An exploration of factors influencing physiotherapists' involvement in student clinical education.

Background: The demand for physiotherapy student clinical placements is increasing in many countries, including Australia, and there is continued reliance on physiotherapists to assume the student clinical educator role. Exploring factors influencing physiotherapists' decision to be involved in clinical education is essential to maintaining and building clinical education capacity for the future.

Objective: To explore factors influencing Australian physiotherapists' decision to be involved in student clinical education.

The lived experience of receiving services as a National Disability Insurance Scheme participant in a rural area: Challenges of choice and control.

Objective: To explore the lived experience of people with a physical disability residing in a rural area and receiving services under the NDIS.

Setting: Rural areas of New South Wales classified as Modified Monash Categories 3-7.

Participants: Semistructured interviews were conducted with seven purposively sampled participants who self-identified as having a physical disability, were receiving NDIS funding and lived in a rural area of NSW.

"Are we there yet?" expectations and experiences with lower limb robotic exoskeletons: a qualitative evaluation of the therapist perspective.

Purpose: Lower limb robotic exoskeletons can assist movement, however, clinical uptake in neurorehabilitation is limited. The views and experiences of clinicians are pivotal to the successful clinical implementation of emerging technologies. This study investigates therapist perspectives of the clinical use and future role of this technology in neurorehabilitation.

A Survey of Parents' and Carers' Perceptions of Parenting a Child With Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.

Purpose: To explore parents' and carers' perceptions of parenting a child with developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH).

Methods: A retrospective analysis of a questionnaire of parents and carers of children with hip dysplasia. Data analysis was guided by qualitative content analysis.

Characterizing the Health of Older Rural Australians Attending Rural Events: Implications for Future Health Promotion Opportunities.

This paper describes the health of older Australians (>65 years) attending rural events to inform health promotion interventions for rural populations. This cross-sectional study collected survey data and objective health measures between 2017 and 2020 at two events held in rural New South Wales, Australia. Participants included in the analysis were adults > 65 years of age.

Lived experience of parents and carers of people receiving services in rural areas under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to investigate the lived experience of parenting or caring for a person with a disability receiving services under the National Disability Insurance Scheme in rural Australia.

Design: Qualitative study guided by the phenomenology of practice.

Setting: Rural areas of New South Wales (MM 3-7).

Rationale and protocol for the Nursing and Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tracking (NAHGOT) study: a large-scale longitudinal investigation of graduate practice destinations.

Introduction: Inequitable distribution of health workforce limits access to healthcare services and contributes to adverse health outcomes. WHO recommends tracking health professionals from their points of entry into university and over their careers for the purpose of workforce development and planning. Previous research has focused on medical students and graduates' choice of practice location.

Delivering introductory physiotherapy clinical placements incorporating simulated learning experiences in rural settings.

Objective: To investigate the delivery, in rural settings, of introductory physiotherapy clinical placements incorporating simulation and describe the impact of these placements on the uptake of longer-term rural immersion opportunities.

Design: Retrospective cohort design.

Setting: The University of Newcastle and the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health (UONDRH), New South Wales, Australia.

Destinations of nursing and allied health graduates from two Australian universities: A data linkage study to inform rural placement models.

Objective: Combined, nursing and allied health constitute most of the Australian health workforce; yet, little is known about graduate practice destinations. University Departments of Rural Health have collaborated on the Nursing and Allied Health Graduate Outcomes Tracking to investigate graduate entry into rural practice.

Design: Data linkage cohort study.

Profile and rural exposure for nursing and allied health students at two Australian Universities: A retrospective cohort study.

Objective: Linking enrolment and professional placement data for students' from 2 universities, this study compares characteristics across universities and health disciplines. The study explores associations between students' location of origin and frequency, duration and type of placements.

Design: Retrospective cohort data linkage.

Exploring the Lived Experience of Parenting a Child with Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip.

Parenting a child with a health issue such as hip dysplasia (DDH) can be complicated and stressful. We aimed to explore in depth, the lived experience of parenting a child with DDH. Guided by phenomenology of practice, six mothers and one father of children with DDH were engaged in semi-structured interviews about their parenting experiences.

Immersive placement experiences promote rural intent in allied health students of urban and rural origin.

Introduction: Pre-vocational placement experiences are known to considerably influence the career preferences of health graduates and are a key factor in growing the rural allied health workforce. This paper explores the rural placement experiences and future work intentions of students who attended a placement with the University of Newcastle Department of Rural Health.

Methods: Part of a larger longitudinal mixed methods study of students' placement experiences and subsequent career choices, this study explored students' placement evaluations responses.

Powerless facing the wave of change: the lived experience of providing services in rural areas under the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Introduction: Australia's National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is the catalyst for a significant shift in the delivery of disability services to people with a disability and their families, including those residing in rural and remote parts of Australia. Allied health services in rural areas of Australia are often limited, existing services are characterised as being of a generalist nature and demand for services often exceeds service capacity. This shift in the delivery of disability services with the rollout of NDIS could have a poignant impact on the rurally based allied health providers delivering these services.

Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation on Motor Function in Pediatric Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review.

Purpose: To determine effects of transcranial direct-current stimulation (tDCS) on motor function for children with cerebral palsy.

Methods: Six electronic databases were searched using terms related to tDCS, combined with functional deficits/associated clinical measures. Results were filtered, including randomized controlled trials in English and children with cerebral palsy.

Surviving, not thriving: a qualitative analysis of parents' perceptions of physical activity participation for rurally residing children with a disability.

Introduction: Preliminary research suggests that rurally residing children with a disability seldom participate in the recommended 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity per day and face multiple barriers to participation. The purpose of this study was to explore parents' perceptions of physical activity participation of rurally residing children with a disability, including barriers and any factors that may facilitate their participation.

Methods: Participants were parents or carers of a school-aged child with a disability residing in a rural or remote area of the state of New South Wales, Australia.

Garment Therapy does not Improve Function in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Systematic Review.

Aims: To conduct a systematic review asking, does garment therapy improve motor function in children with cerebral palsy?

Methods: A systematic review with meta-analysis was conducted to review the literature. Inclusion criteria involved the wearing of therapy suits/garments in children with cerebral palsy. The primary outcome of interest was movement related function and secondary outcomes included impairment, participation, parental satisfaction and adverse outcomes of garment wear.

Physical activity of rurally residing children with a disability: A survey of parents and carers.

Background: Children residing in rural areas face unique barriers to physical activity participation. Further, while children with a disability who reside in metropolitan areas face barriers hindering physical activity, rurally residing children with a disability may face the augmented combination of these barriers that could have negative health implications. Parents are often the key advocates for children with disabilities and are likely to have valuable insight into the opportunities and barriers to physical activity for their child.

Longitudinal Tracking of Workplace Outcomes for Undergraduate Allied Health Students Undertaking Placements in Rural Australia.

Unlabelled: Creating positive experiences in rural practice at the undergraduate level can influence allied health students' attitudes to working rurally. This study aimed to evaluate allied health students' experiences of their short-term, medium-term, or long-term rural placement and to follow their career outcomes.

Methods: The study used a mixed-methods design that utilised qualitative and quantitative data.

Educators working together for interprofessional education: From "fragmented beginnings" to being "intentionally interprofessional".

This article explores the development of interprofessional relationships between healthcare educators working together for interprofessional education (IPE). As part of a collaborative dialogical inquiry, data from 19 semi-structured interviews and 9 focus groups were used to explore how IPE educators develop shared purpose to help students learn to work with other health professions. Consistent with this methodology, the research group and study participants comprised educators from eight different professions.

The changing landscape of physiotherapy student clinical placements: An exploration of geographical distribution and student performance across settings.

Objective: To describe the geographical distribution of physiotherapy clinical placements and investigate the relationship between geographical setting and clinical placement marks in physiotherapy students.

Design: A retrospective cohort design was used for this study.

Setting: The University of Newcastle, New South Wales.

Evaluating interprofessional learning modules: health students' attitudes to interprofessional practice.

Interprofessional learning opportunities are thought to assist health students to work in a more collaborative, patient focussed manner during their career. In line with this thinking, the University of Newcastle's Department of Rural Health delivers monthly interprofessional learning modules (ILMs) to students on a range of health topics. Students' attitudes towards interprofessional learning were assessed pre- and post-ILM, using the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning scale (RIPLS).

Stoic survival: the journey of parenting a premature infant in the bush.

Introduction: The birth of a premature infant is a stressful and emotionally challenging time for parents. Families living in rural areas often have reduced access to the specialist services premature infants require, and different concerns from their metropolitan counterparts. Rural families may have to spend extended periods of time at a metropolitan centre while their child is in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).