Mr Daniel Mellifont
BScPhysio(Hons) Qld.
Position: Senior Lecturer in Sport and Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy Program Developer
Office: T3.35
Tel: +61 07 5456 5014
Fax: +61 07 5459 4880
Email: dmellifo@usc.edu.au
Teaching areas
- Introduction to Sports Medicine
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Human Anatomy
Research areas
- Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation including current research into:
- the relationship between clinical practise and biomechanical testing as they relate to injury prevention and performance enhancement
- falls prevention and management including calculating the cost of falls in private health facilities, and multidisciplinary and multifactorial falls prevention programs in hospitals and residential aged care facilities
Profile
“Daniel Mellifont loves learning and seeing others grow through learning.”
His work focuses on developing the nexus of innovation in practise, research and learning. Hence, Daniel’s teaching and program development focuses on inspiring learning through real life questions, skills and solutions based on a framework of professionalism, ethics, science and evidence.
Daniel is a registered physiotherapist and member of the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA). As an advocate for the role physiotherapy and exercise in optimising health, he strongly endorses the APA’s philosophy - “Move well, Stay well.”
His experience includes roles as a clinician and manager with multidisciplinary health care organisations in both the public and private sectors. He enjoys working with people from across the lifespan, demonstrated by his role in the care of elite sporting teams and innovations in the prevention and management of falls in older Australians.
Physiotherapy program development
Daniel leads the development of the University of the Sunshine Coast’s prospective physiotherapy program. As such Daniel is the primary contact for all stakeholders who would like to contribute to the discussion and development of a professional, innovative and successful program that we can all be truly proud of.
Consultation with local, state and national stakeholders has identified the growing need for physiotherapy on the Sunshine Coast and almost universal demand for graduates. The University of the Sunshine Coast seeks to develop a physiotherapy program which actively contributes to the growth and wellbeing of the university and its communities, including the region and the profession.
Updates on USC’s prospective physiotherapy program will be available as they evolve from:
- USC’s Faculty of Science, Health and Education - program advisers (for prospective students)
- Daniel Mellifont (for stakeholders wishing to contribute to the program’s development)
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