Amy Combers

Amy Combers serves as a Lecturer in Physiotherapy at Charles Sturt University's School of Allied Health, Exercise and Sports Sciences, Port Macquarie campus. She delivers acute and chronic physiotherapy instruction for second and third-year students in the Bachelor of Physiotherapy program, leveraging 9 years of prior teaching experience across Australian and African universities.

Her educational qualifications include:

• Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology, University of Colorado (2005)
• Master of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney (2009)

Combers specializes in cardiorespiratory physiotherapy with clinical expertise spanning ICU settings, private practices, and hospitals across NSW, QLD, and Malawi. Her research focuses on ICU patient mobilization safety during vasoactive medication administration and practical examination stress in physiotherapy students (PESiPS study). As an early career researcher pursuing a Graduate Certificate of Research Methods, she co-supervises honours projects and contributes to lab analysis as a blinded assessor.

Her sole research output examines PPE implementation in Malawian hospital wards, demonstrating applied research in resource-limited global health contexts with significant real-world implications for infection control.

No scientific awards were documented in the source materials.

Combers actively mentors new physiotherapy graduates through the Australian Physiotherapy Association (APA) and North & West Remote Health. She serves as a co-investigator in the PESiPS study, developing testing protocols and analyzing physiological stress markers, while maintaining membership in the APA Educators group (NSW chapter).