker, F., Dark, F
- Acquired Brain Injury Consent Document for Emergency Services (ABCDE) - Freebairn, C., Cardiff, C., Meyers, R.
- Designing a Best Practice Model of Care for Rehabilitation of Patients with a Prolonged Disorder of Consciousness (PDOC) - Anderson Kay, K., Sue See, K., Gothard, E.
- An immersive virtual reality game identifies atypical attentional patterns, including spatial neglect, following brain injury - Norwood, M., Painter, D., Marsh, C., Hine, T., Harvie, D., Jones, S., Woodman, C., Dungey, K., Chen, B., Libera, M., Gan, L., Bernhardt, J., & Zeeman, H.
