Research Project
Full description A new allied health transdisciplinary stroke assessment was designed and implemented at the Mater Hospital Brisbane acute stroke unit (2020-2023), replacing time-consuming and separate stroke assessments completed by occupational therapy, physiotherapy, speech pathology, and social work. The new assessment process helped the allied health professionals to streamline stroke services, saving assessment time and reducing occasions of service required to meet clinical and service goals and safely discharge patients from hospital. The proposed study is the translation phase of the work. The aim is to modify and implement the transdisciplinary stroke assessment in other settings, test if similar results can be achieved, and understand what factors drive success.