Physiotherapists' Experiences and Perceived Acceptability of Delivering a Knee Bracing Intervention for People With Symptomatic Knee Osteoarthritis in a Randomised Trial (PROP OA): A Qualitative Study.

Objectives: To explore physiotherapists' experiences and perceived acceptability of delivering a bracing intervention for knee osteoarthritis (OA) in the 'PROvision of braces for Patients with knee OA' (PROP OA) randomised controlled trial.

Method: Semi-structured telephone interviews with consenting physiotherapists who received the PROP OA training programme and delivered the knee bracing intervention (advice, information and exercise instruction plus knee brace matched to patients' clinical and radiographic presentation and with adherence support). Interviews were recorded and transcribed verbatim.

Building competency to deal with environmental health challenges: experiences and a proposal.

The global landscape of professional training in environmental health, encompassing ecological public health or environmental public health, lacks consistent global implementation for training programs for public health practitioners, clinical professionals, and individuals across various disciplines, as well as standardized curricula for undergraduates. This training gap is related to the overall lack of capacity in addressing the population impacts of the triple challenge of pollution, biodiversity loss, and climate change, impeding the worldwide transition to and development of ecological sustainability. This paper reviews existing approaches and their potential to address implementation challenges within the necessarily tight timescale.

A qualitative exploration of gaps in undergraduate gerontological nursing courses and recommendations for change.

Background: The present study intended to gain insight into curricula gaps and explore recommendations for change to improve undergraduate nursing students' knowledge, attitudes and skills in gerontological nursing in Ghana.

Methods: A qualitative exploratory design was selected for this study. This study was conducted in two phases.

The Symphony of Consumer Partnering and Clinical Governance: An Organizational Review Using the RE-AIM Framework.

Introduction: Partnering with Consumers in healthcare systems is now widely accepted and mandated in many countries. Despite this acceptance, there is minimal information regarding the best practice of how to successfully establish systems to embed this practice into healthcare systems.

Methods: This evaluation used the RE-AIM implementation framework to retrospectively analyse data from a 3-year timeline to review the events relating to the transition of Consumer Partnering into a Clinical Governance Unit.

Patterns and Perceptions of Standard Order Set Use Among Physicians Working Within a Multihospital System: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Electronic standard order sets automate the ordering of specific treatment, testing, and investigative protocols by physicians. These tools may help reduce unwarranted clinical variation and improve health care efficiency. Despite their routine implementation within electronic medical records (EMRs), little is understood about how they are used and what factors influence their adoption in practice.

Australian psychologists' attitudes towards psychedelic-assisted therapy and training following a world-first drug down-scheduling.

Introduction: This study explores the attitudes of psychologists towards psychedelics and psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT) following the world-first regulatory changes in 2023 in Australia which permitted psilocybin and 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA) to be used in clinical services.

Methods: A purposive sample of 20 Australian psychologists was recruited using snowball sampling. Semi-structured interviews were conducted which explored participants' attitudes, knowledge and concerns about PAT.

Purposeful design in health professions' curriculum development.

Background: The content and delivery of a health professions' curriculum is often regarded as 'intuitive' and 'self-defining', based on commonly encountered professional roles, detailed knowledge of human structure, function and pathology, and opportunities to acquire necessary clinical and communication skills.  However, a curriculum tends to develop, sometimes in unexpected ways, due to scientific advances, changes in teaching faculty and variations in clinical placement experience. Trends come and go, often without careful scrutiny and evaluation.

Associated impairments among children with cerebral palsy: findings from a cross-sectional hospital-based study in Vietnam.

Objective: This study aims to explore the associated impairments of cerebral palsy (CP) and their correlates among children with CP in Vietnam.

Design: Descriptive cross-sectional study using hospital-based surveillance.

Setting: National Children's Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam between June and November 2017.

A study of professional practices, attitudes and barriers to blended tube feeding in Australia and New Zealand.

Aims: This study investigates the utilisation of blended tube feeding by health professionals in Australia and New Zealand, assessing factors influencing its implementation following the Australasian Society of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition blended tube feeding consensus statement.

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was conducted targeting health professionals across Australia and New Zealand. The survey comprised 35-questions including multiple choice, Likert scales and open-ended responses, to gain insights into blended tube feeding practices and perspectives.

Exploring a learning model for knowledge integration and the development of critical thinking among nursing students with previous learning: a qualitative study protocol.

Students often struggle to apply their knowledge of bioscience to their care practice. Such knowledge is generally learned through remembering and understanding, but retention quickly fades. They also experience difficulty progressing to higher-order cognitive skills such as applying, analyzing, evaluating, and even creating, which are necessary to develop soft skills, such as critical thinking, in the care profession.

Holistic support framework for doctors training as rural and remote general practitioners: a realist evaluation of the RVTS model.

Objective: To develop theory about how and why the supervision and support model used by the Remote Vocational Training Scheme (RVTS) addresses the professional and non-professional needs of doctors (including many international medical graduates) who are training towards general practice or rural generalist fellowship while based in the same rural or remote practice.

Design, Setting, Participants: We conducted a realist evaluation based on the RAMESES II protocol. The initial theory was based on situated learning theory, networked ecological systems theory, cultural theory and geographical narcissism theory.

Diagnostic accuracy of Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Third Edition to identify abnormal or delayed gross motor development in high-risk infants.

Aim: To investigate the diagnostic accuracy of parent-completed Ages and Stages Questionnaire, Third Edition (ASQ-3) to identify abnormal or delayed gross motor development in infants born less than 1000 g or less than 28 weeks gestation.

Methods: Prospective cohort study of high-risk infants comparing ASQ-3 as the index test with concurrent score on Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) as the reference standard, at 4-, 8- and 12-month corrected (post-term) age. Reference standard positivity cut-offs were 'Abnormal motor development' (AIMS Clinical Range) and 'Motor delay' (AIMS score >1 SD below mean, not captured in Clinical Range).

Peripheral intravenous catheter clinical care standard adherence in emergency departments: A qualitative study underpinned by the behaviour change wheel.

Aim: To explore the barriers and facilitators influencing emergency department clinicians' adherence to the Australian Peripheral Intravenous Catheter (PIVC) Clinical Care Standard, using the Behaviour Change Wheel (BCW).

Background: Suboptimal PIVC practices are frequently linked to a range of patient-important adverse outcomes. The first Australian Peripheral Intravenous Catheter Clinical Care Standard was introduced in 2021, aiming to standardize practice.

Internationally qualified nurses' perspectives on transitioning specialty skills within Australia: A content analysis.

Aim: To explore internationally qualified nurses' perceptions regarding the facilitators and barriers to specialty skill transfer in Australia.

Design: The study utilised a descriptive research design with a cross-sectional survey. Data were collected from July to September 2022.

Do Non-Clinical Services Help to Improve Functional Outcomes Among Young Adults With Mental Disorders? A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Mental disorders during young adulthood can significantly impair functioning in daily activities. Non-clinical support services aim to improve functioning by helping people to build social and life skills, participate in education and employment and improve physical health. This study aims to examine and synthesise the evidence for non-clinical services on improving functional outcomes for young adults with mental disorders.

Exploring learning characteristics and progression of GP trainees based in regional, rural and remote settings: A qualitative study.

Objective: Globally, most doctors train and work in metropolitan areas but a key strategy for developing the rural health workforce is expanding rural training. The aim of this study was to describe the scope and quality of learning along with skill acquisition of GP trainees based in regional, rural, and remote settings.

Setting: Regional, rural and remote settings in Queensland Australia excluding Brisbane.

Virtual reality gameplay classification illustrates the multidimensionality of visuospatial neglect.

Brain injuries can significantly impact mental processes and lead to hidden disabilities not easily detectable. Traditional methods for assessing these impacts are imprecise, leading to unreliable prevalence estimates and treatments with uncertain effectiveness. Immersive virtual reality has shown promise for assessment, but its use as a standalone tool is rare.

Academic readiness among young children treated for brain tumors: a multisite, prospective, longitudinal trial.

Background: Young children treated for central nervous system (CNS) malignancies are at high risk for difficulties with academic functioning due to increased vulnerability of the developing brain and missed early developmental opportunities. Extant literature examining academics in this population is limited. We investigated academic readiness, its clinical and demographic predictors, and its relationship with distal academic outcomes among patients treated for CNS tumors during early childhood.

Protocol for an intervention for new parents experiencing moderate psychosocial adversity: pilot feasibility randomised trial.

Background: Parents exposed to psychosocial adversities often experience challenges which, combined with the needs of a new-born infant, can be difficult to manage and increase the risk of poor outcomes for both parents and infants. Psychosocial adversity can disrupt the development of parental-foetal attachment to the baby during pregnancy, which can have a negative effect on parental care and quality of interaction during the postnatal period. This intervention is based on the proposition that enhanced parental capacity to mentalise and emotionally connect to unborn children during pregnancy, and better understanding about how to manage distressing infant behaviour (i.

Supporting Timor-Leste midwives and nurses through an educational program: An evaluative study.

Unlabelled: Little is currently known about the impacts of participation in a five-week Australian maternal and newborn health training program for Timorese midwives and nurses.

Background: The maternal mortality rate in Timor-Leste is estimated to be around 204 per 100,000 live births, and there is a correlation between safe and quality maternal and newborn health services. Hence, there is a need to develop the nation's maternity workforce.

Measuring successful conversations in couples with and without aphasia: A scoping review.

Background: Aphasia impacts communication and relationships. While counselling is increasingly recognised as a component of the speech-language therapy role, the success of conversation partner training is typically measured in terms of communication alone. This scoping review aimed to describe how successful conversation is currently measured with couples-with and without aphasia, to inform the development of an ecologically valid measure for couples with aphasia.

Exploring a pilot alcohol and other drug (AOD) nurse practitioner mentoring program: Empirical research mixed methods: A pilot nurse practitioner mentoring program.

Aim: To explore the effectiveness and acceptability of a pilot mentoring program for alcohol and other drug (AOD) nurse practitioners (also known globally as addiction nurse practitioners).

Design: Mixed method evaluation.

Methods: Two-phase evaluation comprising survey (demographics, pre- and post-program perceived competency and confidence) with 15 participants completing the pre survey and 10 participants completing the post survey, and qualitative interviews after the program with 10 participants.