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Objectives: To investigate patient‐level factors predictive for computed tomography of the brain (CTB) use and abnormality in head injured children in Australia and New Zealand. Methods: Retrospective data from tertiary, urban/suburban and regional/rural EDs including factors predictive for CTB use and abnormality. Results: Of 3072 children at 31 EDs, 212 (6.9%) had a CTB scan, of which 66 (31%) were abnormal. Increasing age, serious mechanisms of injury and decreasing Glasgow Coma Score were predictive for ordering CTB. Decreasing age was predictive for CTB abnormalities. Other factors were not. Conclusion: Patient‐level drivers of CTB use in children in Australia and New Zealand are consistent with international data. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) and Music Therapists (MT) frequently work together in a wide variety of healthcare settings. This collaboration has tremendous potential for providing effective client-focused care and is in line with best practices for both professions. There are tensions that may arise within these collaborations, however, as each profession attends to their own scope of practice and works to understand the boundaries between each treatment modality. One way to address these essential professional relationships and potential tensions is to embed opportunities for SLP and MT students to co-treat within their educational training programs. This report outlines a preliminary evaluation of SLP and MT student readiness for interprofessional practice and their unique experiences as co-therapists within a fully collaborative clinical setting for young children with speech and language disorders. Through a mixed method program evaluation that included the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale and focus group interviews, SLP and MT students explored their experiences with IP service provision, and their experiences as students in this type of learning environment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]