April 2025
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Physiotherapy students build confidence with interpreters and NESB patients
A collaboration between the Physiotherapy Clinical Educator, Allied Health Education, and the Transcultural & Language Services (TALS) team provided La Trobe University Physiotherapy students with a valuable opportunity to enhance their confidence and develop essential skills in working with interpreters and non-English-speaking background (NESB) patients through a simulated learning scenario. Designed to deepen students’ understanding
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Research hub to enhance health equity and diversity
Northern Health and La Trobe University have partnered to advance health services research amid a population boom in Melbourne’s north. The partnership, which officially launched last week at Northern Hospital Epping, will establish a collaborative research hub dedicated to enhancing health equity and diversity research, specifically addressing the needs of one of Victoria’s most diverse
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Trauma-informed professional development sessions
Northern Health’s Strengthening Hospital Responses to Family Violence (SHRFV) Program has partnered with the Blue Knot Trauma Foundation to provide Trauma-Informed Professional Development across Northern Health. Trauma is an emotional response that is caused by a distressing event or series of events that can affect a person’s ability to cope and function. In Australia, traumatic