The annual La Trobe Rural Health School Conference was held at the Flora Hill campus on the 25th and 26th of July. The conference brought together an extensive and diverse array of research projects across Allied Health, Nursing & Midwifery, Biomedicine, Pharmacy, and Dentistry and Oral Health. Alongside esteemed keynote speakers, Adjunct Associate Professor Belinda O’Sullivan and Ms Mandy Hutchinson, were several staff representing the Holsworth Research Initiative who presented their latest research.
Oral Presentations
Blake Collins | Investigating the role of motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioural therapy in telehealth delivered cardiac rehabilitation programs
Byron Perrin and Dimitri Diacogiorgis | A 3 Year retrospective audit of characteristics of the assessment, diagnosis and management of people with acute charcot neuroarthropathy attending a regional health service
Daniel Wundersitz | Does cardiac arrhythmia in recreational cyclists increase after high volume exercise?
Steve Barrett | Complexities and context in the scale-up of a physical activity coaching intervention: A process evaluation
Brett Gordon | Implementing exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation in regional Australia. Does it align with recommendations?
Poster Presentations
Jane McCaig, Brett Gordon, Carolyn Taylor | Exercise interventions on the acute medical ward: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Congratulations to Human Performance Co-Lead Dr Daniel Wundersitz and Holsworth Research Initiative Research Assistant Dr Blake Collins who achieved second place in the best presentation at the conference and the best early career researcher presentation, respectively.
