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# Roma Forbes

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/16059
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/faculties-institutes/hmbs/about/leaders

Associate Professor

# Roma Forbes

Email:
:   [r.forbes2@uq.edu.au](mailto:r.forbes2@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 52718](tel:+61 7 336 52718)

## Positions

Associate Dean (Academic)
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

Associate Professor
:   School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
:   Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioural Sciences

### Background

Roma Forbes is the Deputy Associate Dean (Academic) for Student Experience and Success in the Faculty of Health, Medicine and Behavioual Sciences. A highly experienced APA-titled Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist and teaching-focused Associate Professor in Physiotherapy, she brings extensive clinical and academic expertise to her role.

Roma is a Director of the [Australian Physiotherapy Council](https://physiocouncil.com.au/) and serves as the National Chair of the Accreditation Committee, overseeing the quality and standards of physiotherapy education and practice. She also represents Australia on the [World Physiotherapy](https://world.physio/) Education Committee, contributing to global advancements in physiotherapy and interprofessional education. She serves a number of editorial roles including as an Associate Editor for [The Clinical Teacher](https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/1743498x) and Editor for Education for the [Archives of Physiotherapy](https://www.archivesofphysiotherapy.com/index.php/aop).

With a strong commitment to student success and workforce readiness, Roma leads programs of research exploring work-integrated learning, student transition, and the capabilities needed for a contemporary health workforce. Her work informs both curriculum innovation and policy, focusing on how learning environments, assessment, and educator development can enhance graduate outcomes.

Roma is passionate about fostering a supported, inclusive, and high-performing community of health professional students, educators, and researchers at UQ and beyond. She remains deeply committed to transforming health professional education through evidence-informed leadership, policy, and partnerships that support students from university entry through to graduation and into the workforce.

Roma also maintains a long-standing commitment to community service through her advocacy and volunteer work with the Australian Government’s [Aged Care Volunteer Visitor Scheme](https://www.health.gov.au/our-work/aged-care-volunteer-visitors-scheme-acvvs?language=en) (ACVVS). This commitment to community wellbeing informs her leadership and reflects her broader values of connection and equitable access to care.

***Awards and Fellowships***

- Advance Higher Education Global Impact Award (2023)
- The University of Queensland Award for Teaching Excellence (2023)
- Association for the Study of Medical Education - Medical Education Developing Scholarship Award (2023)
- Higher Education Academy Senior Fellow (2023)
- Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Award for Programs that Enhance Learning (2023)
- Australian Award for University Teaching Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2021)
- Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA) Fellow (2021)
- The University of Queensland Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2020)
- Flinders University - ANZAHPE Award for Excellence in Health Professional Education (2020)
- Higher Eduction Academy Fellow (2019)
- Health and Behavioural Sciences Faculty Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2019)
- School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Citation for Outstanding Contribution to Student Learning (2018)
- Australian and New Zealand Association for Health Professional Educators (ANZAHPE) Associate Fellow (2018)

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### Availability

Associate Professor Roma Forbes is:
:   Available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Qualifications

- Bachelor, Auckland University of Technology
- Postgraduate Diploma, Auckland University of Technology
- Masters (Coursework), Auckland University of Technology
- Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, The University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland
- Certificate of Languages, Te Wananga o Aotearoa

### Research impacts

Roma leads and collaborates with teams across universities and industry sectors to embed innovative patient education models and educator development frameworks into health professional programs in Australia and internationally. Her work focuses on building educator capability and embedding evidence-informed teaching practices across classroom and clinical settings. She also leads national research initiatives to improve access to and quality of work-integrated learning in private practice, identifying systemic barriers and co-designing solutions that strengthen placement capacity, educator support, and student learning outcomes.

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[Search Professor Roma Forbes’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/85211)

[All
(159)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/16059/all)
[Book
(1)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/16059/4747)
[Journal Article
(107)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/16059/4748)
[Other Outputs
(13)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/16059/4749)
[Conference Publication
(37)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/16059/4751)
[Book Chapter
(1)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/16059/4752)

Featured

2025

Book

##### Patient education essentials for physiotherapy

Forbes, Roma, Pottananikal, Austine, Kitano, Tatiana, Ong, Benjamin and Rynne, Jaide (2025). Patient education essentials for physiotherapy. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/c03a039

[Patient education essentials for physiotherapy](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c03a039)

2026

Journal Article

##### Student and Supervisor Qualitative Perspectives of the Benefits and Challenges of Longer‐Term Rural Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Placements

Walker, Clara, Mander, Gordon, Forbes, Roma, Fallon, Anthony Bruce, Elliott, Jessica, Paine, Marina and Argus, Geoff (2026). Student and Supervisor Qualitative Perspectives of the Benefits and Challenges of Longer‐Term Rural Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Placements. Australian Journal of Rural Health, 34 (1) e70139. doi: 10.1111/ajr.70139

[Student and Supervisor Qualitative Perspectives of the Benefits and Challenges of Longer‐Term Rural Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Placements](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8890f46)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Making student experience a core part of academic work

Forbes, Roma and Ong, Benjamin (2025, 12 23). Making student experience a core part of academic work Times Higher Education (THE-Campus)

[Making student experience a core part of academic work](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ced7529)

2025

Journal Article

##### Implementing an integrated psychological and physical intervention in routine physiotherapy practice for patients with musculoskeletal road traffic injury: protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness type III cluster randomised controlled trial

Sterling, Michele, Xie, Yanfei, Papic, Christopher, Carvalho-e-Silva, Ana Paula, Eather, Chloe-Emily, Forbes, Roma, Lodge, Jason, Ware, Robert S., Foster, Nadine E., Treleaven, Julia, Slater, Helen, Tuffaha, Haitham, Peek, Kerry, Lynch, Johanna, O’Leary, Shaun, Rebbeck, Trudy, French, Simon, Evans, Kerrie, Austin, Tim, Brentnall, David, Nicholas, Michael, Hodkinson, Emily and Elphinston, Rachel A. (2025). Implementing an integrated psychological and physical intervention in routine physiotherapy practice for patients with musculoskeletal road traffic injury: protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness type III cluster randomised controlled trial. Implementation Science, 20 (1) 51. doi: 10.1186/s13012-025-01464-1

[Implementing an integrated psychological and physical intervention in routine physiotherapy practice for patients with musculoskeletal road traffic injury: protocol for a hybrid implementation-effectiveness type III cluster randomised controlled trial](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4f9b490)

2025

Journal Article

##### Balancing student opportunity with advocacy for sustainable academic careers

Forbes, Roma and Wilesmith, Sarah (2025). Balancing student opportunity with advocacy for sustainable academic careers. The Clinical Teacher, 22 (6) e70232, e70232. doi: 10.1111/tct.70232

[Balancing student opportunity with advocacy for sustainable academic careers](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9494eb5)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Extended rural nursing, midwifery and allied health placements: benefits and challenges

Argus, Geoff, Walker, Clara, Forbes, Roma, Mander, Gordon, Fallon, Tony, Elliott, Jessica and Payne, Marina (2025). Extended rural nursing, midwifery and allied health placements: benefits and challenges. 10th Rural and Remote Scientific Symposium, Alice Springs, NT, Australia, 8-9 October 2025.

[Extended rural nursing, midwifery and allied health placements: benefits and challenges](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:64826bd)

2025

Journal Article

##### Educational interventions to develop and enhance clinical documentation skills in health professional students: a systematic review

Wilesmith, Sarah, Mandrusiak, Allison, Lang, Ray, Martin, Romany, Lu, Andric and Forbes, Roma (2025). Educational interventions to develop and enhance clinical documentation skills in health professional students: a systematic review. The Clinical Teacher, 22 (5) e70157, 1-35. doi: 10.1111/tct.70157

[Educational interventions to develop and enhance clinical documentation skills in health professional students: a systematic review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ada0fa4)

2025

Conference Publication

##### New graduate physiotherapists’ challenges in delivering patient education

Pomabares, Andreia, Forbes, Roma and Caeiro, Carmen (2025). New graduate physiotherapists’ challenges in delivering patient education. National Congress of Clinical Communication in Healthcare, Porto, 23-24 October 2025.

[New graduate physiotherapists’ challenges in delivering patient education](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cd70311)

2025

Journal Article

##### Navigating uncertainty in low back pain care through an ethic of openness: Learnings from a post-critical analysis

Costa, Nathalia, Olson, Rebcca, Dillon, Miriam, Mescouto, Karime, Butler, Prudence, Forbes, Roma and Setchell, Jenny (2025). Navigating uncertainty in low back pain care through an ethic of openness: Learnings from a post-critical analysis. Health, 29 (5), 609-632. doi: 10.1177/13634593241310383

[Navigating uncertainty in low back pain care through an ethic of openness: Learnings from a post-critical analysis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:208479b)

2025

Journal Article

##### The first steps into physiotherapy: a qualitative exploration of student motivations and early-career intentions as they prepare to enter the workforce

Jones, Abraham H. K. W., Dinsdale, Alana, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2025). The first steps into physiotherapy: a qualitative exploration of student motivations and early-career intentions as they prepare to enter the workforce. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 42 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2025.2551273

[The first steps into physiotherapy: a qualitative exploration of student motivations and early-career intentions as they prepare to enter the workforce](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a88348e)

2025

Journal Article

##### Helpful strategies identified and utilized by physiotherapy students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds during clinical placements in Australia

West-Newman, Stephen, Sale, Martin, Forbes, Roma and Attrill, Stacie (2025). Helpful strategies identified and utilized by physiotherapy students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds during clinical placements in Australia. Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 41 (12), 2654-2670. doi: 10.1080/09593985.2025.2544191

[Helpful strategies identified and utilized by physiotherapy students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds during clinical placements in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e2b89cc)

2025

Journal Article

##### Becoming through simulation‐based learning: Lived experiences of occupational therapy students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds

Zhang, Luocheng, Forbes, Roma, Patterson, Freyr and Penman, Adriana (2025). Becoming through simulation‐based learning: Lived experiences of occupational therapy students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal, 72 (4) e70044, 1-15. doi: 10.1111/1440-1630.70044

[Becoming through simulation‐based learning: Lived experiences of occupational therapy students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:57a7004)

2025

Conference Publication

##### Understanding simulation-based learning for health professions students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review

Zhang, L., Penman, A., Patterson, F. and Forbes, R. (2025). Understanding simulation-based learning for health professions students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review. ANZAHPE Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 30 June-3 July 2025.

[Understanding simulation-based learning for health professions students from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds: a scoping review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ff97bdd)

2025

Journal Article

##### Therapeutic Exercise Effects on Activity, Participation and Quality of Life in Individuals With Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review

Scrase, Sarah, Forbes, Roma, Lindop, Adrienne, Parcher, Adrienne, Rainbird, Louise and Dinsdale, Alana (2025). Therapeutic Exercise Effects on Activity, Participation and Quality of Life in Individuals With Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review. Journal of Oral Rehabilitation, 52 (10), 1-26. doi: 10.1111/joor.14042

[Therapeutic Exercise Effects on Activity, Participation and Quality of Life in Individuals With Temporomandibular Disorders: A Systematic Review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:367d03d)

2025

Journal Article

##### The effectiveness of conservative interventions on temporomandibular disorder-related kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing: a systematic review

Dinsdale, Alana, Atkins, Cara, Golds, Laura, Gough, Addison, Jessen, Kelcie and Forbes, Roma (2025). The effectiveness of conservative interventions on temporomandibular disorder-related kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing: a systematic review. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 77 103328, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103328

[The effectiveness of conservative interventions on temporomandibular disorder-related kinesiophobia and pain catastrophizing: a systematic review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:30932db)

2025

Journal Article

##### What factors influence the community’s use of physiotherapy services as first-line management for temporomandibular disorders? A qualitative study using the COM-B framework

Dinsdale, Alana, Levine, Joni, O’Leary, Shaun, Delaney, Jaqueline, Read, Jeanne, Vuvan, Susana, Dimitroulis, George, Scanlan, Rory and Forbes, Roma (2025). What factors influence the community’s use of physiotherapy services as first-line management for temporomandibular disorders? A qualitative study using the COM-B framework. Musculoskeletal Science and Practice, 77 103315, 103315. doi: 10.1016/j.msksp.2025.103315

[What factors influence the community’s use of physiotherapy services as first-line management for temporomandibular disorders? A qualitative study using the COM-B framework](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:12cf29d)

2025

Journal Article

##### Cultural safety in practice: An evaluation of an online learning module series in preparing physiotherapy students for practice

Nelson, Curtley, Mandrusiak, Allison and Forbes, Roma (2025). Cultural safety in practice: An evaluation of an online learning module series in preparing physiotherapy students for practice. First Nations Health and Wellbeing - The Lowitja Journal, 3 100065, 1-19. doi: 10.1016/j.fnhli.2025.100065

[Cultural safety in practice: An evaluation of an online learning module series in preparing physiotherapy students for practice](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a3dcd6b)

2025

Journal Article

##### The assessment of physiotherapy practice is a robust measure of entry-level physiotherapy standards: reliability and validity evidence from a large, representative sample

Reubenson, Alan, Ng, Leo, Lawton, Vidya, Nahon, Irmina, Terry, Rebecca, Baldwin, Claire, Blackford, Julia, Bond, Alex, Corrigan, Rosemary, Dalton, Megan, Dario, Amabile Borges, Donovan, Michael, Dunwoodie, Ruth, Dwyer, Genevieve M., Forbes, Roma, Francis-Cracknell, Alison, Gill, Janelle, Hams, Andrea, Jones, Anne, Jones, Taryn, Judd, Belinda, Kennedy, Ewan, Morgan, Prue, Palmer, Tanya, Peiris, Casey, Taylor, Carolyn, Virtue, Debra, Zischke, Cherie, Gucciardi, Daniel F. and on behalf of the Physiotherapy Clinical Education Research Collaborative (PCERC) (2025). The assessment of physiotherapy practice is a robust measure of entry-level physiotherapy standards: reliability and validity evidence from a large, representative sample. PLoS One, 20 (4) e0321397, 1-18. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0321397

[The assessment of physiotherapy practice is a robust measure of entry-level physiotherapy standards: reliability and validity evidence from a large, representative sample](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:aab9ac0)

2025

Conference Publication

##### The Future of Physiotherapy Education

Forbes, Roma (2025). The Future of Physiotherapy Education. World Physiotherapy Congress, Tokyo, Japan, 29-31 May 2025.

[The Future of Physiotherapy Education](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5e61b4b)

2025

Journal Article

##### Rethinking clinical placements: a response to changing healthcare demands

Rudland, Joy, Ash, Julie, Barclay, Luke, Bloomfield, Jacqueline, Bogossian, Fiona, Byrne, Kaylenne, Butler, Mary, Chur-Hansen, Anna, Clark, Scott, Edgar, Amanda, Fotheringham, Penelope, Forbes, Roma, Green, Elyce, Haworth, Navine, Hays, Richard, Judd, Belinda, Martin, Priya, Macdiarmid, Rachel, McNally, Clare, McNeill, Liz, McGee, Richard, Needham, Judith, Poole, Phillippa, Raymond, Jacqueline, Ridd, Melissa, Schoo, Adrian, Tran, Michael, Virtue, Debra, Wilkinson, Tim ... Ní Chróinín, Danielle (2025). Rethinking clinical placements: a response to changing healthcare demands. Focus on Health Professional Education: A Multi-Professional Journal, 26 (1), 60-77. doi: 10.11157/fohpe-vol26iss1id782

[Rethinking clinical placements: a response to changing healthcare demands](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9529e27)

### Current funding

- 2023 - 2028

  Implementing integrated psychological and physical care for Australians after road traffic injury

  NHMRC MRFF Clinician Researchers: Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Grant

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58306)

### Past funding

- 2023 - 2025

  Raising consumer awareness on the role of physiotherapy in the management of temporomandibular disorders in Australia

  Physiotherapy Research Foundation

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/62013)
- 2020 - 2021

  An international, interprofessional evaluation of the experiences and needs of health professional students and educators in the online teaching and learning of clinical skills

  U21 Health Sciences Group Research Development Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43652)
- 2020 - 2021

  Private practice WIL opportunities for health professional students: increasing capacity for educational quality and equity

  ACEN Research Grants

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42405)
- 2019 - 2020

  Dr Roma Forbes - AQ WRAP

  Advance Queensland Women's Research Assistance Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37994)

### Availability

Associate Professor Roma Forbes is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Available projects

- #### Enhancing clinical education capacity within the physiotherapy profession

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- #### New graduate physiotherapist readiness for practice

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### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Exploring new graduate physiotherapists transition to practice and the role of graduate programs

  Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Educational experience and work readiness of allied health students from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Adriana Penman](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/11483), [Dr Tomomi McAuliffe](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/21992)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Preparing and supporting recent graduate physiotherapists for the private sector

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1549), [Dr Alana Dinsdale](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/38188)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Preparing new graduate physiotherapists to work with First Nations Australians: A cultural safety journey

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1549)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Enhancing clinical documentation practice along the continuum from student to new graduate physiotherapist

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1549)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Exploring the professional boundaries between physiotherapy, chiropractic and osteopathy in Australia

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Nathalia Costa](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/32569)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### The contribution of patient caseload complexity in bridging the gap between student and new graduate physiotherapist

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1549)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Exploring the experiences of clinical based learning and transition to clinical practice for physiotherapy students from a culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) background with a view to informing better student, university and clinical placement practices

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Martin Sale](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2300)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Belonging in Health Professions Practice Placements

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Jessica Hill](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/29928), [Dr Adriana Penman](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/11483)
- Master Philosophy

  ##### Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in physiotherapy practice

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Alana Dinsdale](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/38188), [Dr Nathalia Costa](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/32569)
- Master Philosophy

  ##### Does an understanding of interprofessional collaboration impact preregistration nursing students¿ readiness to engage in interprofessional education?

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Jacqueline Jauncey-Cooke](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/12863), [Associate Professor Peter Lewis](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/22490)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Study Strategies in Health Professions Education

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1549), [Professor Jason Lodge](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/20272)

#### Completed supervision

- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Preparing and supporting new-graduate physiotherapists for rural practice](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9eb12dd)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Trevor Russell](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/891), [Associate Professor Allison Mandrusiak](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1549)
- 2025

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Physical activity behaviour change training for pre-professional health students to support delivery in clinical practice](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:52797cb)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Genevieve Healy](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/757), [Associate Professor Sjaan Gomersall](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/7683)
- 2023

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Exploring disability and management in adults with persistent mechanical temporomandibular disorders](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:93e638a)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Julia Treleaven](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/244), [Associate Professor Lucy Thomas](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/9458)

### Enquiries

Contact Associate Professor Roma Forbes directly for media enquiries about:

- Clinical Education
- Graduate Preparedness
- Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy
- Patient Education
- Private Practice
- Readiness for Practice
- Teaching and Learning
- Work Integrated Learning
- Workforce

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