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• A REHAB CONVERSATION: Whose autonomy is it? + Rehabilitation past, present and future

  • When
    20 Apr 2026
  •  
    12:00 PM - 12:50 PM
  • Location
    Online via Zoom [link to be sent with registration email]
  • Spaces left
    208

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  The NZ Rehabilitation Association [NZRA] invites you to participate in April's Rehab Conversation.

  We run these online 'Rehab Conversations' several times throughout the year - to gather, to connect, to share ideas, and to support each other in our learning and practice. Please share this invitation widely within your networks.

  Whose autonomy is it anyway? 

  How do rehabilitation clinicians make decisions regarding client safety, risk and growth, and what factors influence their ability to promote independence and choice in tāngata whaikaha? 

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  Rehabilitation: past, present, and future directions

  An overview of how rehabilitation was developed, how rehabilitation care has evolved, and ongoing improvement work as we move into the future.

  
  

  Date: Monday 20th April, 12pm - 12.50pm

  Speakers: Anna Hobman + Steph Thompson 

  Anna Hobman-Spice is a Clinical Exercise Physiologist, currently working in a rehabilitation advisory role at Veterans Affairs (NZ Defence Force). Anna completed the research she is presenting as a research assistant along with Paul Skirrow (Psychological Medicine, University of Otago) and Rachelle Martin and Jean Hay-Smith (Rehabilitation, University of Otago).

  Steph Thompson is the NZRA President. She works at Te Whatu Ora – Capital, Coast and Hutt Valley as an Allied Health Consultant in Rehabilitation.  Her work is a mix of clinical practice as a physiotherapist in an early supported discharge service for people post-stroke and clinical leadership, with a current focus on service improvement across the rehabilitation continuum of care.

  
  

  Where: Online via Zoom

  When you register, you will receive an email with the Zoom link for the event.

  Please share the invitation with anyone you think might be interested in joining us for this session. We ask that they register separately so that we can contact them directly if there are any event changes and/or further information to share. Thanks!

  If you are not already a paid-up member, please consider joining. It costs NZ$25 per year- a bargain! Join here: https://www.rehabilitation.org.nz/join-us

  
  

  QUESTIONS

  If you have any questions, feel free to email Anne [NZRA Secretary] via ahawker011@gmail.com  before the event.

  
  

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