Senior staff experiences of implementing a reablement model in community care.

Background In 2018, a community care organisation in Northwest Tasmania collaborated with University of Tasmania researchers to develop and implement a strategy for incorporating a reablement-based model of care into their service delivery model as a core organisational approach to care. This study aimed to investigate the long-term outcomes from the initial reablement education to improve our understanding of the needs of staff and clients of community care organisations. Methods The research explored the impact of reablement on client outcomes and how reablement can be translated across organisations.

Patient uptake and outcomes following pharmacist-initiated referrals to general practitioners for asthma review.

Uptake and outcomes of pharmacist-initiated general practitioner (GP) referrals for patients with poorly controlled asthma were investigated. Pharmacists referred at-risk patients for GP assessment. Patients were categorized as action takers (consulted their GP on pharmacist's advice) or action avoiders (did not action the referral).

Rethinking the gold standard - The feasibility of randomized controlled trials within health services effectiveness research.

Background: An evidence-based randomized controlled trial for a novel Pharmacy Asthma Service was tested in 3 Australian states. Positive asthma outcomes were achieved after the 12-month intervention, albeit in both the intervention and comparator arms. The current investigation uses a mixed methods approach to 1) qualitatively explore how comparator arm pharmacists implemented the trial protocol and 2) quantitatively examine how this may have impacted patient outcomes in this trial.

Telehealth experiences of vulnerable clients living in Tasmania.

Objective: To understand the experiences of vulnerable clients who used telehealth during the Coronavirus pandemic.

Design: The study employed a qualitative enquiry, utilising semi-structured interviews lasting 30-60 minutes with a thematic analysis approach to explore factors influencing client experience with telehealth.

Setting: A wide range of locations across Tasmania, Australia.

Prevalence and Associations of General Practice Registrars' Management of Atopic Dermatitis: A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the Registrar Clinical Encounters in Training Study.

Introduction: Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a chronic inflammatory condition which imposes substantial burden upon patients and their families. As a frequent primary care presentation, general practice (GP) trainees must develop adequate skills in AD diagnosis and management.

Objectives: We aimed to explore the prevalence and associations of GP registrars' management of patients with AD.

Pharmacists experience of and perspectives about recruiting patients into a community pharmacy asthma service trial.

Background: Research trials testing the impact of community pharmacy services require adequate and appropriate recruitment of patients by participating pharmacists, however, this step presents an ongoing challenge.

Objective: To identify factors affecting recruitment of patients in community pharmacies participating in a multi-center trial of a pharmacy asthma service in Australia (Pharmacy Trial Program - Asthma and Rhinitis Control (PTP-ARC).

Methods: The PTP-ARC protocol required identification and recruitment of seven eligible asthma patients per pharmacy.