Dr Zephanie Tyack¹, Ms Angela Thynne², Ms Andrea McKittrick³, Ms Anne Darton⁴, Ms Nicola Clayton⁵, Ms Julia Kwiet⁶, Ms Rachel Edmondson⁷, Ms Tracey Perrett⁸

¹Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research, Children’s Health Research Centre, South Brisbane, Australia, ²Occupational Therapy Private Practice, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Professor Stuart Pegg Adult Burns Unit, Brisbane, Australia, ³Department of Occupational Therapy Services, Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, ⁴Agency for Clinical Innovation, Statewide Burn Injury Service, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ⁵Speech Pathology Department and Burns Unit, Concord Repatriation General Hospital , Sydney, Australia, ⁶Department of Social Work, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ⁷Department of Physiotherapy, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, ⁸National Burn Centre, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

Abstract:

Whilst consensus courses exist for nursing and emergency burns management under the banner of the Australian New Zealand Burn Association, no such course for burns management exists.  The development of the ANZBA Allied Health Professional Guidelines in 2014 demonstrated a commitment and willingness by ANZBA members to support all health professionals, experienced and inexperienced, in a biopsychosocial burn rehabilitation approach.  In 2015, planning commenced for the development of an ANZBA burns rehabilitation course that was designed for inexperienced health professionals, who are often called on to manage patients with complex physical and psychosocial burn rehabilitation needs. It is envisaged that this course will be run in both metropolitan and regional areas across Australia. The development process included completion of a pre-reading learning package with input from over twenty ANZBA members, ongoing oversight by seven ANZBA members, training of four ANZBA members, and ongoing communication with the ANZBA Board and Education Committee. The structure of the one day course has similarities to the Emergency Management of Severe Burns course with lectures, case discussions and small group sessions. The pilot course will be run in Brisbane (June 2018), and was designed to pilot the content and course structure. Expressions of interest were sent to participants and other stakeholders (including survivors) to attend the course.  It is envisaged that the first formal course will be run in 2019. This paper will provide an overview of the development process, and will report on the pilot course and future directions.

Biography:

Dr Tyack is a Research Fellow with the Centre for Children’s Burns and Trauma Research.  She has worked in clinical and research positions in burn care for most of her career.  She was a board member of the Australia New Zealand Burn Association from 2015 to 2017.