Developed by
Queensland Rehabilitation Clinical Network (QRbCN), special interest groups, other clinical networks and projects sponsored by Clinical Excellence Queensland.
Using our rehabilitation resources
Our clinical resources give you tools to support your patients during their rehabilitation.
Patient information template
Use this template to explain what your patient can expect from their rehabilitation journey.
- Rehabilitation services flyer - template (PDF 148 kB)
- Rehabilitation services flyer - example (PDF 1673 kB)
Read the instructions for editing your rehabilitation services flyer (PDF 624 kB).
Trauma recovery and rehabilitation plan
Use the trauma recovery and rehabilitation plan for out of catchment patients with complex needs. It covers the reason for their admission, all relevant medical and social information and recommendations for their ongoing care and treatment.
- Trauma recovery and rehabilitation plan (PDF 764 kB)
- Instructions for completing the trauma recovery and rehabilitation plan (PDF 295 kB)
Model of care: Rehab and your GP
Use our GP model of care documents when you're transferring your patients care back to their GP. It includes strategies and resources for bringing the GP into the process as early as possible.
- Rehab and your GP - project recommendations (PDF 689 kB)
- Rehab and your GP - what is rehabilitation (PDF 892 kB)
- Rehab and your GP - GP liaison officers (PDF 598 kB)
- Rehab and your GP - list of claimable Medicare benefits (PDF 131 kB)
- Rehab and your GP - information about rehabilitation (PDF 149 kB)
- Checklist – identifying and engaging with your patient’s GP (PDF 646 kB)
- Factsheet - GP participation in multidisciplinary case conferencing (PDF 208 kB)
- GP admission letter template (PDF 460 kB)
- Enterprise discharge summary (PDF 158 kB)
- GP discharge letter template (PDF 464 kB)
COVID resources
Use these resources to support patients recovering from viral illnesses, including COVID-19.
- Post-viral illness recovery (including COVID-19) – community-based clinical decision support tool (PDF 511 kB)
- Post COVID symptom map (PDF 257 kB)
Hypertonicity and spasticity
Use the Hypertonicity/spasticity service directory (XLSX 39 kB) to contact and refer your patient to public or private services in Queensland.
The Recommendations for Establishing and Providing Hypertonicity/Spasticity Services in Queensland (PDF 554 kB) provides the minimum standards for best practice for hypertonicity and spasticity services.
Goal-setting
Goal-setting is an essential part of all rehabilitation services. These guides and templates will help you develop goals with your patient.
Clinical education
- Goal-setting in rehabilitation online course - Queensland Health staff
- Goal-setting in rehabilitation online course - clinicians external to Queensland Health
Clinician guidelines
Goal-setting patient workbook
You can customise and print our goal-setting workbook for your patients to use. It has different templates that you can insert for sections 1, 2 and 3. Choose the templates that work best for your patient.
Read how to insert your chosen templates into the workbook (PDF 612 kB).
- Consumer held goal-setting workbook template (PDF 1071 kB)
- A4 editable goal board (DOCX 267 kB)
- A3 editable goal board (DOCX 169 kB)
- Follow up template (PDF 44 kB)
Step 1 – what's important to you?
- Goal area identification prompt sheet (PDF 15 kB)
- Template 1: step 1 – what is a normal day for you? (PDF 64 kB)
- Template 3: step 1 – where am I now, where I want to get to? (PDF 26 kB)
Step 2 – agree on specific goals
- Template 1: step 2 – agree on specific goals (PDF 26 kB)
- Template 2: step 2 – agree on specific goals (PDF 25 kB)
- Template 3: step 2 – agree on specific goals (PDF 25 kB)
- Template 4: step 2 – agree on specific goals (PDF 23 kB)
- Template 5: step 2 – agree on specific goals (PDF 23 kB)
- Template 6: step 2 – agree on specific goals (PDF 26 kB)
Step 3 – plan some actions
- Template 1: step 3 – plan some actions (PDF 67 kB)
- Template 2: step 3 – plan some actions (PDF 163 kB)
- Template 3: step 3 – plan some actions (PDF 29 kB)
- Template 4: step 3 – plan some actions (PDF 18 kB)
- Template 5: step 3 – plan some actions (PDF 23 kB)
- Template 6: step 3 – plan some actions (PDF 67 kB)
Goal setting and rehabilitation videos
Use these videos to help talk to your patient about rehabilitation and goal setting.
- What is rehabilitation
- Who will I meet in rehabilitation
- Goal setting
- How to use your rehabilitation goal setting workbook.
Aphasia friendly goal setting and action planning resources
Learn how to develop an aphasia friendly picture board (PDF 564 kB).
The Talking Mats training and resources may also be helpful for people with aphasia.
Goal-setting project
Improvement exchange – goal-setting in rehabilitation services project
Last updated: 17 April 2025