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OVERVIEWCurtin University, through the Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute (CHIRI)interprofessional practice program (IPP), has been developing and expanding practice basedinterprofessional education experiences for our students for more than three years. Theseplacements provide students with authentic learning experiences where they learn with,from and about each other whilst developing the interprofessional collaborative practicecapabilities required to deliver safe, high-quality client-centred care.The program has received both a Faculty (2010) and a University (2011) “Excellence inTeaching” award. It has grown from strength to strength and now has an internationalreputation for innovative design in fieldwork, classroom and e-learning settings.The CHIRI IPE placements are offered across a diverse range of community environmentsfrom primary schools to aged care, and students from four of the five WA universities areparticipating in placements coordinated by the Curtin CHIRI IPP team.This brochure is designed to give the reader an insight into the kind of placements onoffer, the activities the students will engage in and the potential benefits to the clients andsites involved.The information about placements is current at the time of printing.We hope you find the booklet useful. If you require further information please do nothesitate to contact me.Kind regardsKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversitySTUDENT REQUIREMENTSFor each placement students areexpected to have the following:• University student identification.• A uniform if required by their school.• Either a Western AustralianDepartment of Health Clearance ora National Police Clearance (sitedependant). Students must obtainan Education Department Clearancein order to attend a placement at aschool.Other information critical to students’preparation for their IPP placementcan be accessed via the Curtin IPPBlackboard site or the Curtin IPEwebsite.

5CONTENTSWACHS HWA Program 4Alzheimer’s Australia WA 6Early Intervention Primary Schools IPP 8Brightwater Care Group – Madeley 10Challis Early Childhood Education Centre 12Curtin clinics, Curtin University 14Student Training Ward, Royal Perth Hospital 16North Metro Older Adult Mental Health 18CUCRH Mt Magnet IPP 20Rowethorpe Aged Care – Uniting Church Homes 22I acknowledge the WadjukNoongar people as thetraditional custodians ofthe land on which CurtinUniversity’s Bentley Campussits, as well as the Badimiapeople of Mt Magnet and wouldlike to pay respects to elderspast and present.

WACHS HWA PROGRAMAlbany Mental Health andGeraldton Subacute Aged CareLOCATIONSAlbany and GeraldtonCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYWA Country Health Service (WACHS)are implementing two IPE placements –one based in Albany within the mentalhealth team, and the other in Geraldtonwithin the aged care service.The Albany based mental healthplacement offers the opportunity forsocial work, occupational therapy,psychology and nursing students towork as a team and deliver essentialcommunity based mental health.The Geraldton based aged careplacement offers speech pathology,occupational therapy, physiotherapyand nursing students the opportunityto work together in the sub acuterehabilitation program.The two placements allow students toexperience an interprofessional teamapproach to community care services,in a rural seeing and are supported by adedicated clinical educator.

ALZHEIMER’S AUSTRALIA WALOCATIONWembleyCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYAlzheimer’s Australia WA provides arange of specialised services for peoplewith dementia, their families and carers,health and aged care personnel and thegeneral community.aged care and community educationprograms for the general public.Services provided:• advice on assistive technology indementia care• behavioural intervention to supportcarers• confidential information, support andcounselling• early intervention for people withdementia and their families• education workshops• innovative art therapy program• library and resource centre• monthly Carer Support Groups• respite options including in-home,centre-based, host and friendshipclubs• 24 hour helpline for advice andsupport education is seen as anecessary.They provide specialised services tomore than 24,000 people includingrespite, counselling and social support.They also offer education, nationallyrecognised training and advisoryservices to people working in health and

7healthsciences.curtin.edu.auPRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Dementia• Depression and anxiety• Falls prevention• Health reviews• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing

EARLY INTERVENTION IPPPrimary Schools ProgramLOCATIONSBoyare Primary School, MirrabookaNerrigen Primary School, ArmadaleSacred Heart Primary School, ThornlieDryandra Primary School, ArmadaleSecret Harbour Primary School,Secret HarbourCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYThe early intervention program will offeroccupational therapy, speech therapy,physiotherapy and nursing students theopportunity to work closely with youngchildren who are identified as potentiallybeing at ‘educational risk’.Curtin students will focus on the childrenin kindergarten to year two classes in fiveprimary schools – Boyare and DryandraPrimary Schools (in Mirrabooka),Neerigen Brook Primary School (InArmadale), Sacred Heart Primary(Thornlie) and Secret Harbour PrimarySchool. The aims of the program are:• Allied health students work, learnand practise together demonstratinginterprofessional practice skills.• School children, identified as beingpotentially ‘at educational risk’, willbeing included in individual and groupprograms in order to enhance the child’scapacity to undertake their occupationalrole of being a student, self-maintainerand friend.• Teachers and other school staff willcollaborate with the allied healthstudents learning concepts and skillsthat will be sustainable after thestudents leave the school.

9healthsciences.curtin.edu.au• Parents of children identified as being‘at risk’ will be able to participate anddevelop skills that will be sustainableafter the students leave the school.Many children in Western Australiaarebeing referred by teachers to childdevelopment centres (CDC) forassessment, but have to wait 12 months,or more, for assessment and even longerto be treated (Woollard and Hames 2010).This program will reduce the burden onstate government health services andensure Curtin allied health graduates arewell equipped to provide primary healthservices in the community within a schoolsetting.PRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Dementia• Depression and anxiety• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing• Early childhood development

11healthsciences.curtin.edu.authe students are required to gather abackground on: the resident’s medicalhistory and undertake evaluatitionsof resident care needs, including: anoccupational therapy assessment,physiotherapy assessment; speechpathology assessment and create orupdate the resident care plan.The students then present this casepresentation to an audience, whichincludes the wider student group, IPEfacilitator, medical supervisor and anyother facility staff who chose to beinvolved. This interprofessional educationprogram has grown and evolved over thepast two years.While specific activities are programed tofacilitate interprofessional collaboration,these activities are not artificial andcontribute to overall site operations.PRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Dementia• Depression and anxiety• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing

CHALLIS EARLY CHILDHOODEDUCATION CENTRELOCATIONArmadaleCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYChallis ECEC is an early childhood andparenting centre located in Armadalethat accommodates students fromphysiotherapy, speech pathology,occupational therapy, nursing, dietetics,social work, psychology, and Aboriginalhealth (Marr Mooditj).While there, students work togetherto provide group and whole-classintervention sessions to kindy,pre-primary, year 1 and year 2 children,assess and provide intervention toindividual, ‘clients’ who are seen for‘blocks’ of therapy (as required) andsupport new parents through educationat the parenting centre.All services provided to the school havea health promotion focus and studentsmust work collaboratively to deliverthese services to the school community.

CURTIN CLINICSCurtin UniversityLOCATIONSCurtin UniversityBuilding 404BentleyRowethorpe GP clinicBentleyBrownlie TowersBentleyCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYThe chronic conditions managementplacement, Curtin clinics will incorporaterotations through building 404 clinics,Rowethorpe GP clinic and Brownlie TowersResidential Community placement.Students will attend the physiotherapyclinic and look at the musculoskeletalclinic that currently exists, a medicalimaging clinic, hand clinic, and cardiacrehabilitation clinic (in second semester)will all be commenced too), the speechclinic (stuttering), the psychology clinic,the wound management education centre,and the COPD clinic.Students will conduct a healthy lifestyleassessment on clients under the guidanceof the supervisors and clinicians of eachclinic.Added to these activities are the lifestyleassessment and medication managementreview clinics to be run at Rowethorpe GPclinic three afternoons a week.Students will see recruited clients fromRowethorpe and surrounding areasand complete a comprehensive healthassessment. Students will have access toa GP, the Curtin accredited pharmacist,Dr Hoti and their Curtin supervisors asallocated by each school.

15healthsciences.curtin.edu.auIt is hoped the students will then beable to ‘refer’ clients to the appropriateservices available in the community (e.g.:Diabetes WA, back to the physiotherapyclinic for musculoskeletal issues).Brownlie Towers is a housing estatein Bentley which has facilities for ourstudents to see the residents similarto the Rowethorpe GP clinic, but as theresidents are a different demographicthe students will get exposure to abroader range of health issues. Peer topeer learning will be a large part of thisplacement.PRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Dementia• Depression and anxiety• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing

STUDENT TRAINING WARDRoyal Perth HospitalLOCATIONPerth CBDCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auMargo BrewerDirector of interprofessional practiceCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9288Email: m.brewer@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYThe student training ward (STW) is in itsthird year and has been modelled on thehighly successful student training wardin Sweden.Students are responsible for the care andclinical management of general medicalpatients on a busy ward at Royal PerthHospital.Registered nurses are the key IPEfacilitators providing support andguidance to students, who are expectedto function as a clinical team to deliversafe, high-quality patient-centred care.The students are supported by theirprofession specific supervisors, whotake an active role in the orientation anddebrief of students, and who will overseethe implementation of the students’ careplans.This unique placement, the first ofits kind in the Southern Hemisphere,consistently achieves very high levels ofpatient satisfaction.

17healthsciences.curtin.edu.auPRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing• Clinical management in anacute setting

NORTH METRO OLDER ADULTMENTAL HEALTHLOCATIONSShenton ParkOsborne ParkMidlandJoondalupCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYThe North Metro Older Adult MentalHealth program provides in-patienttherapy service and community servicesto older adults with a variety of mentalhealth needs.The service teams are multi-disciplinarywith consultant psychiatry, medical,nursing, occupational therapy,rehabilitation, clinical psychology, socialwork, dietary, podiatry, physiotherapyand speech pathology services deliveredto clients in their own homes or in agedcare facilities.The team provides a wide range ofgeneral and mental health nursingassessments, treatment monitoring anddischarge planning. The team functionsacross in-patient, community and daytherapy settings.Students would be involved in caremanagement, care plan developmentand implementation, liaison withall relevant health and communityservice providers, and will function asa contributing team member to deliverclient focused care in a communitysetting.

19healthsciences.curtin.edu.auPRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing

CUCRH MT MAGNET IPPMt Magnet and GeraldtonLOCATIONSMt MagnetGeraldtonCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYCUCRH and Curtin University areworking in collaboration to develop aninterprofessional community healthprogram with Indigenous health as a focus.Students would start their journey inGeraldton for an orientation programwhere they will be introduced to GRAMS(Geraldton Regional Aboriginal MedicalService) and WACHS (WA Country HealthService) as well as a cultural induction tothe Murchison area.Students will then move on to Mt Magnetwhere an excellent standard of studentaccommodation is made available byCUCRH. Students will be introduced tothe Mt Magnet community by CUCRHstaff and the various health servicesprovided such as GRAMS, WACHSvisiting specialist services, Bidi Bidi EarlyChildhood Development and ParentingProgram, the Mt Magnet Primary Schooland community support services.Students will be engaged in healthpromotion, clinical assessment,development and implementation ofcommunity health programs as wellas working with the health teamsestablished in Mt Magnet and thesurrounding area.Added to this, students will be allocateda cultural mentor, a local supportperson who has strong ties with bothcommunity and country.This is a unique placement that willpositively challenge students clinically,as well as provide an experience ofIndigenous culture they might not havehad the opportunity to experience before.

21healthsciences.curtin.edu.auPRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing• Culturally appropriate andsecure healthcare

ROWETHORPE AGED CAREUniting Church HomesLOCATIONBentleyCONTACT/SKeryn BolteIPE fieldwork coordinatorCurtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9132Mbl: 0488 117 909Email: keryn.bolte@curtin.edu.auRobynne SnellProject managerCHIRI, Curtin UniversityTel: (08) 9266 9124Email: r.snell@curtin.edu.auSITE SUMMARYThis interprofessional placement hasexpanded from last years in that it willnow run for the duration of the clinicalplacement (it was just one day).It will incorporate IPE principlespredominantly but also the DiseaseState Medication Management Review(DSMMR). The DSMMR is centred onstudent led reviews of the managementof medications and their effects onresidents’ cognition, falls/balance andcontinence.This placement will provide a settingfor students from the disciplines ofPharmacy, Occupational Therapy,Speech Pathology, Psychology,Dietetics, Nursing and Physiotherapy tocollaborate and understand the roles ofother healthcare professionals involvedin the management of residents in anaged care setting.A typical day at this placementwill consist of a team meeting andinformation gathering, a teamdiscussion and team presentations.Students are expected to have a degreeof independence, engage in some selfdirected learning, as well as educatetheir peers and Rowethorpe staffabout their profession and how theyas a clinician will contribute to theinterprofessional team to the benefit ofthe resident.There will be an opportunity to developprojects, run therapy sessions andcreate educational tools that canbe used in the care and support ofRowethorpe residents.

23healthsciences.curtin.edu.auPRACTICAL DISCIPLINES• Psychology• Dietetics• Medicine• Nursing• Occupational therapy• Pharmacy• Physiotherapy• Social work• Speech pathologyPRACTICUM THEMES• Communication• Falls prevention• Healthy lifestyle• Intervention strategies• Mental health• Pain management• Palliative care• Weight management• Wellbeing

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:Faculty of Health SciencesCurtin UniversityKent StreetBentley WA 6102GPO Box U1987Perth WA 6845Tel: +61 8 9266 9289Email: hlthsci-ipe@curtin.edu.auWeb: healthsciences.curtin.edu.auDisclaimer and copyright information:The information in this publication was correct at time of printing.However, Curtin University reserves the right to make changes as appropriate. The University makes no warranty,representation or undertaking, whether expressed or implied, nor does it assume any legal liability, whether director indirect, for the accuracy, completeness or usefulness of information contained in this brochure.© Curtin University of Technology 2012.This publication is protected by copyright. Apart from limited exceptions as permitted by the Copyright Act 1968no part may be reproduced or communicated by any means without express written permission.Curtin University is a trademark of Curtin University of TechnologyCurtin University CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)GEON047397