Clinical education
Medical Aids Subsidy Scheme provides regular education for prescribers, clients and carers. Students studying to become a health professional in any MASS designated prescriber category are also welcome to participate.
What education is available?
Most education is provided in a webinar format and these are free to attend. Workshops are also available; with a registration fee to attend.
To register for a webinar or workshop, please use the links on the PDF Education Calendar to book into events using an online bookings system. After making a booking for a webinar, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to enter the room and the calendar appointment attached. Our PDF Education Calendar details how to download The Teams app and participate in webinars using Microsoft Teams.
MASS Education Calendar
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Gather together a team of learners. MASS will send a selection of pressure cushions on short-term loan to your workplace, and work through self-paced online learning with interactive support from MASS staff. There is currently a waitlist, so please contact us if you would like to complete this sooner using an alternate model (e.g., inservice) or our face-to-face workshop (below) is available in April.
Refer to the information sheet to find out more. (PDF 246 kB)
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Note: you must have at least 3 people in your learning group and work in Queensland to be eligible.
Complete an expression of interest
This is a rolling program subject to pressure cushion pack availability.
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Complementing our existing pressure cushion program, our pressure mapping program allows you to develop hands-on skills in using pressure mapping technology and interpreting outputs to guide pressure cushion selection and postural interventions. Gather together a team of learners. MASS will send a pressure mapping kit on short-term loan to your workplace. Work through self-paced online learning with interactive support from MASS staff.
Refer to the information sheet to find out more.(PDF 254 kB)
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Note: you must have at least 3 people in your learning group and work in Queensland to be eligible.
Complete an expression of interest
This is a rolling program subject to pressure mapping kit availability.
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In this hands-on workshop, as a small group you will complete a simulated MAT assessment for complex postural needs. Subsequently, as a group you will adjust a complex power wheelchair including postural supports, and setup a mounting system with speech generating device or eye gaze.
Maximum of 6 participants in a workshop.
To be eligible for this workshop you must have completed both:
- MASS Introduction to Wheelchairs and Seating workshop and MASS Introduction to Adjusting and Maintaining Equipment workshops.
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- Equivalent work experience/external workshops.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
Price: $40 full price registration
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Our guest presenter, Heather Batten (advanced physiotherapist in amputee rehabilitation) will share learnings from her Churchill scholarship in Europe and her local research, as well as outline good practice to support prosthetic users in the community. Lived experience will also be explored.
Target Groups:
- Prosthetic users
- Prosthetists
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
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For those who prefer face-to-face learning or who don’t want to wait for our Pressure Cushion Remote Hands-on Learning Program, jump the queue with our in-person workshop on pressure cushion prescription. Complete the online Microsoft Sway before you come (available here). At the face-to-face workshop explore a wide range of cushions, experience pressure mapping, and be ready to discuss example cases from your practice.
Numbers are limited to 24 people.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Registered nurses
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Price: $15 full price registration or $10 student concession registration
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Learn about basic maintenance and adjustments for a range of simpler assistive technology, including manual wheelchairs, hoists, pressure cushions, and bathing/toileting aids. This workshop suits health practitioners who want to build their confidence with hands-on adjustment of equipment and education of clients in equipment maintenance and cleaning. Allied health assistants responsible for basic set-up of equipment and management of equipment stock may also benefit.
Numbers are limited to 18 people.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Price: $25 full registration or $100 full registration with complete basic toolkit for you to take home with you.
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Learn about basic maintenance and adjustments for a range of simpler assistive technology, including manual wheelchairs, hoists, pressure cushions, and bathing/toileting aids. This workshop suits health practitioners who want to build their confidence with hands-on adjustment of equipment and education of clients in equipment maintenance and cleaning. Allied health assistants responsible for basic set-up of equipment and management of equipment stock may also benefit.
Numbers are limited to 18 people.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Price: $25 full registration or $100 full registration with complete basic toolkit for you to take home with you.
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Considerations for prescribing and using assistive products (including alternative and augmentative communication, continence aids, mobility aids, and daily living aids) for people with dementia will be explored. Two case studies will also be presented by occupational therapists.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Registered Nurses
- Speech Pathologists
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
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Gain confidence in submitting MASS online applications. Covers prescriber registration, useful links, benefits to using MASS-eApply and viewing completed applications.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Registered Nurses
- Speech Pathologists
- Students in the above professions
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Our guest presenter, Dr Prabha Lakhan (Senior Research Officer, Southern Queensland Centre for Excellence in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Primary Healthcare) will share the findings and some outcomes of the study that describes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’s experiences of living with urinary incontinence and their feedback on seven incontinence brochures developed by the Continence Foundation of Australia for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Target Groups:
- Nurses
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Urologists
- Uro-gynaecologists
- Students in the above professions
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Workers
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Learn about how to prescribe wheelchairs and seating. In this workshop we take you through the World Health Organization’s 8 step process of wheelchair prescription: referral, assessment, selection, funding and ordering, wheelchair preparation, fitting, user training, and follow-up. Consolidate your clinical reasoning and practical skills with manual, power and tilt-in-space wheelchairs. Features include the simple mechanical assessment tool (MAT), case studies of selection and fitting, and hands-on experience with a range of wheelchairs and seating options.
Numbers are limited to 22 people.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Price: $60 full price registration or $40 student concession registration
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Learn about how to prescribe wheelchairs and seating. In this workshop we take you through the World Health Organization’s 8 step process of wheelchair prescription: referral, assessment, selection, funding and ordering, wheelchair preparation, fitting, user training, and follow-up. Consolidate your clinical reasoning and practical skills with manual, power and tilt-in-space wheelchairs. Features include the simple mechanical assessment tool (MAT), case studies of selection and fitting, and hands-on experience with a range of wheelchairs and seating options.
Numbers are limited to 22 people.
Target Groups:
- Occupational Therapists
- Physiotherapists
- Rehabilitation Engineers
- Allied Health Assistants
- Students in the above professions
Price: $60 full price registration or $40 student concession registration