Table 1.
Healthcare professional participant discipline or relevant role.
| Discipline or relevant role of participants | N | Sector/Role/Clinical indications |
|---|---|---|
| Rehabilitation physician | 3 | Public, design rehabilitation programs, referral to other services, inpatient, aged‐care, stroke, neurological interventions |
| Orthopaedic surgeon | 4 | Private, refer to service providers |
| Neurosurgeon | 1 |
Mostly public, some private, evaluate rehabilitation needs with multidisciplinary team Public and private, Specialist, patient review |
| General practitioner | 1 | Private, Chronic disease management, referral to other services |
| Psychiatrist | 1 | Public, inpatient acute care |
| Medical oncologist | 1 | Public, referral to public and private services |
| Neurologist | 1 | Public and private, referral to other services, stroke, migraine |
| Physiotherapist | 8 | Public and private, hospital inpatients and community programs, traumatic brain injury, stroke, neuro‐rehab, cardio‐pulmonary |
| Speech Pathologist | 1 | Public, community stroke team and aged care, hospital to home transitioning |
| Dietitian | 1 | Private, community‐based, diabetes, stroke |
| Exercise Physiologist | 3 | Public and private, design novel interventions (research), design rehabilitation programs |
| Rehabilitation co‐ordinator | 1 | Public, mixed caseload, inpatient and outpatient care coordinator |
| Rehabilitation service manager | 2 | Public, mixed caseload, internal referrals |
| Multicultural health liaison officer | 1 | Public, mixed caseload, internal referrals |
| Clinical telehealth manager | 1 | Public, support telehealth service provision |
| Interpreter service manager | 1 | Public, mixed caseload, interpreting service for rehab patients |
| Rehabilitation research fellow (scientist) | 1 | Public, design of novel interventions (research) |
| Total | 31 |