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Referring to other health professions

16/9/2019

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​Author: Shane Pritchard BPhysio APAM
Director and Musculoskeletal Curriculum Lead
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Many overseas-trained physiotherapists are well aware that it is appropriate to involve disciplines other than physiotherapy in patient care.

However, the disciplines of the Australian healthcare system might be very different to the disciplines from back home.
How do you know when it is appropriate to refer a patient to another healthcare discipline? And how do you know who is the most appropriate discipline to refer them to?

These questions have been asked many, many times in our Clinical Assessment Simulation Courses so far this year.
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In this blog we’ll provide a summary of the health professional disciplines who routinely make up the Allied Health Professions of the Australian healthcare system, and discuss some examples of when it would be appropriate to involve other disciplines.

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