ID #51 Oral Research Paper
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Shiraz Room A
| Friday, November 8, 2019 |
| 2:10 PM - 2:30 PM |
| Shiraz Room A |
Presentation
Translational Research Project: Enhancing cognitive screening and neuropsychology involvement in subacute stroke
Presenter(s)
Kirsti Kankkunen
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre
Translational Research Project: Enhancing cognitive screening and neuropsychology involvement in subacute stroke
2:10 PM - 2:30 PMSummary
This translational research project was established to improve cognitive screening and neuropsychology involvement within a subacute stroke unit bringing practice in-line with the National Stroke Foundation Guidelines, while adjusting to increasing demands for efficiency in the subacute rehabilitation setting. A key consideration was the validity of cognitive screening measures in detecting heterogenous impairment in the stroke population and exploration of early, brief, neuropsychology assessment as an alternative pathway. Overall the project facilitated a positive shift in our neuropsychology service that better met the current local subacute rehabilitation demands.
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Kirsti Kankkunen is a Senior Clinical Neuropsychologist working in Adelaide at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre, part of SA Health, for the past 6 years. Prior to that she worked at the Queenland Paedeatric Rehabilitation Service. She is also secretary of the SA Section of the CCN and a clinical lecturer for the psychology masters program at the University of Adelaide.
Ms Artemis Synn
Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre (SA Health)
Translational Research Project: Enhancing cognitive screening and neuropsychology involvement in subacute stroke
2:10 PM - 2:30 PM.....
Artemis Synn is a clinical neuropsychologist who graduated from Macquarie University in 2017. She has since worked across various hospital sites in Adelaide including within SA Health and privately with clients on the Autism Spectrum; before coming on board in a permanent capacity at Hampstead Rehabilitation Centre in early 2018. She also works casually completing psychometric assessments for the AMEND trial to assess broad ranging outcomes for adolescents and young adults following meningococcal disease. Her current passions include autism spectrum disorder in adults, fatigue education post-stroke, refining processes for decision-making capacity assessment, and consumer driven changes in practice.
