Curriculum Vitae

Curriculum Vitae

KATE TUOHY-MAIN M.C.S.P., M.A.P.A.
Managing Director Tuohy-Main Systems Pty Ltd
Trained and qualified as a member of the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) in 1973 from Kings College Hospital, London.
1979 became a member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA).
3-10-73 to 1-1-75
Beckenham General Hospital UK
Basic Grade Physiotherapist
In/out Patient Work
6-5-75 to 5-11-75
Hensingham Hospital Cumbria, UK
Basic Grade Physiotherapist
In/out Patient Work, Post-natal, Pool Therapy
Nov 1975
Corinth Paramedical Services, UK
Locum Physiotherapist
In/out Patient Work, Supervising students
1-1-76 to Jul 1977
Per Arntsen'sInstitute, Norway
Sports Injury Private Physiotherapist
Out PatientWork in a Private Clinic
1-9-77 to 28-9-78
Kristiansand Health Authority, Norway
Sole Charge Physiotherapist In 6 Homes for the Elderly
In/out Patient Work
8-1-79 to 9-4-79
Dandenong District Hospital, Victoria
Locum Physiotherapist
General Medical, Gynaecological, Surgical, Coronary Care Unit, In Patient Work
12-11-79 to 23-11-79
Esperance District Hospital, WA
Locum Sole Charge Physiotherapist
In/out Patient Work
Jan 1980 to June 1981
Little Sisters of the Poor, WA
Sole Charge Physiotherapist in Home for the Elderly
General In Patient Physiotherapist, Square Dancing, Hydrotherapy, Outings
18-2-82 to 16-7-82
Tom Price and Paraburdoo General Hospitals, WA
Locum Sole Charge Physiotherapist
In/out Patient Work, Ante/Post Natal Classes
24-11-82 to June 85
St John's Park Hospital Hobart, Tasmania
Physiotherapist In Charge of Day Hospital
In/out Patient Work, Hydrotherapy, Exercises
Oct 1985 to 18-8-88
Craigmont Hospital Home for Elderly, WA
Part Time Sole Charge Physiotherapist
General Physiotherapy, Exercise Classes, Hydrotherapy
14-9-87 to 18-8-87
Embleton Hospital Home for the Elderly, WA
Part Time Sole Charge Physiotherapist
General In Patient Physiotherapy, Exercise Classes
14-9-88 to 3-8-89
Rankin Park Hospital, NSW
Physiotherapist in Charge of Geriatric Rehabilitation Centre
In charge of 3 Physiotherapists, 1 Physiotherapy Aide, admin and ward work
May 1990 to 1995
Garden Suburb Nursing Home, NSW
Sole Charge Physiotherapist and Lecturer (Part Time)
General Physiotherapy, Exercise Classes, Staff Back Care Program
1992
Narla Village, Belmont, NSW
Consultant
Assessing Residents
1995
Courtman Hall, Irwin Hall, Wesley Lodge, Newcastle NSW
Consultant
Staff Education, Staff Assessment, Manual Handling Policy
1995
Garden Suburb Nursing Home, NSW for Hunter Retirement Living
Consultant
Formulation auditing to improve conditions in the workplace
1993 to 1998
Mayfield Nursing Home, NSW
Consultant
Staff Education, Staff Assessment, Manual Handling Policy
1991-1992 developed and documented manual handling techniques for the safe handling of people using adaptations of the semi-squat lifting technique and had them officially endorsed by Dr Tom Woolard M.B, B.S., F.R.C.R.M., F.A.C.O.M., specialist in Rehabilitation Medicine.
1992 commenced lecturing to students in Bachelor of Nursing course at Newcastle University on Back Care, Manual Handling of People and Manual Handling in relation to Occupational Health and Safety.
Re-designed uniforms for nurses and carers and approached The Uniform Place in Newcastle. The uniforms - culottes, shorts, dropped waist dresses - allow freedom of choice and freedom of movement to perform adaptations of semi-squat lifting techniques. The uniforms have now been manufactured and are selling well. I receive no financial gain from this project.
Wrote a book "A Manual of Handling People", published by Helios Therapy resources, Adelaide, released July 1994 now almost out of print. <ordering information>
January 1993, awarded grant from The Australian Occupational Health and Safety Trust to produce video tape programmes on the manual handling of people. This project was complete at the Medical Communication Unit, Royal Newcastle Hospital, Newcastle. The M-Power Nursing Video Series, The Manual Handling of People is now available from the distributor, Training, Health and Educational Videos P/L, Bendigo, Victoria. Phone (054) 417673. <ordering information>
March 1994 became a director of Skills for Caring Pty Ltd, together with Margaret Ashby, a registered nurse, to establish a training centre for back care and manual handling especially for the Health Care Industry.
March, April 1994, lectured for WorkCover Authority in Sydney to educate Proprietors and Directors of Nursing in nursing homes on Back Care and Manual Handling and their responsibilities for the Occupational Health and Safety of their employees and residents.
March 1994 became co-director of Back on Track (Newcastle) Pty Ltd, now Tuohy-Main Systems® Pty Ltd; established as consultancy and training for Back Care and Manual Handling in Health Care facilities.
May 1994 Compiled a preliminary document, Risk Assessment in Nursing Homes, printed by Helios Therapy Resources, for the Work Cover inspectors. To be published for general release late 1994.
10th June, 1994, presented a lecture for Aged Services Association, NSW and ACT Inc on Manual Handling in Aged Care Facilities, at OH&S Seminar,
June and August 1994, Employed by WorkCover Authority to train their inspectors in Country South and Sydney metropolitan area so that the inspectors understand the problems of manual handling in the Health Care Industry.
July 1994, presented paper "The semi-squat lifting technique and its adaptations in nursing homes" at the International Physiotherapy Congress in Bali in and also be gave a workshop "Assess before assist in Aged Care" at the same conference..
August 1994, lecturing at TAFE on back care and manual handling of people to students wishing to work in the Aged Care Industry.
September 1994, on the expert panel and gave two workshops on the lifting of people at the final Lifting Consensus meeting on Safe and Effective Lifting, in Sydney, organised by Cumberland College, University of Sydney and the Institute for Training Fitness and Research Inc, Adelaide.
Wrote paper "Lifting People".
October 2nd presented the paper "Assessing for Safety in Aged Care" at the World Confederation for Physical Therapy, Asia - Western Pacific Region in Jakarta
October 11th gave talk to the NSW Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service physiotherapists on how physiotherapists can assist with injury prevention in the Health Care Industry and the community in general
October 21st presented paper "Assessment and its link with safe manual handling procedures in aged care" at the Australian Association of Gerontology 29th National Conference in Perth.
October 28th presented paper "Methods of preventing injury and long term disability for carers in the Aged Care Industry" at the Geriaction National Conference in Adelaide
November 8th 1994, the book "A Manual of Handling People" launched at John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle.
February 27th, 28th, 1995, attended First National Conference on Injury prevention and Control in Sydney..
March 27th-30th 12th World Congress for the International Federation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, to be held in Sydney. Gave paper "Injury in the Aged Care Industry-Where are the Solutions? and also a poster presentation, "Updated methods for the Assessment and Moving and Handling of Patients".
June 8th 1995 commenced project funded by a grant from WorkCover Authority to make three videos, with the Medical Communication Unit, Newcastle, to be completed in 12 months.
1) M-Power Nursing - Caring for Your Back - Back Care and Manual Handling in the Health Care Industry
2) M-Power Nursing - Client Assessment - in relation to manual handling
3) Manual Handling & Health Care Video Series - applying the Codes of Practice of manual handling to the healthcare industry
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June 26th-30th, 1995, World Confederation for Physical Therapy Congress to be held in Washington DC, USA. Gave two papers -"Toileting with dignity for partially weight bearing and totally non weight bearing clients" and "Teaching basic client assessment skills to carers to assist them with problem solving and injury prevention while moving and handling clients".
Working with WorkCover Authority, NSW, lecturing to proprietors and Directors of Nursing in Nursing Homes in Orange, Wollongong and Wagga between March and July 1995.
July 1995 finalised confidentiality agreement for licensing Tuohy-Main Systems trainers.
September 19-22, 1995, Asian Pacific Conference on Occupational Health and Safety, to be held in Brisbane. Presented papers, "Promotion and Marketing of Occupational Health and Safety awareness and Training" and "Integrating Training with Strategic Planning to eliminate injury in the work place".
November 7-10, 1995, Aged Care Australia, 8th National Conference to be held in Canberra. Presented papers "Care and Service- Meeting the needs of management, Carers and Residents in Aged Care"
November 1995 National Health Care, Journal of National Association of Nursing Homes and private Hospitals published two articles,'Assessing for Safety in Aged Care' and 'Clothing for Health Care Workers,'Vol 6,No2.
February 1996 Sydney. Lecturing to Nursing staff in the Australian Nurses Association on back care and manual handling.
March 6th 1996, Sydney Invited to present a workshop on "Practical Manual Handling" at the National Association of Nursing homes and private Hospitals Inc annual conference. Also having trade display at conference
March and May 1996, Tasmania.Presenting back care coordinators course and 9 half day courses on manual handling for the Tasmanian Aged Services Association.
March 1996, Became Global Round Table member of the International Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
May 1996, Trained two other physiotherapist to become licensed, accredited Tuohy-Main Systems® trainers to cope with increasing demand for training.
4th June 1996, Newcastle.Presented a one hour lecture on manual handling for the Hunter Region Hostel Supervisors Association
20th July 1996, Brisbane. Presented a 5 hour post conference workshop on back care and manual handling at the National Physiotherapy Association Congress for the Gerontology special interest group.
August 1996, Commenced rest of technique videos for the handling of people, working with the Medical Communication Unit, University of Newcastle. ordering information
1. M-Power Nursing - Client Transfers
2. M-Power Nursing - Manual Handling Equipment
3. M-Power Nursing - Falls
4. M-Power Nursing - Toileting a Client with Safety & Dignity

13th August 1996, Canberra. ANHECA annual conference. Invited to present paper"Motivating for the Prevention of injury in Aged Care"
September 15-20 1996, Stockholm. International Congress on Occupational Health,Presented paper called Strategies for injury prevention in the Aged Care Industry
September 1996, Eastbourne,UK. Attended CSP National Congress.
Met Inga Krattli from Colleguim Humanum.
September 1996, London UK. Attended Manual handling workshops in organised by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy. Invitation only.
November 1996, WorkCover Grant M-Power Nursing videos released for sale.
November 1996, Completed a poster of exercises taught in the Tuohy-Main Systems® back care workshops called Warm Ups for Work. <ordering information>
June 1997, Barcelona Second International Conference on Care and Housing for the Aging.Presented paper "The Physical Environment and its effect on quality Health Care in Aged Care Facilities".
June 1997, Edinburgh. Attended Third International Conference, Occupational Health for Health Care Workers.
Attended meeting as a scientific committee member for International Commission for Occupational Health (ICOH) for health care workers. Asked to write two chapters for ICOH guide book.
July 1997, Lucerne, Switzerland. Collegium Humanum. The World Congress on High Technology Medicine. Presented paper Creating a Holistic Approach to Health Care and ran a Back Care and Manual Handling Workshop.
August 1997, Adelaide, Australia. Geriaction National Conference. Presented paper Why Manual Lifting should be eliminated for resident and carer safety - And How!
August 1997, Adelaide 16th International Congress of the International Association of Gerontology -Aging Beyond 2000: One World One Future. Presented paper "Prevention of Manual Handling Injuries to residents in Aged Care" plus a video presentation of client assessment in relation to manual handling.
September 1997 25-26, Darling Harbour, Sydney. Attended WorkCover BackWatch conference and running trade display for the two days.
October 1997, commence giving lectures and running workshops on manual handling to nursing students at University of Newcastle Central Coast Campus.
November 1997, technique video programs completed and released transfer techniques for weight bearing clients and client transfers using mechanical aids.
March 1998, completed 4 day McKenzie Course on Lumbar spine.
April 1998, Sydney, Australia. Lecturing to physiotherapy students at Sydney University on Health promotion programs for the Elderly.
April 1998, Queensland Nurses Union Year Book. Asked to write article on 'Selection of Manual Handling Equipment and the No Lift approach to the handling of people.'Publication, No Lifting by the Year 2000!
May 1998, Australian Physiotherapy Association. APA published an article 'Physios show how to handle it' featuring work done by self for nursing homes and meals on wheels staff.
May 1998, Sydney, Australia. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service Annual conference for physiotherapists Invited to present a one and a half hour lecture and four hours of workshops on Manual Handling.
May 1998, Australian health and aged care journal. Interviewed and gave written input for an article 'Striving for new heights in patient handling'. Publication Vol 9, Issue 6, 1998 pp 78-83.
June 1998, video training programs completed/released - handling a fall & toileting with dignity.
July 1998, Sydney Australia - Aus Med Conference - invited to present a workshop on Injury prevention for night staff in health and aged care facilities.
July 1998, Sydney, Australia. Completed McKenzie 3 day course on Cervical and Thoracic Spine
August 1998, Sydney, Australia. Australian Physiotherapy Association Ergonomics and Occupational Health Special Interest. Presented a workshop on Manual Handling equipment.
14 September 1998. The Ergonomics Society of Australia Inc. Coming to grips with people workshop - Manual handling humans. Presented workshop - Coping with Falls
15-16 September 1998, Sydney, Australia. Joint conference by WorkCover NSW and NSW Health Department. Manual Handling for Health and Aged Care. Presented "Equipment and Transfers" workshop on both days.
October 1998 Los Angeles, USA. Presented lecture in Department of sociology at University of California (UCLA) on Entrepreneurship.
November 1998, Sydney Australia. Aus Med Conference. Presenting a workshop on Injury prevention for night staff in health and aged care facilities.
February-March 1999, Perth, Australia. Lecture tour in Western Australia organised by The Donovan Group
March 1999, Sydney, Australia. Lecturing to physiotherapy students at University of Sydney on Health Promotion for the elderly
March 1999, Sydney Australia. Ran workshop for staff at Faculty of Nursing University of Technology Sydney.
April 1999, Newcastle, Australia. Ran 2-hour lecture on Manual Handling and Workplace safety for nursing students at University of Newcastle
April 1999 Canberra, Australia. National Occupational Therapists Conference. Ran pre-conference half-day workshop on Back Care and Manual Handling
May 1999, Newcastle NSW. Attended 6hr Stress and Disease workshop by Nicholas Hall PhD.
May 1999 Nelson Bay, NSW. May at the Bay Podiatry Conference. Presented workshop on Back care for Podiatrists.
May 1999, Brisbane, Australia. Third National Conference on Injury Prevention and Control. Presented paper Primary prevention of injury in health care- successful program implementation.
June 1999 Cairns, Australia. Moving in on Occupational Injury, International Conference. Presented paper Factors that facilitate and hinder primary prevention of injury in the health care industry. Presenting poster on Health Promotion.
June 1999 Approached by OT Australia to write article for Occupational Therapy Newsletter "A no-lift approach to the handling of people".
June 1999 Approached by Work Cover NSW to again run workshops on back care and manual handling for WorkCover inspectors.
July 1999, Sydney. Attended APA 2 day workshop on Maladaptive Pain Behaviour.
August 1999. Published and release the book A Manual of Handling People, 2nd edition, Implementing a no-lift approach.
September 1999, Newcastle NSW. Book launched at Hunter Rehab Services by Hunter Area Health Services CEO Catherine McGrath, with associated media interviews on the radio.
September 1999, Sydney NSW. Aged Care Australia & The Australian Association of Gerontology Conference. Presented papers on:
- Architectural design features to enhance the care of residents and their carers.
- Strategies for quality improvement in Aged Care.
- Resident assessment to establish appropriate manual handling and rehabilitation programs.
February/March/April 2000 NSW. Invited to give a lecture for physiotherapy students at the University of Sydney, Cumberland College, and lectures and workshops for Nursing students at the University of Newcastle, Newcastle and Gosford campus, and UTS Sydney.
May 2000, Perth, WA. Invited by Royal Perth hospital to run a workshop and be a guest speaker on a panel to discuss manual handling in health care.
August 2000, Sydney 2000. Attended Ergonomic Society of Australia Inc Seminar - To lift or not to lift?
December 2000 Queensland. Asked by Queensland Health Department to supply Tuohy-Main Systems information to be included in a list of patient handling system providers for Health Services information.
January 2001, UK Request from Butterworth-Heinmann to publish paper Factors that Facilitate and Hinder Prevention of Injury(from Moving in on Occupational Injury conference, Cairns 1999) on their main website.
March 2001, Australia. Geriaction publishing review of book A manual of handling People Implementing a no-lift approach 2nd edition.
April/May 2001, NSW. Invited to give a lecture for physiotherapy students at the University of Sydney, Cumberland College, and lectures and workshops for Nursing students at the University of Newcastle.
April 2001, Sydney NSW. Presenting a one day "Manual handling in Health Care" workshop for WorkCover NSW inspectors at Kent St, Sydney, to give information about strategies for implementing the no-lift approach to prevent injury to health care workers and their patients/clients.
May/June 2001, NSW. Invited to run back care and manual handling workshops in special schools and for facilities with intellectually disable adults
June/July 2001 Vancouver, Canada. Fourth International Conference and Exposition for the International Association for Homes and Services for the Ageing, Presenting paper on the no-lift approach to caring for the elderly, at symposium on Training Staff to Better Serve Challenging Populations.
August 2001 Sydney NSW. 1st National Physiotherapy Gerontology Conference. Presenting workshop Assessment,Enablement,and Manual Hadnling
September 2001, Sydney, Australia. Ergonomic Society of Australia Inc conference - Better integrating research and practice together. Submitted paper Architectural design features of health and aged care facilities to enhance the care of patients and their carers
Continue to run back care coordinator courses and lecture on back care and manual handling in Health Care and Aged Care facilities round Australia. Also assess residents in nursing homes, hostels and in the community to assist staff to formulate manual handling systems and procedure to firstly minimise the risk of injury to carers and clients and secondly to maximise the rehabilitation potential of the client.
KATE TUOHY-MAIN M.C.S.P., M.A.P.A.
Managing Director Tuohy-Main Systems Pty Ltd