There has been limited uptake of electronic health records (EHR) by allied health professionals. Yet, not much attention has been given to their information needs. For EHR to work for these health professionals, it is essential to understand their current practice of information management and their perceptions towards EHR. A qualitative interview study was thus conducted with four managers in ...

BACKGROUND Rural and remote areas of Australia are facing serious health workforce shortages. While a number of schemes have been developed to improve recruitment to and retention of the rural health workforce, they will be effective only if appropriately targeted. This study examines the factors that most encourage students attending rural clinical placements to work in rural Australia, and th...

This list of 453 books and 74 journals is intended as a selection guide to be used in a library supporting allied health educational programs or allied health personnel in either an academic or health care setting. Because of the impossibility of covering the large number and wide variety of allied health professions and occupations, the recommended publications are focused primarily on the twe...

Student dietitians are often very interested in developing skills in the assessment and management of clients with eating disorders. This may be difficult; clients often decline student participation in their care due to the sensitive nature of their condition. Nourishing Networks, a self-directed health professional learning program, was developed to enhance clinician knowledge and management ...

Objective: To assess the perceived stress levels amongst faculty and students of medicine, dentistry allied health sciences during COVID-19 pandemic.
 Methods: This multi-institutional descriptive study was conducted from April to June 2020. All three institutes namely University College Medicine, Dentistry Institute Allied Health Sciences were invited participate. Data collected using a p...

Medical physics has been an indispensable and strategic stakeholder in the delivery of radiological services to the healthcare system of Ghana. The practice has immensely supported radiation oncology and medical imaging facilities over the years, while the locally established training programme continues to produce human resource to feed these facilities. The training programme has grown to rec...

A ten year review of developments in the organisation and management of allied health services in Australian acute care public hospitals reveals a steady transformation away from a medically managed universal model towards more complex and contested models of governance. This article revisits early observations about the reorganisation of allied health services and presents more recent research...