Health students from the Townsville area have been learning Auslan to better communicate with deaf patients and help them feel more comfortable and accepted. Central Queensland University Townsville has been hosting evening classes in Auslan – Australian sign language – aimed ...
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Hospital cliques are not inevitable: study
Divides between nurses, doctors and other health professionals in hospitals do not reflect innate human behaviour and can be overcome, new research has found. The study, by Macquarie University’s Australian Institute of Health Innovation, explored the underlying reasons for the ...
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Aussie researchers look to toes, parks to reduce falls
Stronger toes could help keep older people on their feet, new research suggests. Researchers at Victoria University have looked at the effect toe training can have on the incidence of falls in older people. Karen Mickle, post-doctoral research fellow at ...
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Seminar to explore tech advances in wound care
It may seem unlikely that drones, droids and robots would have much to do with wound care, but they encompass the theme of this year’s National Science Week, which Wounds Australia (Qld) has embraced as the basis for an upcoming ...
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