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Tilly Brook - Clinical Educator, MOccThy (Hons) (OT)

Tilly Brook graduated from the University of Adelaide in 2008 with a Bachelor of Health Science followed by a Masters of Occupational Therapy (Hons) in 2010 from the University of Sydney. Tilly worked within rehabilitation, working primarily with adults with a brain injury until 2015 when she moved to Singapore. In Singapore, she worked with children and adults at the Cerebral Palsy Alliance School (CPAS). In 2017 Tilly’s clinical knowledge continued as she worked with Mobility Solutions in Auckland, New Zealand. On her return to Australia, Tilly assisted in the development of the Clinical Hub Team at Sunrise Medical where her passion and experience for mentoring and educating therapists grew. Tilly Joined Permobil in January 2022 and is driven to grow therapists, enabling them to be the best therapist they can be.

ISO Standards – a tool to overcome prescribing your “favourite” cushion

As a therapist, it can feel overwhelming to work out what the best cushion for pressure care may be. It is also important that we try to not to have a...

September 19, 2024

Drive Wheel Position – Is There a Perfect Solution? Considerations and Benefits

Do you often default to prescribing a Mid Wheel Drive (MWD) Power Wheelchair (PWC) as it has the smallest turning circle and is often perceived as the...

October 4, 2023

Seeking the gold standard of intervention – but working in the real world.

Throughout some of my recent education sessions, I have had many conversations with therapists where the conversations and questions have started with “ …...

March 1, 2023

Supervision … How and Why?

Supervision. I think this word either excites clinicians or makes them want to run for the hills. In Australia particularly – and over the ditch too,...

September 28, 2022

Why cost should not be the first thought when prescribing a wheelchair.

A man and woman with a kelpie dog in the left image and a woman and man in the woods in the right image. Both men are using a wheelchair, the left using a TiLite, the right using a Permobil M5 power.

Over the last month or so, I have been reading and hearing from therapists that cost is often the initial factor that they think about when prescribing...

August 28, 2022